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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Rising Food Prices: Kaduna State Governor wants increased agricultural practices
The Governor of Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has called on citizens of the State to get involved in agricultural practices to crash the rising food pric [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Floods: FCTA urges residents to heed to early warning
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA has appealed to residents to heed to the flood warnings issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. The w [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Mozambique: WFP Cuts Food Rations Due to Funding Shortfall
[AIM] The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has cut its life-saving food assistance to over 900,000 people in northern Mozambique due to a lack of funds. As a result, only [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Mozambique: Fews Net Warns of Worsening Food Insecurity
[AIM] The US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that acute food insecurity exists across Mozambique driven by the impact of multiple natural disaster [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Tanzania: Zanzibar, Sri Lanka Plan to Set Up Fish Processing Plant
[Daily News] THE Sri Lanka's firm 'Hairu Group of Companies (HGC)' in partnership with Zanzibar Fisheries Company (ZAFICO) is set to build a fish processing plant in Unguja North c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Kenya: How Charging for Wasted Water Helps More Farmers Get a Fair Share
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kiarutara, Kenya -- A project to install irrigation meters has encouraged upstream farmers to use only what they need, leaving more for those downstrea [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Africa: Better Prevention and Targeting of Root Causes Needed to Combat Food Crises - UN Report
[UN News] The number of people facing acute food insecurity, requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support, continues to grow at an alarming rate, according t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
South Sudan: What Cattle Conflicts Say About Identity in South Sudan
[The Conversation Africa] In March 2022, violent clashes between farming communities and cattle herders broke out in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. It was the latest inciden [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-May-2022
Notore records 239% rise in revenue, posts N1.5bn profit in one quarter
Tribune Online Notore records 239% rise in revenue, posts N1.5bn profit in one quarter Leading agro-allied and chemicals company, Notore Chemical Industries Plc, has recorded a gr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Nigeria To Become Highest Cocoa Producer In West Africa- Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa farmers in Nigeria under the aegis of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), have vowed to increase the country’s cocoa production in conjunction with other value cha [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Nigerian Government Seeks Collaboration to Boost The Cotton Industry
To revive and boost the cotton value chain and enhance the economic development of the country, the Federal Government has called for collaboration among stakeholders in the indust [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Nigerian Government train over 50 millers on alternative animal feed production
With the high cost of animal feed in the livestock industry, the Federal Government gives hope to livestock farmers as it builds capacity of over 50 feed millers on alternative fee [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Liberia: MAP Liberia Holds First Annual Forum
[New Dawn] The Multi-Actor Platform on Land Governance and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Liberia (MAP Liberia Land Platform) holds the first Annual Forum: conducts in-dept [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Zimbabwe: Big Bucks - Drought-Hit Zimbabweans Cut Poverty, Poaching With Larger Goats
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Chivwetu Village, Zimbabwe -- The project to breed bigger goats and raise incomes aims to help communities feed their families without wiping out local [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
Rwanda: Rwanda to Benefit From U.S.$25 Million Initiative for Climate Resilient Crop Varieties
[New Times] Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed "Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
South Africa: Cedar Adds a Shot of Espresso to Roasteries
[New Frame] Leigh Wentzel and Winston Thomas are stirring up the coffee scene in Cape Town with specialty blends to give communities a taste of quality java. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-May-2022
‘Quack veterinarians exposing meat consumers to health risk’
Tribune Online ‘Quack veterinarians exposing meat consumers to health risk’ THE Chairman, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Abuja Chapter, Dr. Ifeanyi Ogbu has s [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
FG moves to boost palm oil production, trains farmers in Edo
Tribune Online FG moves to boost palm oil production, trains farmers in Edo AS part of efforts geared towards boosting palm oil production in the country, the Federal Ministry of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
IMF warns Nigeria, others against hunger-triggered social unrests
Tribune Online IMF warns Nigeria, others against hunger-triggered social unrests THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sent a note of warning to African countries, including N [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
FG, Oyo govt partner on increased livestock production
Tribune Online FG, Oyo govt partner on increased livestock production IN a bid to engender high production of livestock products, especially beef, goat meat, mutton and dairy, the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
FUNAAB empowers farmers with information on climate change
Tribune Online FUNAAB empowers farmers with information on climate change IN a bid to ensure food sufficiency in Nigeria, researchers from the Federal University of Agriculture, A [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
NALDA targets 1000mt of maize in Plateau, distributes farm inputs to 600 women, youth
Tribune Online NALDA targets 1000mt of maize in Plateau, distributes farm inputs to 600 women, youth THE National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has flaged off it [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
Cocoa farmers vow to make Nigeria highest producer in West Africa in five years
Tribune Online Cocoa farmers vow to make Nigeria highest producer in West Africa in five years COCOA farmers in Nigeria under the aegis of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CF [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
WAFU B U-20: Flying Eagles beat Niger Republic in 2nd friendly, Bosso loses mother
A sixth minutes effort from Gombe United forward Ibrahim Yahaya was all the Nigeria’s U20 team, the Flying Eagles needed to defeat their Nigerien counterparts by a lone goal. The [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022
FAO calls for preservation of world’s forests
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for preservation of the world’s forests. In its latest State of the World’s Forests Report 202 [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 03-May-2022