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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Low yield: CRIN, NEPC trains 100 cashew farmers
Tribune Online Low yield: CRIN, NEPC trains 100 cashew farmers Worried about low yield and poor information regarding cashew production, the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (C [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Nurturing cassava seed entrepreneurs and making farmers proud
Tribune Online Nurturing cassava seed entrepreneurs and making farmers proud The quest for food security is an onerous task amid Covid-19, climate change, harsh operating environm [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Ghana: 1D1F Initiative Pres Inaugurates U.S.$35 Plant ... for Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products
[Ghanaian Times] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday inaugurated a $35 million pharmaceutical manufacturing plant at Larpleku, Ningo-Prampram for manufacture of serum a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
South Africa: Sanral Suspends Toll Fee Payment At Uthongathi, Umvoti Toll Plazas
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has suspended the payment of toll fees at uThongathi Toll Plaza and Umvoti Toll Plaza on the N2 toll route in KwaZu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Zimbabwe: Road Contractors Must Raise the Bar
[The Herald] The major road programme under the Second Republic has been moving forward rapidly, building on what had already been done earlier since 2018 and largely accelerating [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
South Africa: Gauteng Roads and Transport Notifies Motorists of the Temporary Closure of the R28
[Govt of SA] R28 Road closure for shoulder rehabilitation [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Cameroon: Price Hikes Push Staple Foodstuffs Beyond Reach of Many in Anglophone Region
[RFI] The ongoing crisis in the north-west of Cameroon in the anglophone region, coupled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has pushed t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Ethiopia: 'This Is the Worst Drought in Forty Years' - Millions At Risk From Failed Rains
[UN News] Ethiopia's eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for ar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
South Africa: Reap What You Sow - the Physical and Mental Benefits of Gardening As Exercise
[Daily Maverick] Among its many documented psychological benefits, an increasing body of research suggests that gardening is also a good form of low to moderate exercise with many [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Rwanda: Soybean Farmers Count Losses as Floods Destroy Plantations
[New Times] Soya farmers in Kayonza District have incurred losses as floods destroyed over 30 hectares of plantations. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Zimbabwe: Loaf of Bread Now Costs U.S.$2, a 100 Percent Increase Since Russia Invaded Ukraine
[VOA] Harare -- One of the citizens feeling the pinch of rising prices in Zimbabwe is Christine Kayumba. She says she can't afford to buy bread for her four dependents on her salar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Livestock summit to bring over 200 experts together – Tai-Solarin
Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Winnie Tai-Solarin in this interview with John Oba, has assured [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Earth Day: Dangote Cement reiterates commitment to curb environmental degradation
As the world still commemorates the United Nations International Mother Earth Day (April, 22), leading cement manufacturer in Africa, Dangote Cement Plc, has reiterated its commitm [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Seychelles: Seychelles Undertaking Breadfruit Census for Improved Food Security
[Seychelles News Agency] As part of a regional project to conserve biodiversity and make use of crop genetic resources, Seychelles is carrying out a survey on its three main island [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Tomato Jos in the Business to Win and That's it - Mira Mehta to Investors
[allAfrica] Visit Prosper Africa to access U.S. Government trade and investment support and browse the Virtual Deal Room with curated investment opportunities, including companies [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
National Youth Service Corps flags off environmental sanitation exercise
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria, Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has flagged off a national environmental sanitation exercise. Acco [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
“23% of world’s land no longer productive,” says FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations says 75% of the world’s land has been transformed mostly for agriculture, with 23% of the land being no longer p [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Ethiopia: Combined Drought and Conflict to Be 'Catastrophic' - World Food Programme
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- The Horn of Africa is suffering a historic drought that the U.N. says could result in starvation for as many as 20 million people. In Ethiopia, more than seven [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Uganda: Ubl Launches Its Tusker Cider Brand in Northern Uganda
[Nile Post] Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has hosted leadership from the greater Northern Uganda, residents of Gulu city and staff for a dinner officially unveiling the Tusker Pre [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Communities, Farmers Growing GM Crops Know Too Little to Make Informed Decisions
[Premium Times] While promoters of GMOs work to counter criticisms and reassure safety, our investigation finds that safety concerns are not the only challenge hindering the implem [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
ANALYSIS: All you need to know about new fishing treaty Nigeria recently signed
The Federal Executive Council has ratified the Port State Measures to check illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. But what are the opportunities and gaps in the new treaty? [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Apr-2022
Ondo State to export chocolates to Europe in July
Chocolates produced in Nigeria’s Ondo State would hit European markets from July beginning with the United Kingdom (UK). The Managing Director of Sunshine Chocolate Factory, [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Apr-2022
NYSC holds environment sanitation exercise in Ebonyi State
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC in Ebonyi State Southeast Nigeria has embarked on another environmental sanitation exercise in the State. This was contained in an address t [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Apr-2022
Firm partner Nasarawa State on donkeys, cattle breeding
To boost animal husbandry and shore up foreign exchange earnings, Nasarawa State government has partnered ETS Emmalex Global Limited on a donkey and cattle breeding scheme. To this [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022
NDE Empowers Cross River Youths With N3.8m to Boost Agriculture
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) disbursed N3.8 million to 38 unemployed youths in Cross River State to boost the state’s agricultural value chain. Speaking at the or [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022