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South Africa: Inflation in South Africa - Rising Food Prices Hit Poor People the Hardest
[The Conversation Africa] Concerns about rising food prices are making the headlines across the world as pressures mount in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The war has dr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Africa: Continent Could Feed Itself With the Right Infrastructure - Experts
[DW] Drought, COVID-19 and the Russian war against Ukraine are fomenting a hunger crisis in Africa. The continent has enough fertile soil and water to meet its own needs, but there [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Yobe State partners Egyptian firm on meat processing business
The Yobe State Government, in partnership with Egyptian investors, is to establish a meat processing plant in Damaturu, the state capital. The Egyptian company, Messrs Los Amigos, [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
“Maximize Hidden Potentials in Agriculture”, cooperative Urge Government
To address the scourge of unemployment in the country, the National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative of Nigeria (NAMCON) has urged the government to maximize hidden potential [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Nigeria recovers 23,000 hectares of degraded land
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigerian government says it has reclaimed 23,000 hectares of degraded land, completed 56 gully erosion sites and over 25,000 households benefited fro [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Africa: U.S. to Work With Ukraine to Get More Grain
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- U.S. officials say they are working with Ukraine to export at least three million tons of grain to combat the world's growing hunger crisis, especially in A [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Nigeria: Eliminating Food Insecurity in Nigeria
[This Day] The recent statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed, said the inflation rate rose to 15.92 percent in March 2022, representing a 0.22 percent point [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Surge in Food Prices 'Ll Hinder Poverty Alleviation Progress in Nigeria, World Bank Warns
[Vanguard] The World Bank has warned that the rising prices of food items will reverse the progress of poverty alleviation in Nigeria. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Anambra State Environment Commissioner pleads For proper waste disposal
Various communities in Anambra State have been urged to always inform appropriate authorities of refuse dump sites in their areas for onward evacuation. The Commissioner for Envir [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Jun-2022
Nigerian Firm gets Citibank’s loan, targets 41,000 farmers
Citibank Nigeria Limited has extended N4 billion ($10 million) financing to Babban Gona Farmer Services Nigeria Limited to support input credit and harvest advance to smallholder f [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Jun-2022
Nigeria’s Urea Export Hits N208.39bn in Q1 2022 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said Nigeria’s export of Urea reached N208.39 billion in the first quarter of 2022, making it the country’s biggest non-oil export p [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Jun-2022
Abuja Scrap Dealers Beg FCT Minister For Help
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Association of Scrap Dealers in Abuja Nigeria’s capital has urged the Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello to [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Jun-2022
Nigerian Government sue for safer food productivity.
By Edward Samuel The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie E. Ehanire, says safer food production enhances economic opportunities by enabling market access and productivity. The Minister [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Jun-2022
AU, Bauchi Government to spend N4.2b on Agribusiness Development
The African Union Development Agency’s New Partnership for Africa Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and Bauchi State Government are spending N4.2 billion to boost agribusiness and innovat [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Jun-2022
Rwanda: World Food Safety Day - Call for 'Hygienic Practices' in Food and Agricultural Sectors
[New Times] An estimated 600 million, almost 1 in 10 people globally, fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year. Children under 5 years of age carry 40 per [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Jun-2022
Nankhumwa Irked By Intended Sale of Maize to Zimbabwe, Pens President Chakwera
[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has written President Lazarus Chakwera asking him to intervene and stop the sale of maize by the Agriculture D [...]
AgricultureCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Jun-2022
Africa: The World's Worst Food Crisis for Decades - and What to Do About It
[IPS] London -- This is what happens when you starve. With no food, the body's metabolism slows down to preserve energy for vital organs. Hungry and weak, people often become fatig [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 09-Jun-2022
Africa: Act Now to End Food, Energy and Finance Crisis, Guterres Urges World Leaders
[UN News] Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost-of-living crisis which no country or community can escape, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Jun-2022
Africa’s Agribusiness Development: ECOWAS advocates enabling policy, legal & economic environment
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said agribusiness development in Africa requires the provision of an enabling policy, legal and economic environment. Sp [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Jun-2022
Court Honours Legal Luminary And Advocate of Environmental Rights
By Salihu Ali, Abuja As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Environment Day, the Federal High Court of Nigeria honored a legal luminary who stood for environ [...]
Environment, Health & Safety Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jun-2022
Agency Renews Partnership With Morocco’s Bank Of Agriculture
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and the Moroccan Bank of Agriculture, Credit Agricole Du Maroc (CAM) have signed a Memorandum of U [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jun-2022
Experts Urge Nigeria to Harness $7trn Herbal Medicine Market
Experts have said Nigeria is endowed with over 10,000 species of medicinal plants, urging the country to harness the market potential of herbal medicine projected at seven trillion [...]
Healthcare and MedicineCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jun-2022
Imota Rice Mill For Inauguration In 10 Weeks – Commissioner
The Lagos State Government has assured that the 32-metric tons per hour rice mill in Imota, Ikorodu division, will be ready for inauguration in 10 weeks. Ms Abisola Olusanya, the [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jun-2022
How We're Feeding 2,000 Cameroonian Refugees - Host Community
[Daily Trust] Residents of Okpambe Bashu, a border community in Boki LGA of Cross River State, have said they raised money through contributions to feed the over 2,000 Cameroonians [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jun-2022
Officials Call for an Effective Approach to School Feeding
[New Times] The Government's contribution to the school feeding programme is small compared to the current high food prices, and hence, should be increased in order to respond to t [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jun-2022