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Effia-Kwesimintsim Assembly to Support 200 Farmers With Coconut, Oil Palm Seedlings
The Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) in the Western Region, on Thursday, launched a programme to distribute 12,000 oil palm and 5,000 coconut seedlings to farmers. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 13-May-2022
Hon Saho Urges Growing More Food Crops Against Food Insecurity
Sulayman Saho, the National Assembly Member (NAM) for Central Badibou has urged Gambians to grow more food crops during this year's rainy season to avoid food insecurity in the cou [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 13-May-2022
Black Farmers Need Support - How It Could Be Done
Most countries in both the rich and the developing world have some sort of programme to help early career farmers (mostly, but not exclusively young people) to get established in a [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 13-May-2022
Organization Partners French Embassy to Train Widowed Farmers in Rural Areas
The French embassy, in collaboration with Alex & Grace Izinyon Foundation Nigeria, has flagged off its Rural Widow Entrepreneurs in Agriculture and Digital Marketing, Investing [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Foreign Council Trains Fishery Officers, Processors in Nigeria
The Norwegian Seafood Council ,on Tuesday, commenced a training workshop for Nigeria’s fishery officers and stakeholders in aquaculture, processing and export to boost bilateral [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Cow Dung Sellers Make Brisk Businesses In Gombe State
Cow dung sellers are making brisk businesses in Gombe State due to the high demand of the commodity occasioned by the hike in fertilizer prices as the cropping season sets in. A c [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Coalition wants Agriculture attractive for youths in Nigeria
The Network for Agricultural Technical Education of Nigeria (NATEN), on Tuesday called on all stakeholders to make Agriculture attractive for young people to encourage participatio [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Nigeria Partners with Stakeholders in Fishery Sector
Nigeria has put all machineries in motion to partner with Stakeholders and experts in the fishery sector towards achieving the SDGs goals. This assurance was given by the Seni [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Nigeria launches Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy
The Nigerian government has launched the Steering Committee for the elaboration of the country’s Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategy. (LT-LEDS). The overall objectives [...]
Waste management Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Sand Dams Boost Food Security in Rural Zimbabwe
[New Frame] In hot and arid parts of the country, this method of water abstraction from sandy riverbeds is helping villagers to grow their vegetable gardens all year round. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
East Africa: Lake Victoria Locals Blame Companies for Mysterious Mass Fish Die-Offs
Governments blame a range of factors for tonnes of dead fish washing up. Local fisherman and environment officers blame polluting industries. [...]
Agriculture FisheryRegion: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Farmers, Others Raise Concerns Over Indigenous Chicken Breeds
Last month, monogastric (single-compartmented stomach) livestock farmers and stakeholders, at a conference in Abuja, raised concerns over the state of local chicken breeds. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-May-2022
Speakers, Heads of Parliament from Africa advocate increased Agricultural Funding
Speakers and heads of parliaments from across Africa have advocated increased budgetary allocations to agriculture to enhance productivity and build internal capacity for food prod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
Nigeria loses N455 billion annually to poor sanitation – RUWASSA
The Federal Capital Territory Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) has revealed that Nigeria loses Four Hundred and Fifty-five Billion Naira (N455, 000,000,000) annua [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
National Bureau of Statistics, World Bank, FAO to conduct Agricultural Census
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in collaboration with the World Bank and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will embark on a National Agricult [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
Meru Distributes Beehives Worth Sh3 Million to Help Keep Elephants at Bay
Meru County farmers living close to forest areas have adopted bee-keeping as a way of keeping stray elephants at bay in addition to the benefits accrued from the lucrative apicultu [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
African Armyworms Infestation in Baringo Threatens Food Security
Baringo County is grappling with armyworms infestation in Barwesa Ward, Baringo North Sub- county that is threatening food security, as drought continues to ravage the area. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Demands Coordinated and Rapid State Intervention
Considering the poverty and high unemployment in South Africa, it is not surprising that farmers have tried to illegally move their animals to get better values at auctions outside [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
Tracing the Origins and Role of Bananas in the Rwandan Culture
King Yuhi III Mazimpaka, who ruled Rwanda from 1645 to 1675, is mostly remembered to have been exceptionally handsome, intelligent and creative. He was also a poet, with his perfec [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
New Tobacco Growers Decline 50%
The number of new tobacco growers for the 2021/22 season has declined by 50 percent, compared to the same period last year. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
UNHCR Raises Alarm Over Mozambique's 'Invisible' Crisis as Climate Shocks Worsen Displacement
This is a summary of what was said by Grainne Ohara, Director of the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- to whom quoted tex [...]
AgricultureCountry: Mozambique
Region: Africa
Date: 11-May-2022
City Sanitation: FCTA meets with Security Agencies, reviews enforcement strategies
Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has met with commanders of different security agencies and heads of other organizational components of bot [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-May-2022
Food Security: Guyana to collaborate with Nigeria, Czech Republic
Dr. Irfaan Ali, President of the South American country, Guyana, has expressed his country’s readiness to collaborate with the governments of Nigeria and the Czech Republic in th [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-May-2022
“Illegal Structures on Waterways cause flooding in FCT” – Agencies
The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have identified illegal structures that block waterways as bei [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-May-2022
Kenya: Give Edible Insects a Chance As an Alternative High-Quality Protein Source, Say Scientists
[IPS] Nairobi -- Growing up in Samoya Village of Bungoma County in the Western part of Kenya, Elvis Wanjala has fond childhood memories of the rainy season, chasing and catching bl [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 07-May-2022