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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
East Africa: Experts to Host Twitter Spaces Discussion On The Hunger in The Horn Of Africa
[State Department] On August 31, 2022, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Top Chef judge and food activist Tom Colicchio will host a Twitter Spaces discussion with USAID partne [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 30-Aug-2022
Africa: Farming and Fertilisers - How Ecological Practices Can Make a Difference
[The Conversation Africa] Agriculture involves a difficult balance between food production and environmental impact. For example, fertilisers can help to achieve good crop yields, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 30-Aug-2022
Kenya: Farmers Endure Painful Drought As Millions Face Starvation
[RFI] Water is at a premium in Kenya, where four million people are facing starvation as severe drought brings life to a standstill. The government has declared an emergency in fou [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 30-Aug-2022
ECOWAS Parliament Urged to Legislate Sustainable Agricultural Policies
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) has been urged to legislate policies to improve political will towards making agriculture more s [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Aug-2022
Lagos State Government plans to feed over 10m Lagosians
The Lagos State Government has perfected plans to create wealth for more than five million people, feed more than 10 million Lagosians, guarantee food supplies for at least 90 days [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Aug-2022
Somalia: Drought Forcing New Arrivals in Relief Camps to Eat Animal Skins
[VOA] Baidoa, Somalia -- Somali authorities say a record drought has created near-famine conditions in South West state. New arrivals at relief camps say they are eating animal ski [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Aug-2022
Africa: More Than One Million Tons of Grain, Food Items Exported Under Black Sea Deal
[UN News] Exports of Ukrainian grain and other foodstuffs under a landmark agreement amid the ongoing war, have surpassed one million metric tonnes, the UN Coordinator for the Blac [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: 'We Are Being Tactically Pushed Out of the Export Market' - Khat Farmers, Traders
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Kahat farmers and traders in Hararghe, Oromia complained that they are being forced to leave the export market as the government has entered the exp [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Aug-2022
Environmental Preservation: Guinea Bissau appeals to ECOWAS for support
Adoba Echono The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has been called upon to empower member states in forest preservation.The Coastal Project Coordinator for the Nati [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government to enact laws against open defecation practices
By, Hikmat Bamigboye Nigerian Government says it will support states to introduce a law to ban open defecation practices. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, Said t [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 27-Aug-2022
Private Sector Launches Land Restoration Initiative
[Nile Post] A private sector led initiative named Restore Africa that will enable atleast 350,000 farming households in Uganda to be more climate resilient has been launched. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Aug-2022
Stockbrokers explore Nigeria’s Agricultural sector to drive economic growth, employment
The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) says it is exploring the link between Nigeria’s agricultural sector and the capital market as drivers of employment and economic gro [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Aug-2022
NGO seeks inclusion of Agroecology in Climate Change Policy
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a Non-Governmental Organization in Nigeria, has advocated the inclusion of agroecology in the country’s National Climate Change Pol [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Food Insecurity: ECOWAS advocates increased budgetary allocation to Agriculture
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recommended improved budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector as a panacea for food insecurity in the sub-region. [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Aug-2022
42nd Ordinary SADC Summit - Samia Stresses Food Security
[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has emphasised the importance of ensuring food security among member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Rural Farmers On Milk Processing Skills Acquisition
[The Point] The Gambia Livestock Marketing Agency (GLMA) in collaboration with the Small Ruminant Production Enhancement Project (SRPEP) on Saturday, 20th August 2022 commenced tra [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Hunger Looms, As Potato Disease Blights Crop, Threatens Value Chain in Plateau
[Vanguard] THE production of Irish Potato, a staple food in the country, has run into trouble with a strange disease that now ravages the crop and threatens to render farmers joble [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Africa: Storing Cattle Feed Can Improve Milk and Meat Yields - Why Farmers Aren't Doing It
[The Conversation Africa] Africa's cattle feed production is a boom-and-bust cycle. Most of the continent's grazing lands are lush and green in the rainy season, only to wither int [...]
LivestockRegion: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Decline in Livestock Prices, Rise in Food Prices Haunt Kenyans #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] The National Drought Management Authority reports that the drought condition in the country has continued to deteriorate as several parts of the Arid and Semi-Arid Land [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Africa: Africa's Climate Crisis Could Leave You Jobless, Sick, and Hungry #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Harare -- We all need to eat, but the global climate crisis is putting food production at risk. Due to the intense heat, harsh weather, and droughts, yield growth for w [...]
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Aug-2022
Agency, PLAN International To Partner on Disaster Affected Children
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has expressed it’s willingness to partner with PLAN International, a UK based Non- Governmen [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Lagos State Governor pledges to address stakeholders challenges in Agriculture
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to address the challenges of stakeholders in the agri-space and giving hope to the people through improved quality of life [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
“Safeguard our investment in donkey business” – Association
The National Chairman, Donkey Dealers Association, Mr Dike Ifeanyi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps towards safeguarding their N60 billion investment [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Niger State to partner with Experts on Agriculture development
The Niger State government in North central Nigeria, has planned to go into partnership with expatriates in the areas of Agriculture development. The Governor of the State, Abubaka [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: Drought, Hunger and Fighting Leave Ethiopia in 'Very Difficult Humanitarian Situation'
[UN News] Amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia's worst drought in 40 years, 17 million people are being targeted for humanitarian assistance, the UN spokesperso [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022