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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Challenge Laid for Farmers
[Times of Zambia] IT seems the trips being undertaken by President Hakainde Hichilema are bearing unimaginable results as evident by the many deals scored with the farmers now put [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zambia
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jun-2022
FAO Appeals for U.S.$172 Million to Help Avert Famine and Humanitarian Catastrophe
[Shabelle] Rome - With the increasing risk of famine in the Horn of Africa due to severe and prolonged drought conditions, urgent life-saving and livelihood assistance is needed to [...]
AgricultureCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jun-2022
FG set to flag-off National Pasture Development Programme
As the search for free or low-cost pasture and livestock feed has remained the reason advanced for movement of animals from one location to another, the Federal Government through [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Scientists to turn mosquitoes, flies, pests to poultry feeds
A team of enterprising Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and researchers are currently working on turning pests and insects such as mosquitoes and flies into lunch for [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Water minister charges staff on dedication to duty
Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu has charged staff of the Ministry to be hardworking and dedicated to duty. Suleiman while speaking recently in Abuja [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
USSEC Partners With Nigeria to Improve Soybean Value Chain
The United States Soybean Export Council (USSEC) has partnered Nigerian stakeholders to improve the soybean value chain and discuss agribusiness strategies to earn value from the c [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Nigerian Government considers drip irrigation For Food Production
As food prices continue to soar, the Federal Government, disclosed considering drip irrigation for food production. This was made known by the Director, Irrigation, and Drainage, [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Farmers To Benefit From Government Support In Kwara State
No fewer than 12,000 crop, fisheries and livestock farmers in Kwara State will benefit from the Government and World Bank-enabled support along agricultural value chains. This was [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Unprecedented' Food Insecurity Triggers Social and Economic Emergency
[UN News] The island nation of Cabo Verde is facing record levels of food insecurity due to drought, the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, affecting some 181,000 peopl [...]
AgricultureCountry: Cape Verde
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
UN Urges Scale-Up in Resources to Avert Famine in Somalia
[Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to prevent famine in Somalia. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Farmers Happy With the New Varieties of Coffee Invented At Tacri
[Daily News] FACTS stand as such that the new varieties of both Arabica and Robusta coffee seedlings invented at the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) have helped a lot to [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Employment and Labour Hosts Seminar On Paying of Minimum Wage
[Govt of SA] Employment and Labour calls for maximum labour laws compliance in the agriculture sector [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Evelyn Andoh,63, Wins Gold At WOFAGRIC Awards
[Ghanaian Times] Takoradi -- A 63 -year old farmer from Sefwi Akutuase in the Western North Region, Evelyn Andoh, emerged the ultimate winner of Gold in the Soil Award at the 4th W [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
President Kenyatta to Chair United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Capital FM] Lisbon, Portugal -- President Uhuru Kenyatta will tomorrow, Monday, 27th June, co-chair the second United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon with his Portugal counterp [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Africa: Guterres Outlines Four Recommendations to Help Us All 'Save Our Ocean' #AfricaClimateCrisis
[UN News] At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and pre [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyRegion: Africa
Date: 27-Jun-2022
Nigeria to reclaim position as top Palm Oil Exporter
Nigeria is set to reclaim its position as top palm oil exporter. Consequently, the government is tasking all agricultural stakeholders in the value chain with the responsibility of [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Jun-2022
Environmental Sanitation Laws: Kwara State Government apprehends 200 violators
Following the incessant violation of Environmental Sanitation Laws by residents of Kwara State, the State Government has apprehended about 200 people for immediate prosecution acco [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Jun-2022
Agency To Conduct Census Of Cashew Production In Nigeria
Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has hinted that it planning to conduct a census on the actual cashew production in the country. Representative of the NBS, Mr Bishop Olubo-Ojo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2022
Nigeria Partners with Brazil on Supply of Tractors To Farmers
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr Mohammad Abubakar has disclosed that Nigeria is set to partner Brazil on the supply and distribution of 10,000 tractor [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2022
Central Bank Of Nigeria Rewards Farmers in Ondo State
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rewarded some outstanding farmers in Ondo state, pledging consistent support to farmers in the state for agricultural growth to eradicate pove [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Jun-2022
Bread Shortage Looms as Millers Threaten Halt Flour Production - Bakers Also Want to Sell in U.S.$
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is facing an acute bread shortage after millers threatened to stop producing flour due to scarcity of wheat while bakers are pushing for permission to sell [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jun-2022
Less Bread Ahead - Hunger Gap Predicted
[Ayin English] Musa Ali, a baker in Bahri, North Khartoum, is not looking forward to working in the days ahead. "The price of bread will go up --my customers will not be happy--and [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jun-2022
Africa: UN Chief Says World Faces 'Real Risk' of Multiple Famines This Year
[VOA] New York -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an international conference on food security Friday that the world is facing the "real risk" of multiple famines this [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 25-Jun-2022
UN Body Seeks U.S.$993 Million to Prevent Famine, Tackle Drought
[Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and re [...]
AgricultureCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jun-2022
Ghana Spends 2 Billion Dollars On Food Importation Yearly
[GhanaToday] Ghana spent two billion dollars to import food yearly, a situation that can be avoided if the energy of the youth is channelled toward agriculture. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Jun-2022