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West Africa: Sahel, West Africa Facing Worst Food Crisis in Decade
[VOA] Geneva -- Millions of people in the Sahel and West Africa are facing the worst food crisis in a decade as conflict and climate disasters send the price of essential commoditi [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Under Threat From Multiple Humanitarian Crises
[UN News] The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three years, currently reaching 41 million, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) report [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Katsonga Phiri Makes Desperate Call for Reduction in Prices of Cooking Oil
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Trade and Industry Mark Katsonga Phiri has made a desperate call to the producers and suppliers of edible cooking oil to reciprocate the removal of 16 [...]
AgricultureCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
FAO Unveils New Phase of Agric Policy Initiative for Nigeria, Seven Others
[This Day] The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) weekend launched a new phase of its key agricultural policy monitoring and analysis initiative, focused on supporting reforms [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Sen. Lawrence Wants Emergency Session Over the Increase in Rice Price and Others
[New Dawn] Grand Bassa County Senator Nyonblee Kangar - Lawrence is calling on the Legislature to immediately return from Easter and constituency break and hold an emergency sessio [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Government to Pay U.S.$12 Million to Rice Importers
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia is preparing a supplementary budget to include US$12 million in payment to rice importers to prevent an increase in the retail price of the cou [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Agency Alerts Nigerians On Recall of Continental Mills' Buttermilk Pancake, Waffle Mix
[Premium Times] NAFDAC stated that the affected product was distributed nationwide in the United States of America where consumers purchased the product from retail Walmart stores. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Rice Price Will Be Stable
[New Republic] MONROVIA In recent days, there has been news of a shortage of Liberia staple (rice) on the market. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Pfumvudza Crops Outwit Dry Spell
[The Herald] Fungai Lupande -- Mash Central Bureau [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Locust Swarm Leads to Road Carnage
[New Era] The vast swarm of locusts, which have decimated vital crops and grassland in the south of the country, has also been linked to the latest road accident which claimed thre [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Excitement as FG Commence First Dry Season Wheat Harvest in Gombe
By Ene Okwanihe, Abuja Benefiting youth and women of Papa community in Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe state, North East Nigeria could not hold back excitement as the Nation [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Apr-2022
Agri-cluster boosts commercial farming with 10,000 hectares in Oyo State
As part of efforts to close the gap between demand and supply of most agricultural food and industrial crops, Tede community, in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, has broken a major [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Apr-2022
Ondo State Trains, Empowers 260 Women, Youths on Agriculture
To ensure massive food production and sufficiency, the Ondo State Government in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has trained and disburse [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Apr-2022
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in Edo State
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security in Edo State, Stephen Idehenre, says the state has attracted about $531.2 million from nine firms in the oil palm sector through [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Apr-2022
Govt to Auction More Fishing Quotas to Pay Expenses
[Namibian] THE government has put 11 090 tonnes of horse mackerel quota on auction for governmental objective activities. [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Apr-2022
Egypt, WB Discuss Cooperation in Modern Systems of Irrigation
[Egypt Online] Egypt and the World Bank (WB) have probed means on boosting cooperation in using modern irrigation systems. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Egypt
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Apr-2022
Kogi advises residents to shun cow meat after 20 die mysteriously
The state government says there is the possibility that the cows ingested poisonous substances while grazing. The post Kogi advises residents to shun cow meat after 20 die mysteri [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
NALDA commences first dry season wheat harvest in Gombe, distributes pumping machines
Tribune Online NALDA commences first dry season wheat harvest in Gombe, distributes pumping machines As part of its mandate, the National Agricultural Land Development Authorit [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Farming: Niger State, others get $3.2bn tricycle-producing plant
Niger State in North-central Nigeria alongside 11 other States are to benefit from a 3.2 billion-dollar investment for the establishment of a tricycle-producing plant to boost agri [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Food Security: EU approves €314 million for Nigeria, others
The European Union (EU) has approved €314 million in funds for Nigeria and six other partner countries in the region in a bid to ensure food security and nutrition in West Africa [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Lagos State generates 10,000MT/day of municipal solid waste, 15% plastic
A recent report has shown that Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub and the most populous coastal city in Africa, generates 10,000 MT/day of municipal solid waste, with 15% of this fi [...]
Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Nigerian government to provide safe accessible water
The Nigerian government has expressed its determination to provide clean and safe accessible water to its citizens especially to the rural communities. The Minister of Water [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Nigeria, 7 others to benefit from FAO’s agric policy initiative
Nigeria and seven other African countries are set to benefit from a new phase of key agricultural policy monitoring and analysis initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Swarms of Brown Locusts Plague Three Provinces Despite R80 Million Spent On Fighting the Outbreak
[Daily Maverick] Three provinces in South Africa have been plagued by the largest brown locust swarms in decades. And because of heavy rains, the locust outbreak shows no signs of [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022
Govt Receives Japanese Rice Grant
[The Point] The Gambia government through the Ministry of Agriculture wishes to inform the general public that it has received from the Government of Japan, two thousand, five hund [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Apr-2022