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Stakeholders Call For Enforcement of Anti-Open Grazing Law
The Cattle Menace and Conflict Resolution Committee in collaboration with other stakeholders, have called for the constitution of a Committee that would ensure the full enforcement [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Oct-2022
NAQS empowers farmers in Ife North, East constituency with improved seedlings
Tribune Online NAQS empowers farmers in Ife North, East constituency with improved seedlings In a bid to boost their production capacity, the National Agricultural Quarantine Serv [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Stakeholders Call for Private Sector Investment Policy In Agriculture
Agricultural stakeholders have called for a favorable policy environment that will enhance private sector investment in research aimed at developing the agriculture sector and guar [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Association calls on charcoal producers to end deforestation
The National Association of Charcoal Producers Dealers Exporters Association of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) has called on charcoal producers to engage in afforestation to curb deforestation [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Uganda: 78 Ugandan Startups Receive Shs5.9 Billion in Seed Funding From NSSF, Mastercard
[Nile Post] A total of 78 Ugandan businesses have each received $20000 in seed funding from National Social Security Fund (NSSF) together with the Mastercard Foundation as part of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Africa: Govt Considering Fertiliser Coy for Africa Market - President
[Ghanaian Times] The government is considering an ambitious move to establish a fertiliser company capable of meeting the fertiliser demand of the entire African continent, Preside [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
East Africa: How Region Can Increase Lake Victoria's Productivity
[The Exchange] Lake Victoria is the largest freshwater lake in Africa and the largest inland fishery in the world. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Rwanda: Poultry Farmers Decry Soaring Cost of Feed
[New Times] Animal feed is too expensive and continues to be a major constraint on poultry productivity, farmers have said. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Tanzania: 1.3 Million Farmers Registered for Subsidised Fertiliser
[Daily News] AS the ongoing exercise to register farmers for getting subsidized fertilizer has reached 1.3 farmers, so far, the government sets measures to curb smuggling of that f [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Stakeholders Advocate Policy for Rice Fortification in Nigeria
[Leadership] Experts and stakeholders in food and agricultural sector have reiterated the need to draft policy document for rice Fortification in Nigeria, adding that, this would d [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Seychelles: Fishing Facility Partly Financed Under EU-Seychelles Fisheries Agreement Opens for Business
[Seychelles News Agency] A new fishing facility, partly financed by the European Union to support the fishing community in the eastern Mahe districts of Cascade and Pointe Larue to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Ethiopia: Germany, France Offer Support to Transport, Distribute 50,000 Tons of Wheat Donated By Ukraine for Ethiopia, Somalia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Germany and France offered their support to transport and distribute 50,000 tons of wheat donated by Ukraine for Ethiopia and Somalia, two of the co [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Tunisia: Geothermal Early Vegetables Production in Gabes Estimated At 30 Thousand Tonnes #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The perimeters irrigated under greenhouse by geothermal water in the governorate of Gabes intended for the cultivation of early vegetables r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
South Africa: Govt to Assist Wine Industry, Says Minister - South African News Briefs - October 6, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Kenya: Nyahururu Residents Urged to Embrace Chicken Rearing to Avert Cattle Rustling
[Capital FM] Nyahururu -- Laikipia residents have been asked to embrace chicken rearing in place of goats and cows in a bid to avert cattle rustling in the region. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Liberia: Protest Loom Over Rice Shortage
[New Dawn] As SUP, EFFL others announce mass rally to stage rice riot [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Liberia: Ministry of Commerce Creates More Doubts Than Hope Over the Timely Supply of Rice in the Local Market
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As thousands of Liberians including local traders and consumers continue to struggle for rice in post-conflict Liberia, the Coalition for Democratic C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Ogun govt partners World Bank on land acquisition, allocation for agriculture
Tribune Online Ogun govt partners World Bank on land acquisition, allocation for agriculture THE Ogun State Government has said it is into a partnership with the World Bank to str [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Comply with budgetary allocation to agriculture, stakeholders tell Ondo govt
Tribune Online Comply with budgetary allocation to agriculture, stakeholders tell Ondo govt ONDO state government has been charged to give priority to agriculture in the 2023 budg [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
FAO pledges to boost Nigerian farmers’ resilience to agricultural disasters
Tribune Online FAO pledges to boost Nigerian farmers’ resilience to agricultural disasters THE Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has promised to stre [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Nigeria targets massive seed export, moves to join OECD
Tribune Online Nigeria targets massive seed export, moves to join OECD THE National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has commenced a move to join the Organisation for Economic Coo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
NACHARD wants Buhari to assent to Agricultural Development Trust Fund Bill
Tribune Online NACHARD wants Buhari to assent to Agricultural Development Trust Fund Bill THE National Committee of the Heads of Colleges of Agriculture and Related Disciplines (N [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Government needs to mainstream local farmers into formal scene to solve unemployment —NIHORT ED
Tribune Online Government needs to mainstream local farmers into formal scene to solve unemployment —NIHORT ED THE Executive Director of the National Horticultural Research Ins [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
UI Class of Titans delivers refurbished lecture theatres to Faculty of Agriculture
Tribune Online UI Class of Titans delivers refurbished lecture theatres to Faculty of Agriculture AS part of activities lined up to celebrate their 20 years of graduation, their c [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
NiMET, HEDA, others supply farmers with climate information for efficient farming
Tribune Online NiMET, HEDA, others supply farmers with climate information for efficient farming FARMERS have been told adhere strictly to climate information in order to record a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022