The Nigerian government says as it endeavors to revamp the economy through its diversification plan, the agricultural sector remains the most viable tool it has. President Muhamma [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

An evaluation of the outcomes of Fairtrade’s West Africa Cocoa Programme has found stronger cooperatives among participating producers. Small-scale cocoa producer organiza [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

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Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 01-Oct-2021

Benso Oil Palm Plantation PLC is attributing its half-year growth of 63% to the bullish world market crude palm oil prices coupled with the higher crop productivity from both the n [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

President Nana Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing work on the construction of the Kumasi International Airport, which, according to the contractor, is currently 77% complete, and is [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

Government has maintained the Cocoa Producer Price of ¢10,560 per metric ton for the new cocoa crop season which takes effect from October 8 2021. This translates into ¢66 [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

[New Dawn] The first-ever stocktake of Africa's forests and landscapes, which was released on Wednesday finds slow progress in repairing Africa's degraded lands and urges ramped up [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 01-Oct-2021

[New Era] The ministry of agriculture, water and land reform said financial subsidies availed to farmers in Omusati region have improved the farmers' production capacity and quanti [...]

Country: Namibia

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

[The Herald] The Uzumba Soil Enrichment Agricultural Show (UDSEAS) officially launched a soil neutralisation and enrichment mixture programme at Zvauya Village in Ward 11, on Frida [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

[The Herald] GOVERNMENT will continue supporting the Agriculture Sector as it is key not only to food security but the realisation of Vision 2030 to be an upper-middle-class econom [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Oct-2021

[Daily Maverick] A mere three years since opening, FYN in Cape Town has cracked a new place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants 100 to 51 list. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 01-Oct-2021

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has commended Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi State for the progress it’s made in its Agricultural Value Chain Develo [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 27-Sep-2021

Ene Okwanihe, Abuja    The President of Nigerian Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan has commissioned the National Agricultural Land Development Authority’s (NALDA) second integrated [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

The agri-food sector is a key player in the management of biodiversity as well as its custodian, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in his opening remarks at the 18th Regular Sess [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 27-Sep-2021

[The Herald] A vegetable farming venture has transformed the lives of more than 200 elderly women and their families in Nembudziya, Gokwe district in Midlands and has addressed foo [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

[The Herald] Small-scale farmers in Muzarabani are utilising portions of land to maximise horticultural production, mainly focusing on tomatoes to earn extra income following a suc [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has commended Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi State for the progress it’s made in its Agricultural Value Chain Develop [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $1 million grant for the modernisation of Africa’s aging hydropower fleet. Ac [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

As part of efforts to boost livestock production in the country, the Federal Government has said it will provide incentives to farmers to help reduce the high cost of livestock fee [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) says it has empowered farmers and value chain actors across the country to improve productio [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Project will build the capacities of stakeholders and promote post-harvest technologies for maize, wheat, honey, and milk. [...]

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Sep-2021

[IPS] Lethbridge -- Food processing extends shelf-life and can transforms raw food into attractive, marketable products. It can also prevent contamination. The transformation can i [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 26-Sep-2021

[The Conversation Africa] New farming technologies have the potential to improve livelihoods and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Better seed varieties, soil fertility practice [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 26-Sep-2021

Government’s National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme risks total collapse following an admission by some supervisors and cocoa farmers that the Programme is crumpling and needs t [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 25-Sep-2021

Proposals to end world hunger that will emerge from today’s historic United Nations Food Systems Summit will only succeed if smallholder farmers are made the central pivot, some [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 24-Sep-2021