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Rwanda: Countries Step Up Efforts to Close Wheat Supply Gap
[New Times] Other countries like Argentina, Brazil, India, have stepped in to fill the global wheat supply gap that was created by the Russia-Ukraine war, The New Times has learnt. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Mozambique: Ban On Meat Imports From Zimbabwe
[AIM] The Mozambican government has prohibited the import of animals and animal products and by-products from Zimbabwe due to the resurgence of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Organised Crime Pours Cold Water On Ethiopia's Coffee Exports
[ISS] Legal loopholes are among the factors that enable a flourishing illicit trade in export-grade coffee. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa Calls Putin to Discuss Food and Fertiliser Supplies
[Daily Maverick] During a phone call on Wednesday, the two BRICS leaders stressed intention to 'expand mutually beneficial cooperation' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Sudan: One-Third of Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity - United Nations
[UN News] One-third of Sudan's population, or 15 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, according to a new assessment released on Thursday by the World Food Programme (W [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Federal Capital Territory Administration commences Vaccination of 2 million Livestock
The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off the vaccination and treatment of livestock across the six Area Councils of the territory. Flagging off [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Agriculture: Gombe State tasks traditional, religious leaders with conducive environment
As the rainy season for the year 2022 settles in, traditional and religious leaders have been charged to work hard to restore peace in the troubled areas of Gombe State [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Rising Food Prices push Nigeria’s Inflation Rate to 17.7% (May, 2022)
The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that high cost of food items and fuel increased Nigeria’s inflation rate in May 2022, putting it at 17.7 pe [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
FCTA begins vaccination of 2m livestock in Abuja
The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off the vaccination and treatment of livestock across the Six Area Councils of the territory. Flagging off [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Anambra Governor initiates another agriculture plan
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has introduced regenerative agriculture as the pathway to food sufficiency and repositioning the state’s economy. Governo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Ghana: 'Resilient Aquatic Food System' Rolled Out to Enhance Food Security
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD), Mrs Mavis HawaKoomson, yesterday launched the "Resilient Aquatic Food Systems" initiative in Accra. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Ghana: La Nkwantanang-Madina Assembly to Institute Seedlings Planting Award for Schools
[Ghanaian Times] The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly is to institute an annual awards scheme for schools with the highest tree seedlings planting performance in the munici [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Looming Rainy Season in Northern Ethiopia to Bring More Risks of Disease and Hunger, As Aid Still Falls Short
[Oxfam] The upcoming rainy season in northern Ethiopia poses new and heightened threats as communities struggle to cope with ongoing conflict, displacement, hunger, and disease. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
“Nigeria loses Forex to frozen Fish Importation,” says Agriculture Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, says the country loses foreign exchange to the importation of frozen fish, as Nigeria [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Gambia: Some CRR Farmers May Skip Rainy Season Due to Lack of Seeds, Fertiliser
[The Point] CRR -- Some farmers in Central River Region (CRR) of The Gambia have said that they may boycott this year's farming season due to lack of seeds and the high cost of fer [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
NIHORT builds capacity of Edo farmers with modern fish farming, livestock production techniques
Tribune Online NIHORT builds capacity of Edo farmers with modern fish farming, livestock production techniques NATIONAL Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, has e [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Stakeholders in Africa strategise on sustainable fish production
Tribune Online Stakeholders in Africa strategise on sustainable fish production AS Africa looks forward to end hunger by 2025, stakeholders in the fisheries sector in the Afric [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
IITA GoSeed records growth amid COVID-19 hiccups
Tribune Online IITA GoSeed records growth amid COVID-19 hiccups IITA GoSeed, an early generation seed company, made significant progress in 2021 as sales of improved cassava pl [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
AFAN urged to rev up food production
Tribune Online AFAN urged to rev up food production FARMERS in Nigeria under the aegis of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), have been urged to increase food production [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
FG commits to creating favourable environment for agric development
Tribune Online FG commits to creating favourable environment for agric development THE Federal Government has pledged to create a favourable environment for the development of [...]
Environment, Health & Safety AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Scientists record breakthrough, successfully map African cassava genome
Tribune Online Scientists record breakthrough, successfully map African cassava genome RESEARCHERS have successfully mapped the genome of African cassava, using the TME 204 var [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
NBS to conduct census of cashew production in Nigeria
Tribune Online NBS 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 prod [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Nigerian Government, Sokoto State distribute farm inputs to women farmers
The Federal Government in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government has commenced the distribution of farm inputs and hand tools to women farmers in the 23 local government ar [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Uganda: 40 Days 40 Fintechs - Agrishare Is Using Fintech to Improve Farmers' Livelihood
[Observer] No serious storyteller can narrate Uganda's post-independence story without giving prominence to the famous Luweero triangle. It is that pivotal but that is a story for [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Gambia: Gambia's Performance in Third Biennial Report Reviewed
[The Point] Department of Planning Services under the Ministry of Agriculture last Tuesday reviewed The Gambia's Performance in the Third Biennial Report at NaNA conference hall. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022