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As Hunger and Malnutrition Escalate, State's Plan to Ensure Sufficient and Sustainable Food Systems Is Years Behind
[Daily Maverick] While food prices soar and millions of people in South Africa continue to go hungry, the government is dragging its feet on a plan to meet the constitutional right [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
Gbarma Women Make Stride in Smart Agriculture, Celebrate First-Ever Harvest From EU-Funded Rice-Fish Project
[FrontPageAfrica] Gbarma District -- In Yangayah Town in Gbarpolu County, the aspiration of making the town a fish hub is now possible than in the past few months- as women farmers [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
Finance Minister Ncube Refuses to Make Public $3.5bln White Farmers' Deal
[New Zimbabwe] "In my case, having lost a farm I am now paying tax to myself for that land which does not make sense." [...]
FinancialCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
Are South Africa's Pesticide Rules Outdated?
[GroundUp] Farm workers and consumers should be worried, says public health expert. But industry body says food security depends on the pesticides in use. [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
FCTA pledges to set good standards in Livestock Management
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory administration, FCTA has reiterated it determination to improve facilities and services of the various Livestock market [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
Institute Concludes Agripreneurship Training For New Generation Farmers
Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State has just concluded a five-day training programme for selected 40 youths from states in the country [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
How Beetles Trick Bees Into Feeding Them Food Rich in Nutrients
[The Conversation Africa] Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other "free riders" attracted to their stored resources. The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) is one of [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
West Africa: Multiple Crises Threatening Stability and Development in Sahel - World Food Programme
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program warns conflict, climate change, COVID-19, and skyrocketing prices of food, fuel, and fertilizer are further threatening stability and develop [...]
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Jul-2022
FCTA pulls down 135 houses, illegal structures on waterways
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, on Friday made good its threat to clear structures obstructing water channels in the Dutse Makaranta area [...]
Infrastructure and Construction Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Jul-2022
Nigeria, Others to Benefit From FAO’s $18m GEF Project
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has said Nigeria and four other countries will benefit from its $18 million Global Environment Facility (GEF) proj [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Jul-2022
ICRC Assist IDP Farmers With 2mmt Of Seeds
The International Committee of The Red Cross, ICRC, has disclosed of assisting vulnerable farmers amongst Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, with 2 million metric tonnes of seeds [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Jul-2022
Nigerian Government unveils 10-year plan for Catfish Industry’s development
The Nigerian Government has unveiled a 10-year plan for sustainable development of the country’s catfish industry. Speaking at a two-day FISH4ACP workshop in Lagos, South-West N [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Nigerian Government to deploy Biotechnology in Food Production
The Nigerian government says it has become imperative to deploy biotechnology in food production for Nigeria to improve its agricultural yields, boost farmers’ income, achieve fo [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Recreational Parks: Federal Capital Territory Administration restricts Hours of Operation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed operators of recreational parks across the territory to restrict their activities between the hours of 8am to 7pm. [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
How is Rwanda Faring in Agricultural Bio-Technology?
[New Times] Agricultural experts are making a case for adopting agricultural biotechnology as crop production remains insufficient for both local consumption and exportation yet Rw [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Rwanda to Gain Diamond Processing Factory
[New Times] South African investors, registered in Rwanda as 'Solex Rwanda,' are set to establish a factory projected to add value to diamond and gemstone, as well as manufacturing [...]
Mining and MineralsCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
British Cotton Company Pulling Out of Cabo Delgado
[AIM] Maputo -- The British company Plexus, which had a commitment to purchase cotton from 50,000 peasant farmers in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has suddenly [...]
AgricultureCountry: Mozambique
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Africa: Africa Must Take Advantage of Agric to Develop Continent - S.A High C'ssioner
[Ghanaian Times] Goaso -- Agriculture is the new gold for the African continent to attain socio-cultural development, Grace Jeanet Mason, the South African High Commissioner in Gha [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Drought-Hit Farmers Fear Hunger After Poor Maize Harvest
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Bubi, Zimbabwe -- Drought-ruined crops and a government mandate to sell harvests to the state raise fears of food insecurity [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
GASIP Holds Stakeholders Workshop On FBOs
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) yesterday organised a stakeholder's workshop [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Hunger Leaves Children Susceptible to Diseases
[Shabelle] The worst ongoing drought in 40 years in war-torn Somalia has left children weak, hungry, and susceptible to diseases. [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Liberia Listed for U.S. Food Assistance Program
[New Dawn] U.S. President Joe Biden has named Liberia and seven other African countries to benefit food subsidy under the American government's Feed the Future Expansion programme. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Africa: A Visionary 'Blue Transformation' Strategy to Enhance Underwater Food Systems
[UN News] Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon, Portugal, h [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 30-Jun-2022
Lagos State Government to Enhance Productivity of Farmers
The Lagos State Government has said it is strongly committed to enhancing the agricultural productivity of small and medium-scale farmers as well as improving value addition along [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Jun-2022
AfDB Seeks $200m From Germany, For Emergency Food Production
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it is seeking a $200 million fund from Germany and other members of G-7 countries to “urgently” address the food crisis in Africa. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Jun-2022