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Sudan: Taking Industrial Policy Seriously in Sudan
[African Arguments] Industrial conditions in Sudan are simultaneously a consequence and a propagator of the country's overall economic and development realities.[1] The country's m [...]
Country: Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
Nigeria: What an Irrigation Project Reveals About Farmer-Herder Conflict
[The Conversation Africa] Clashes between herders and local farmers in several communities in Nigeria have increased in recent years. One report put the number of deaths at more th [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Oct-2021
BoG working on block chain product and 2 remittance innovations
The Bank of Ghana is presently working on testing a block chain based product and two innovations in the remittance space. This is part of its digital and innovation agenda. [...]
Information Technology (IT) Agriculture FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Oct-2021
World Food Day: Africa needs strategic investments in seed systems
According to a study by Alliance for green revolution in Africa (AGRA), the percentage of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa using varieties of improved seed is still less than 20 perce [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Kenya: Meru Farmers, Isiolo Herders Unite to Survive Drought
[Nation] In a normal year when food stores are filled with harvests, Mr Tratisio Kamunturiu, from Lachathuriu in Tigania West, Meru County, would be up in arms on seeing herds of c [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
FAO, Japan Sign Agreement to Improve Rice and Fish Cultivation
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a funding agreement with the Embassy of Japan in Liberia. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
11th Pre - Harvest Conference and Exhibitions Opens Today in Tamale
[Ghanaian Times] The 11th edition of the annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions, organised by Agrihouse Foundation is set open today at the Aliu Mamaha Sport St [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Garu Women Demand Equal Access to Agric Flagship Programmes
[Ghanaian Times] Garu -- About 300 women in the GaruTempane District of the Upper East Region have called on the government to create an enabling environment for women to have equa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Give Women Fertile Lands to Farm, Traditional Authorities Told
[Ghanaian Times] Wa -- Network for Young Women Empowerment (NYWE), a non-governmental organisation in the Upper West Region, has appealed to traditional authorities and land owners [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
South Africa: Why Supporting Small-Scale Farmers and Eating Locally is Climate Smart #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Every day, the food we eat connects us to a vast global network of farmers, traders, food manufacturers, retailers, and many others involved in bringing fo [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Oct-2021
Food Security: Lagos to activate Agric Mechanization Programme
Luqmon Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the State Government would soon commence a mechanization programme, tagged the “Eko Agro Mechanization Pr [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Lagos Waste Manager charges Epe Community on Waste Disposal
Luqmon Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA has challenged the people of Epe area of the State over their disposition towards proper waste disposal [...]
Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Nigerian government to partner with firm on oil palm, cassava expo
The federal government will collaborate with BKG Exhibitions Limited to stage the 3rd edition of the conference and exhibition to unlock the potentials of oil Palm and cassava prod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
World Food Day: Experts seek robust food system to reduce malnutrition
The Executive Director, Spectra Industries Ltd., Mrs Remi Kuteyi, has urged the federal and state governments to build a better food system that would be resilient to increasing [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Nigerian government calls for safe portable water
The Nigerian government has called for more commitment from the private sector and the general public in the provision of safe drinking water to meet the WASH plan sector. The [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Government prone to excessive spending, but manufacturing, technology sectors to expand – Report
Government is prone to excessive spending, particularly public sector pay which may result in greater fiscal pressures in the medium term, the 2021 4th Quarter Country Risk Report [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Government spent ¢6.75bn on interest payments in quarter 2 2021 – BoG
Government spent ¢6.758 billion on interest payments in the second quarter of 2021, the Bank of Ghana has indicated. It was however 25.1% below the programmed target. [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
11th Pre-harvest Conference and Exhibitions open tomorrow in Tamale
The 11th edition of the Annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions, organised by Agrihouse Foundation is set open tomorrow, Tuesday, 19 October, at the Aliu Mamaha [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Food Experts Say They Want Farmers' Opinions Before Introducing Innovations
[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- As climate change continues to hit farmers because of erratic weather conditions, researchers believe there is a need to not only improve agricultural inno [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Govt Assures Farmers, Investors On Implementation of Fertilizer Quality Control Act
[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Federal Government, weekend, assured farmers and investors on implementation of Fertilizer Quality Control Act 2019 to boost food production. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
State Blamed as Mathenge Weed Wreaks More Havoc
[Nation] Kabon Ngochila, 89, sits outside her home in Silinyo village, Marigat, Baringo County, with flies converging on her right leg. [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Food Situation Remains Dire Despite Bumper Harvest
[263Chat] Over 5 million people in Zimbabwe are in need of food support despite the country having attained a bumper harvest early this, the World Food Program (WFP) has warned. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Govt Targets $18bn Annual Returns From Cassava Export
[This Day] The federal government has stated that when fully harnessed, Nigeria has the capacity to generate as much as $18 billion from the export of its estimated 45 million metr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
Africa: Continent Is the Key to Ending Harmful Use of Polluting Fuels in the Home
[The Conversation Africa] In wealthy countries, most people can barely imagine using anything other than electricity or gas to cook in their homes. But billions of people around th [...]
Energy/Power Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Oct-2021
ADB disburses ¢100 million to 17 companies to promote 1D1F
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has so far disbursed in excess of over a GH¢ 100 million to 17 companies under the ‘One District One Factory’(1D1F) initiative in the a [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 17-Oct-2021