Latest News Updates
Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Africa's Rice-Farming Villages More Prone to Malaria #AfricaClimateCrisis
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Malaria has become more common in African villages with irrigated rice fields in the last 20 years, highlighting the need for improved cultivation methods t [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 01-Apr-2022
Ghana Receives €44.7 Million Grant From EU, France to Build Irrigation Infrastructure in North
[Ghanaian Times] The government, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), and the European Union (EU) have signed ?44.7 million Agriculture Water Management Project to suppor [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Apr-2022
Israeli Govt to Help Ghana Address Fertiliser Challenges
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- The Israeli government has stressed its commitment to help address fertilizer challenges facing Ghana's agriculture. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Apr-2022
Berseba Residents Receive Goats, Equipment
[New Era] Residents hailing from Gainachas, Tses, Kutenhos and Berseba received goats, brick making machines, cement and poultry farming equipment worth more than N$100 000 from th [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Apr-2022
Meeting On Increasing Agricultural Production and Productivity
[Shabait] Barentu, 31 March 2022 - The Governor of the Gash Barka Region, Ambassador Mahmud Ali Hiruy stated that strong effort is being exerted in cooperation with government inst [...]
AgricultureCountry: Eritrea
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Apr-2022
Nasarawa govt to plant 5 million trees before end 2023
The exercise is aimed the regenerating the state's forests and biodiversity. The post Nasarawa govt to plant 5 million trees before end 2023 appeared first on Premium Times Nigeri [...]
ForestryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Mar-2022
Egypt: In Egypt, Where a Meal Isn't Complete Without Bread, War in Ukraine Is Threatening the Wheat Supply and Access to This Staple Food
[The Conversation Africa] Russia's war on Ukraine is disrupting global grain supplies. Restrictions on navigation in the Azov Sea and the closure of ports have interrupted grain sh [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Mar-2022
250 Million Africans Live On Empty Stomach Daily - Adesina
[This Day] The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has estimated that about 250 million men, women and children across the continent go on [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Mar-2022
Lefa Receives Another Boost From NBL
[New Era] Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) reaffirmed its long-standing relationship with taxi-hailing app, LEFA, on 29 March 2022 by sponsoring the LEFA shuttle and cab service to [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Mar-2022
Pilot Project to Develop Organic Agricultural Products to Be Launched in Kasserine
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A pilot project to develop organic agricultural products in the localities of Charayaa and Machrek Chames (Governorate of Kasserine) will be [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Mar-2022
Seychelles Plans to Activate Fisheries Harvest Strategy Policy By Third Quarter of 2022
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles expects to set up a fisheries harvest strategy policy in the third quarter of 2022 that will allow relevant authorities to monitor, examine and [...]
AgricultureCountry: Seychelles
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Mar-2022
Olam-Caraway’s multi-million dollar tomato investment records 40mt per hectare yield
Tribune Online Olam-Caraway’s multi-million dollar tomato investment records 40mt per hectare yield Kuda Gangara Integrated Tomato Farm, a project by Caraway (an Olam group c [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Teff, an Ancient Grain From Ethiopia, Takes Root On U.S. Plains
[VOA] Winnemucca, Nevada -- Teff, an ancient grain native to the Horn of Africa, has found new enthusiasts in the United States. It's being cultivated in the American West and Midw [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ethiopia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Cash Grants Power Enterprise in Spite of Drought
[WFP] Small payments from the World Food Programme are, for some, a doorway into business [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Microbiologists Start a Mushroom Business
[Namibian] MICROBIOLOGY graduates Abner Tomas (30) and Daisy Andjaba have ventured into a mushroom production business at home in Oshikoto region. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Fish-Consumption Agency Comes of Age
[Namibian] THE Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) celebrated its 21st birthday under the theme 'Twenty Fished' on Monday. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Rice Importers Reportedly Hoarding, Being Selective in Their Sales - Retailers Protest
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Hundreds of aggrieved rice dealers during the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 29, staged a violent protest on the Bushrod Island, outside Monrov [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Thousands Brace for Potentially Disastrous Rainy Season
[VOA] Geneva -- Aid agencies warn hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese are likely to suffer devastating consequences during this year's wet season without emergency internationa [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
The Race to Save Zambia's Wetlands #AfricaClimateCrisis
[UNEP] As the sun sets in central Zambia, orange rays reflect across the Lukanga Swamp, a vast wetland spanning 2,600 km2. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zambia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Success of Seychelles' First Voluntary Fisheries Closure Zone - an Example That Should Inspire Others, Says Fisheries Minister #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Seychelles News Agency] Fishermen in Seychelles are being encouraged to take initiatives that will help protect fish stocks instead of waiting for the government to come up with p [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Seychelles
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Chakwera Inspects Crops in Mangochi
[MBC] Earlier today President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, continued with the crop inspection tour in Mangochi District, where he inspected maize fields at Nchisa Village in the area of Tr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Zambia: As Forests Fall, Zambians Race to Find Alternatives to Logging #AfricaClimateCrisis
[UNEP] Located in Zambia's North-Western Province, the greater Kafue National Park and West Lunga ecosystem complex was once home to an abundance of ancient rosewood trees and a ho [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zambia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Govt Scraps 42 Coffee Levies
[Daily News] THE government has scrapped 42 out of 47 levies that were being charged from coffee growers in Kagera region as part of continued efforts to improve the cash crop prod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Michigan State University don receives $4m grant for agricultural research on MSMEs in Nigeria, Tanzania
Tribune Online Michigan State University don receives $4m grant for agricultural research on MSMEs in Nigeria, Tanzania AN Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
AFAN urges Buhari to revive NFRA to ensure food sufficiency
Tribune Online AFAN urges Buhari to revive NFRA to ensure food sufficiency ALL Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022