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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
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