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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Liberia: Global Hunger Index Report Reveals High Hunger Level in Liberia
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide recently launched the 2021 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report in Liberia under the theme: African Year of Nutritio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2022
Africa: UN Releases U.S.$100 Million to Fight Hunger in 6 African Countries and Yemen
[UN News] The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the war in Ukraine threaten to push millions even closer to fa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2022
Egypt: Agriculture Minister Announces Plan to Import Wheat from India
[Egypt Online] Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation el Sayed el Quseir announced on Thursday 14/4/2022 approving India to import wheat according to a report raised by head [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Apr-2022
Nigeria ranks below Asia, others in cassava production despite potential
Tribune Online Nigeria ranks below Asia, others in cassava production despite potential The federal government has said that despite Nigeria’s potential in cassava production wi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Road Infrastructure: Delta State Government to link agrarian communities
The Delta State Government in Southern Nigeria has approved the construction and rehabilitation of over 30 kilometres of roads to link rural agrarian communities across the State. [...]
Infrastructure and ConstructionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Pests/Disease Control: Federal Government trains 120 cassava farmers
The Federal Government has commenced training for 120 cassava farmers from Ondo, Edo and Ekiti States, South-West Nigeria, on improved management and control strategies of pests an [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Apr-2022
USAID trains over 50 women, Youths on Mechanised Agriculture
United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in partnership with Tractor on the Go, have trained over 50 Women and some youths on how to practice Mechanised Agricul [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
National Directorate of Employment trains 100 youths on sustainable agriculture
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 100 youths in Bauchi State, Northern Nigeria, on sustainable agriculture to boost youth involvement in ag [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Kenya: Ulinzi Sports Complex a Benchmark for More Facilities - President Uhuru
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has officially commissioned the newly constructed Ulinzi Stars Complex at the Lang'ata Barracks, and says the multi-sports facility [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Africa: Transport On Rail Services Between Saulsville and Pretoria
[Govt of SA] Return to service of the Saulsville line and oversight on infrastructure rehabilitation [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Africa: Department - Shongweni Dam in KZN Has Not Collapsed
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated that the Shongweni Dam, located west of Pinetown, in KwaZulu-Natal, has not collapsed. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Africa: Stage Two Load Shedding On Course to Be Lifted
[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom says it is remains cautiously optimistic that stage two load shedding will be lifted on Friday morning ahead of the Easter weekend. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 14, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Govt Trains 120 Cassava Farmers On Management of Whiteflies Infestation
[This Day] The federal government has commenced the training of 120 cassava farmers from Ondo, Edo and Ekiti States on good agricultural practices, control and management of whitef [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Sudan: South Sudan Facing Its Worst Food Crisis On Record
[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations warns a record 7.74 million people, or two-thirds of South Sudan's population, are likely to face hunger during this year's lean season between M [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Sudan: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Is Driving Up Wheat Prices - This Could Fuel Instability in Sudan
[The Conversation Africa] Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world's major food exporting regions. The war threatens to dr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Liberia: Govt to Aid Rice Importers
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia said it would not allow rice prices to be increased under its watch. The George Weah-led administration, which has its root in the fight ag [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Liberia: The Rice Saga Is Worrisome
[New Republic] With all sincerity, the government must act now and do it very quickly and put an immediate halt to the back and fro puzzling alarm regarding 'the rice shortage in t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Nigeria: 5,400 Bauchi Farmers to Benefit From AU Agric Programme
[Leadership] At least 5,400 small scale farmers in Bauchi State are expected to benefit from the African Union Development Agency's agriculture programme under the New Partnership [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Africa: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Highlights Continent's Need to Diversify Its Wheat Sources
[The Conversation Africa] The war between Russia and Ukraine has highlighted just how much of the world's wheat supply relies on these two countries. For instance, a recently relea [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Edo State begins process of forest allocation
The Edo State Government has commenced the process of forest allocation to prospective timber concessionaires as part of efforts to reopen the forest. The chairman of, Forestry Co [...]
Forestry AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
‘We don’t want Nigeria to be dumping ground for GMOs’-NBMA
The Director-General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has said the agency will not let the country become a dumping ground for unregulated genetically [...]
Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Kano Farmers Hopeful of Increased Yield as Tiga Dam Reopens After 5 Months
Farmers in six Local Government Areas around the Tiga dam in Kano State who practice irrigation farming have expressed excitement after the management of the Hadejia Jama’are Riv [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Train Attack: FACAN Resolves To Transport Agro Products With Cargo Train
As Nigerians continue to feel the impact of terrorists’ attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train amounting to loss of lives, injuries and abduction, the Federation of Agricultural Commod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Experts advocate adequate security for national food sufficiency
Several experts in the agribusiness sector advocated that the country must end internal conflicts and insecurity to move away from subsistence farming to value-added farming. This [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022