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Africa: Sustainable Future - Equipping Young Researchers, Innovators to Work for Climate
[Africa Renewal] Green alternatives can transform Africa's agri-food systems and generate significant benefits [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
State to Import 6-Million Fertilizer Bags Ahead of Long Rainy Seasons
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya plans to import an additional 6-million bags of fertilizer ahead of the long rainy season of March 2023. [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Africa: Food Is Scarce These Days, and the Refugees Keep Coming
[Global Press Journal] Isingiro, Uganda -- At Africa's oldest refugee settlement, cuts to monthly stipends lead to hunger -- and conflicts with Ugandan farmers. [...]
Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
USAID Wary of Food Politicisation Ahead of Crunch 2023 Election Campaigns
[New Zimbabwe] USAID says it has put modalities in place to guard against food monopoly by political parties in rural areas ahead of the 2023 general elections. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
USAID Injects U.S.$36.7 Million Assistance to Eight Food Insecure Zim Districts.
[New Zimbabwe] THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has availed US$36.7 million through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to eight food insecu [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Africa: Africa Could Feed Itself - Building Resilient Food Systems
[New Agenda] Africa has the natural resources and the policies required to tackle poverty and hunger - but these policies are not effectively implemented. Noting the impact of Russ [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2022
Association Attributes Egg Scarcity In Nigeria To Low Productivity
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has attributed the current scarcity of eggs and rising costs of poultry produce to reduced productivity of the sector. The Chairman of PAN [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Kenya: Murkomen Pledges to Boost Technical Infrastructure at Border Points to Reduce Congestion
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The nominee for Transport and Public Works Kipchumba Murkomen has pledged to boost the technological infrastructure along the border points to ease the cong [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Nigerian Government Empowers Ondo State Farmers with Solar Facilities
The Rural Electrification Agency of the Federal Ministry of Power has presented solar-powered irrigation water pumping equipment to over 200 farmers across Ondo State in a bid to b [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Association Attribute Eggs Scarcity To Low Productivity Output
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has attributed the current scarcity of eggs and rising costs of poultry produce to reduced productivity of the sector. The Chairman of PAN [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Somalia: Famine Should Not Exist in 2022, Yet Somalia Faces Its Worst Yet. Wealthy Countries, Pay Your Dues
[The Conversation Africa] More than a quarter of a million people died of hunger in Somalia in 2011 - half of them children younger than five. The situation in Somalia in the comin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Kenya: Health CS Nominee Nakhumicha Wants Pharmacy, Poisons Board Empowered to Regulate GMOs
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary nominee Susan Nakhumicha has opined that given the lift on the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) ban the government should empowe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Liberia: Pig Feet & Chicken Feet Diet in Liberia Traced to Formerly Enslaved People
[New Dawn] As Afterlives Of Slavery International Conference Continues [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Ghana: 600 Farmers At Nsuta to Benefit From Maize Processing Facility
[Ghanaian Times] Nsuta -- More than 600 farmers are to benefit from a newly established maize processing facility at Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Deadline Looms for Livestock Identification
[Daily News] THE government through the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has set October 31 this year as deadline for livestock identification using electronic ear tags. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Food Insecurity Is a Major Problem in Nigeria
[Daily Trust] The Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that Nigeria's food security situation has worsened in the last 15 years. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Prime Minister Warns Farm Inputs Embezzlers
[Daily News] PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has instructed Regional and District Commissioners to ensure subsidized farm inputs reach the targeted farmers, whilst warning against e [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Food Insecurity - Tingo Signs Pact With Afan On Seed, Equipment Supply
[Leadership] As part of the drive to address food insecurity in the country, Tingo Mobile Plc, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the All Farmers Association of Nigeria [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Botswana: Farmers Welcome Lifting of EU Beef Export Ban
[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Cattle farmers in Botswana, one of Africa's top beef exporters to the European Union, have welcomed renewed beef exports to Europe. The move follows a t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Africa: Countries Urged to Embrace Irrigation, Modern Technologies
[Daily News] IRRIGATION agriculture and the use of modern technologies is the way to ensure food security in African countries, including Tanzania. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Oct-2022
Group presents Climate Risk Register to Nasarawa State Government
The African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ) has presented a Climate Risk Register to the Nasarawa State Government in North-Central Nigeria. Mr. Joseph Ibrahi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 19-Oct-2022
Floods: Anambra State Governor Supports Victims with Food Items
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has sent food items to flood victims in Awka North Local Government Area as part of efforts aimed at cushioning the effect of flo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 19-Oct-2022
Kenya: Risks Multiply For Women And Girls As Worst Drought In 40 Years Bites Hard
[UNFPA] Turkana County, Kenya -- Chants of "Apei Apei ng'akankomwon ng'akan!" ring out from a group of women sitting under a tree. The words translate to "One, one, nine, five" - K [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 19-Oct-2022
Africa: AGRA Billions Fund Food Insecurity - Critics
[The Exchange] There are concerns, fears and anger that AGRA billions funding food insecurity in Africa, discounting claims of AGRA empowering 30 million smallholder farmer househo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 19-Oct-2022
Floods: President Buhari Directs Emergency Support for Bayelsa State
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness at the devastation caused by floods in Bayelsa State. He has therefore, extended the nation’s condolences to the families of the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022