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South Africa: Department - Shongweni Dam in KZN Has Not Collapsed
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated that the Shongweni Dam, located west of Pinetown, in KwaZulu-Natal, has not collapsed. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Africa: Stage Two Load Shedding On Course to Be Lifted
[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom says it is remains cautiously optimistic that stage two load shedding will be lifted on Friday morning ahead of the Easter weekend. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - April 14, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Govt Trains 120 Cassava Farmers On Management of Whiteflies Infestation
[This Day] The federal government has commenced the training of 120 cassava farmers from Ondo, Edo and Ekiti States on good agricultural practices, control and management of whitef [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
South Sudan: South Sudan Facing Its Worst Food Crisis On Record
[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations warns a record 7.74 million people, or two-thirds of South Sudan's population, are likely to face hunger during this year's lean season between M [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Sudan: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Is Driving Up Wheat Prices - This Could Fuel Instability in Sudan
[The Conversation Africa] Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted agricultural production and trade from one of the world's major food exporting regions. The war threatens to dr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Liberia: Govt to Aid Rice Importers
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia said it would not allow rice prices to be increased under its watch. The George Weah-led administration, which has its root in the fight ag [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Liberia: The Rice Saga Is Worrisome
[New Republic] With all sincerity, the government must act now and do it very quickly and put an immediate halt to the back and fro puzzling alarm regarding 'the rice shortage in t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Nigeria: 5,400 Bauchi Farmers to Benefit From AU Agric Programme
[Leadership] At least 5,400 small scale farmers in Bauchi State are expected to benefit from the African Union Development Agency's agriculture programme under the New Partnership [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Africa: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Highlights Continent's Need to Diversify Its Wheat Sources
[The Conversation Africa] The war between Russia and Ukraine has highlighted just how much of the world's wheat supply relies on these two countries. For instance, a recently relea [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Apr-2022
Edo State begins process of forest allocation
The Edo State Government has commenced the process of forest allocation to prospective timber concessionaires as part of efforts to reopen the forest. The chairman of, Forestry Co [...]
Forestry AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
‘We don’t want Nigeria to be dumping ground for GMOs’-NBMA
The Director-General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has said the agency will not let the country become a dumping ground for unregulated genetically [...]
Waste managementCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Kano Farmers Hopeful of Increased Yield as Tiga Dam Reopens After 5 Months
Farmers in six Local Government Areas around the Tiga dam in Kano State who practice irrigation farming have expressed excitement after the management of the Hadejia Jama’are Riv [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Train Attack: FACAN Resolves To Transport Agro Products With Cargo Train
As Nigerians continue to feel the impact of terrorists’ attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train amounting to loss of lives, injuries and abduction, the Federation of Agricultural Commod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Experts advocate adequate security for national food sufficiency
Several experts in the agribusiness sector advocated that the country must end internal conflicts and insecurity to move away from subsistence farming to value-added farming. This [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
West Africa: Sahel, West Africa Facing Worst Food Crisis in Decade
[VOA] Geneva -- Millions of people in the Sahel and West Africa are facing the worst food crisis in a decade as conflict and climate disasters send the price of essential commoditi [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Under Threat From Multiple Humanitarian Crises
[UN News] The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three years, currently reaching 41 million, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) report [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Katsonga Phiri Makes Desperate Call for Reduction in Prices of Cooking Oil
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Trade and Industry Mark Katsonga Phiri has made a desperate call to the producers and suppliers of edible cooking oil to reciprocate the removal of 16 [...]
AgricultureCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
FAO Unveils New Phase of Agric Policy Initiative for Nigeria, Seven Others
[This Day] The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) weekend launched a new phase of its key agricultural policy monitoring and analysis initiative, focused on supporting reforms [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Sen. Lawrence Wants Emergency Session Over the Increase in Rice Price and Others
[New Dawn] Grand Bassa County Senator Nyonblee Kangar - Lawrence is calling on the Legislature to immediately return from Easter and constituency break and hold an emergency sessio [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Government to Pay U.S.$12 Million to Rice Importers
[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia is preparing a supplementary budget to include US$12 million in payment to rice importers to prevent an increase in the retail price of the cou [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Agency Alerts Nigerians On Recall of Continental Mills' Buttermilk Pancake, Waffle Mix
[Premium Times] NAFDAC stated that the affected product was distributed nationwide in the United States of America where consumers purchased the product from retail Walmart stores. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Rice Price Will Be Stable
[New Republic] MONROVIA In recent days, there has been news of a shortage of Liberia staple (rice) on the market. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Pfumvudza Crops Outwit Dry Spell
[The Herald] Fungai Lupande -- Mash Central Bureau [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022
Locust Swarm Leads to Road Carnage
[New Era] The vast swarm of locusts, which have decimated vital crops and grassland in the south of the country, has also been linked to the latest road accident which claimed thre [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Apr-2022