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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Nigerian Government to rehabilitate degraded land to boost agriculture
The National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has said it is committed to improving the livelihood of over 20 million Nigerians by 2030, as the agency moves to rehabilitate de [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Nigeria attends Stockholm+50 Conference, highlights pollution, management of chemicals, others
The High Level Segment of the Conferences to the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions is underway in Sweden, with Nigeria as a party. This is the tenth meeti [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Southern Africa: Enforcing Competition Would Ease Food Price Hikes in East and Southern Africa
[The Conversation Africa] Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in east and southern Africa are getting a raw deal. To succeed they need fair and integrated regional m [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Buhari, Spanish King, Canvass Global Cooperation to Avert Looming Food Crisis
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari and King Felipe VI of Spain have canvassed the need for world leaders to come together and strategise on ways to avert the looming food crisis [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Nigeria: Council to Meet Over Rising Food Prices
[Premium Times] The council was set up in 2018 and is chaired by the president. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Somalia: UN Says 7.7 Million in Need of Humanitarian Aid in Somalia
[Shabelle] TOPSHOT - Yurub Abdi Jama, 35 years old and mother of 8 children, walks while holding a cup in an informal settlement of internally displaced people in the outskirts of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Ghana: CAMFED Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture Organise Agriculture Sensitization Workshop for Young Women
[GhanaToday] CAMFED Ghana partnered with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to organise agriculture sensitization workshops for young women who are starting-up or growing [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Sudan: Farming in Sudan Has Become 'A Leap in the Dark'
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Farmers in Sudan have expressed serious concerns about the agricultural season that is supposed to start this month. The June-to-September main rainfall seaso [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Agric Ministry Announces Price of Fertilizer As Crop Season Begins in Earnest
[The Point] The Ministry of Agriculture wishes to inform the general public that it has secured one hundred and forty thousand (140,000) bags of fertiliser for three thousand five [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Jun-2022
East Africa: Aid Agencies - Some 20 Million Could Face Starvation in East Africa
[VOA] Nairobi -- Aid agencies warn the number of people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa is expected to reach 20 million by the end of September without a stronger response [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Mozambican Government Bans Meat Imports From Zimbabwe
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government has prohibited, as of Wednesday of the current week, the import of animals, and animal products and by-products from Zimbabwe due to the r [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Jun-2022
Nigeria’s food council to meet over rising food prices
The council was set up in 2018 and is chaired by the president. The post Nigeria’s food council to meet over rising food prices appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Climate Change: Edo suffered worst tree cover loss in 2021, data shows
Edo was followed by Cross River. The two states lost a massive 399,000 hectares in the last 20 years, the data shows. The post Climate Change: Edo suffered worst tree cover loss in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Sudan: FAO Ramps Up Support to Farmers As Starvation Threat Grows in East Africa
[UN News] The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million people, 30 per cent of the population, are expected to need lifesaving s [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Armyworms Devour More Than 3,000 Hectares of Crops in Southwest State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Influx of Armyworm migrants devoured more than 3,000 hectares of crops in Ethiopia's Southwest Regional State, Masresha Belachew, the region's deput [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Nigeria: Manufacturers Struggle With Wheat, Energy Shortages
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Mmachukwu Orizu started her baby formula business six years ago after quitting her former job as a medical lab scientist. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
East Africa: A Country-By-Country Guide to Worsening Drought in the Horn of Africa
[The New Humanitarian] Johannesburg, South Africa -- 'We must meet the current humanitarian needs now if we are to avert an even bigger crisis in six months' time.' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Farmers Benefiting From Agricultural Sector Wide Approach
[Nyasa Times] Reports have shown that many farmers in the country are benefiting from the Agricultural Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp). [...]
AgricultureCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Gambia: Rising Global Food Protectionism Amid Ukraine War Risks Worsening Inflation
[The Point] Food protectionism is on the rise in the developing world as governments try to safeguard local supplies, and the effects are threatening to spill over into richer econ [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Gambia: Govt Concerns With Unilateral Increment in 'Senfor' Price By Bakers
[The Point] The General Public is hereby informed that the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) has learned with grave concern that the 'Senfor' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
South Africa: ANC Policy Papers Touch On Key Issues Facing Agriculture and Land Reform in South Africa
[The Conversation Africa] The latest policy discussion document published by the African National Congress (ANC) presents a positive change from the ambiguous agriculture policy th [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
Zimbabwe: Wheat Farmers Urged to Get Expert Advice
[The Herald] Wheat farmers have been urged to engage local agronomists and extension workers to increase production and push Zimbabwe into self-sufficiency. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 01-Jun-2022
MEC Desbo Mohono On Tackling Household Malnutrition Through the Integrated Provincial Food Security Strategy
[Govt of SA] Department to tackle household malnutrition through the Integrated Provincial Food Security Strategy [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 31-May-2022
Carbohydrate Needs Would Be Well-Nourished If Our Protein Resources Are Not Dependent On Imports'
[The Point] The minister for Agriculture Hon. Dr. Demba Sabally has revealed that carbohydrate needs would be well-nourished if our protein resources are independent on imports. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 31-May-2022
Township Stock Farmers Want Fewer Fines and More Help
[GroundUp] Theft of stock and lack of grazing are problems [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 31-May-2022