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Food Prices Will 'Go Through the Roof', Tiger Brands Warns Consumers
[Daily Maverick] Tiger Brands expects inflation for some food categories, including staples such as bread, maize meal and baking flour, to rise by between 15% and 20%. For context, [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
Creecy Extends Fishing Rights Appeals Period
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has further extended the period for appeals of the 2021 Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
WTO projects Global Food Crisis to last until 2024
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned that the global food crisis could last until 2024, unless safe corridors are created to move Ukrainian food stocks currently blockaded [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
International NGO urges Nigeria to adopt digital approach to Agriculture
The SASAKAWA Africa Association (SAA), an international agricultural development Non-Governmental Organization has urged Nigeria to adopt a more digital approach to agricultural pr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
KTDA in Diversification Push to Cushion Farmers
[Capital FM] Embu -- The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) is implementing a number of diversification activities with its farmers with a view to mitigating the revenue losses ar [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
Minister Barbara Creecy Extends Fishing Rights Allocation Process Appeals Period
[Govt of SA] Further extension granted FPR appeals related to Fishing Rights Allocation Process for 2021 [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
For Women Farmers in Nigeria, Funding Hardly Comes From Banks
[Premium Times] Despite being in the federal capital, she, like most other women farmers in Pegi, have no access to formal financial services or government support schemes for farm [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
Africa: Continent Leads the Way On 'Food Systems Transformation' - Guterres
[UN News] African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously address food security, nutrition, social and environmental protection - [...]
Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
Africa: Insect Meat Loaf, Fertilizer Trees, and Mosquito-repelling Plants - The Promise of Africa's Bioeconomy #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Africa feels the impacts of COVID-19, conflict, and climate change perhaps more than any other region in the world. The costs of food, fuel, and fertilizer have skyrock [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 27-May-2022
FAO, UNIDO Partners Lagos State Government on $4.01m Coconut Development Project
The Lagos State Government, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have unveiled a propose [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Nigerian Women Seeks Separate Budget For Farming, Agrobusiness Enterprises
Smallholder women farmers in the country have called on the government to design a specific budget that takes care of their agriculture needs and enhances their productivity. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Gombe State begins expansion, rehabilitation of water scheme
The Gombe State Government has begun the expansion and rehabilitation of it’s Regional Water Scheme, with the signing of a contract worth 11.4 billion naira. The Gombe State Com [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Over 300,000 Farmers benefit from Agriculture project
Over three hundred thousand small holder farmers are being targeted for inclusive agricultural value chain project in Kaduna state. Executive Director, National Agricultural Exten [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
AfDB’s High 5 programmme impacts 335m people across Africa –Adesina
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the high five programme of the Bank has impacted no fewer than 335 million people and households across African countries. A statement [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Fertilizer: Nigeria steps up local production
The Nigerian government says steps are being taken to further boost local production of fertilizer to enhance farming activities across the country. Managing Director of Niger [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Egypt Rolls Out Agricultural Projects to Tackle Future Food Shortages
As worries mount about food shortages due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Egypt - the world's largest importer of wheat - says it is preparing a series of agricultural proj [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Egypt
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Africa: EC President von der Leyden Condemns 'Russian Blackmail' on Food and Fuel
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, denounced Russian aggression and its use of "hunger and grain to wield power", in a special address at the World Economi [...]
Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Goat Foundation Donates 200 Goats to 100 Widows in Kitui
Goat Foundation, a non- profit organization that gives hope to widows has donated 200 goats to 100 widows in Kitui Central to address poverty and impact the lives of the vulnerable [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
The Real Price of Bread Is Unkown
[Foroyaa] The state should have a mechanism for establishing the real price of bread just as they do with fuel. They should be able to reach an agreement with the bakers on price t [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Farmers Lament High Cost of Fertilizer, Unfertile Land
[Foroyaa] Ahead of the Rainy Season [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
How Spices Farming Drives Conservation Efforts in Pemba
GROWING spices in Pemba Island is pushing forward environmental conservation efforts in the island, as farmers engage in traditional farming method. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Gmaz Secures 400 000t of Maize
[The Herald] The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has secured 400 000 tonnes of maize as a means of ensuring food sufficiency in the country. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Investing in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
[The Point] Three quarters of the world's poor live in rural areas and are largely dependent on farming. Moreover, in developing countries, the livelihood of most people derives fr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Transforms Lives
[The Herald] Villagers from Mpofu in Lupane, Matabeleland North never thought one day they would contribute to national food security largely due to poor soils in the area. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022
Africa: Chief Economists Outlook Warns of Dire Human Consequences From the Fragmentation of the Global Economy
[WEF] Davos, Klosters, Switzerland -- The World Economic Forum's Community of Chief Economists expects lower economic activity, higher inflation, lower real wages and greater food [...]
Region: Africa
Date: 26-May-2022