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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Agency Targets 1000mt Of Maize In Plateau State
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has flaged off its Food Production project in eight communities in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State North [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
NLC Decries High Cost of Farm Inputs in Niger State
The Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has decried the hike in the market prices of farm inputs, saying the development has left farmers struggling to cope wi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
Genetically Modified Beans Safe For Consumption- Agency
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has assured Nigerians that the recently-approved genetically-modified beans is safe for human consumption and the environment. Dr. R [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
Africa: How Covid Controls Hit Smallholder Farmers in African Countries
[The Conversation Africa] Since its emergence more than two years ago, COVID-19 has reached nearly every corner of the globe. It has infected hundreds of millions of people, and ov [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
Nigeria: Edo Set for Farm-to-Table Initiative, to Connect Farmers to Produce Buyers Online
[This Day] The Edo State government has concluded plan to launch an online portal to connect farmers in the state to produce buyers globally in a renewed drive to promote trade and [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
Ghana: U.S.$122.5 Disbursed to MAG Beneficiary Institutions
[Ghanaian Times] A total of $122,473,575.60 has been disbursed to all Modernising Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) beneficiary institutions since 2017, the Chief Director of the Ministry [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
Sudan: Residents and Displaced Demand Security During Agricultural Season
[Dabanga] Gireida -- Residents and internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Gereida in South Darfur have demanded the governor of the state to extend security measures and protect th [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-May-2022
Agricultural Experts seek funding for Nigerian women farmers
Agricultural experts have called for financial support for Nigerian women farmers in the agricultural value chain to boost productivity and attain food security in the country. The [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Nigeria sponsors 200 Youths to Israel, Morocco for Agric training
The Nigerian Government through the National Land Development Authority (NALDA) is set to send 200 young farmers to Israel and Morocco for a six day intensive training on Greenhous [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Rising Food Prices: Kaduna State Governor wants increased agricultural practices
The Governor of Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has called on citizens of the State to get involved in agricultural practices to crash the rising food pric [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Floods: FCTA urges residents to heed to early warning
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA has appealed to residents to heed to the flood warnings issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. The w [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Mozambique: WFP Cuts Food Rations Due to Funding Shortfall
[AIM] The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has cut its life-saving food assistance to over 900,000 people in northern Mozambique due to a lack of funds. As a result, only [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Mozambique: Fews Net Warns of Worsening Food Insecurity
[AIM] The US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that acute food insecurity exists across Mozambique driven by the impact of multiple natural disaster [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Tanzania: Zanzibar, Sri Lanka Plan to Set Up Fish Processing Plant
[Daily News] THE Sri Lanka's firm 'Hairu Group of Companies (HGC)' in partnership with Zanzibar Fisheries Company (ZAFICO) is set to build a fish processing plant in Unguja North c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Kenya: How Charging for Wasted Water Helps More Farmers Get a Fair Share
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kiarutara, Kenya -- A project to install irrigation meters has encouraged upstream farmers to use only what they need, leaving more for those downstrea [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Africa: Better Prevention and Targeting of Root Causes Needed to Combat Food Crises - UN Report
[UN News] The number of people facing acute food insecurity, requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support, continues to grow at an alarming rate, according t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
South Sudan: What Cattle Conflicts Say About Identity in South Sudan
[The Conversation Africa] In March 2022, violent clashes between farming communities and cattle herders broke out in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. It was the latest inciden [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Notore records 239% rise in revenue, posts N1.5bn profit in one quarter
Tribune Online Notore records 239% rise in revenue, posts N1.5bn profit in one quarter Leading agro-allied and chemicals company, Notore Chemical Industries Plc, has recorded a gr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Nigeria To Become Highest Cocoa Producer In West Africa- Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa farmers in Nigeria under the aegis of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), have vowed to increase the country’s cocoa production in conjunction with other value cha [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Nigerian Government Seeks Collaboration to Boost The Cotton Industry
To revive and boost the cotton value chain and enhance the economic development of the country, the Federal Government has called for collaboration among stakeholders in the indust [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Nigerian Government train over 50 millers on alternative animal feed production
With the high cost of animal feed in the livestock industry, the Federal Government gives hope to livestock farmers as it builds capacity of over 50 feed millers on alternative fee [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Liberia: MAP Liberia Holds First Annual Forum
[New Dawn] The Multi-Actor Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia (MAP Liberia Land Platform) holds the first Annual Forum: conducts in-dept [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Zimbabwe: Big Bucks - Drought-Hit Zimbabweans Cut Poverty, Poaching With Larger Goats
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Chivwetu Village, Zimbabwe -- The project to breed bigger goats and raise incomes aims to help communities feed their families without wiping out local [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Rwanda: Rwanda to Benefit From U.S.$25 Million Initiative for Climate Resilient Crop Varieties
[New Times] Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed "Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
South Africa: Cedar Adds a Shot of Espresso to Roasteries
[New Frame] Leigh Wentzel and Winston Thomas are stirring up the coffee scene in Cape Town with specialty blends to give communities a taste of quality java. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022