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Abia Governor lauds NSPRI Over Efforts Targeted At Increasing Farmers’ Income
ABIA State Governor, Dr Okezie lkpeazu has commended the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) for its collaborative effort with his administration through the state [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Mar-2022
Nigerians to spend more as wheat prices soar
In coming months Nigerians could pay more for bread and other wheat flour-related confectioneries as wheat prices hit fresh highs. This is coming on the back of intensifying fears [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Mar-2022
Climate Change Threatens Food Security for Women, Girls -WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has decried the negative impact of climate change on women and girls, saying it exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopardises th [...]
Environment, Health & Safety AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Mar-2022
Nigeria, FAO to train 60 Veterinarians on Animal Diseases Control
Ene Okwanihe, Abuja The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to tra [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Mar-2022
Dangote Warns Nigerians of Food Scarcity, Wants Maize Export Banned
[Premium Times] Mr Dangote said that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine would lead to scarcity of food, arising from the inability to access fertiliser. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 11-Mar-2022
Nigeria bans foreigners from buying agric produce directly from farmers
The government says farmers have been exploited by middlemen who buy cheap yet drive prices high. The post Nigeria bans foreigners from buying agric produce directly from farmers [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
FG trains women farmers on climate change mitigation, improved productivity
Tribune Online FG trains women farmers on climate change mitigation, improved productivity The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, [...]
Environment, Health & Safety AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
CBN Seeks Increased Private Sector Participation in Dairy Production
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called for increased private sector investments in the Nigerian dairy sub-sector to boost the industry. The call was made by a representa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
AFEX Decries N2tr Funding Gap in Nigeria’s Agric Sector
AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited has called for strengthened collaborations among stakeholders in the Nigerian commodities market, to address the over N2 trillion funding gap in t [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
NIRSAL Support to Agro-Processing Industry Hits N73 billion
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), has said it has facilitated the flow of over N73 billion into Nigeria’s Agro Processing industr [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Cashew Production: ‘Nigeria Now Behind- NEPC
AN agricultural expert, Mrs. Amina Abdulmalik, has disclosed that Nigeria was at a time rated very high in the international market in terms of production capacity of cashew only t [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
FCTA empowers 600 youth with Greenhouse farming technology.
Hudu Yakubu Abuja No fewer than six hundred youth of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been empowered with practical skills in Green-house farming technology, t [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Gender consortium project: AGRA Empowers 50,000 Women
The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, has launched the gender consortium project in Kaduna and Niger States. While speaking at the launching of the project in Kaduna, [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Karu traders beg FCTA over planned market shut down
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja After the removal of shanties and illegal structures around the Karu Market, traders and other stakeholders on Wednesday begged the Federal Capital Territ [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Nigerian Veterinarians to be trained on Animal diseases control
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is set to train 60 veterinarians t [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Agric Ministry to spend ¢17m to compensate poultry farmers
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is to spend ¢17 million to compensate poultry farmers affected by bird flu disease, beginning this week. The payment will range from ¢ [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Female tractor operator urges women to venture into male-dominated fields
A female tractor operator with Miro Forestry, Agnes Addae Eninful has advised women to consider venturing into male-dominated fields. Agnes, 36, who was trained by GIZ in a [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Fingerlings Breeding Plant Set Up in Naivasha
[Capital FM] Nakuru -- Nakuru County government plans to establish a public-owned fingerlings breeding plant to boost the stockpile in Lake Naivasha and increase production. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Kirinyaga Farmers Advised to Liaise With Meteorologists to Maximize on Rains
[Capital FM] Kirinyaga -- Farmers in Kirinyaga have been advised to take advantage of the expected rains and maximize on crop production through appropriate farming and land use ma [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Addis Ababa Mayor Says Sheger Bakery to Resume Distribution
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Adanech Abiebie, Mayor of Addis Abeba city, said this morning that Sheger Bakery will resume services of providing bread to city residents as of tom [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Ethiopia
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Govt Embarks on Programmes to Boost Consumption of Quality Salt
[Daily News] THE government through the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC) and National Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (NCCIDD) is implementing various p [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Farmer Proves Commercial Banana Production Possible in Kano
[Daily Trust] Despite the perception that banana, a tropical fruit, cannot do well in places like Kano State, Alhaji Uba Idris Dogara Danhassan, has proved it is possible. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
IWD - Rural Women Farmers Ensure Food Security
[The Herald] Throughout March, otherwise known as the women's month, we celebrate the contributions of women in our nation, Zimbabwe. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Farmers Call for Micro-Irrigation
[The Herald] Farmers have called on the Government to increase investment in micro-irrigation facilities for smallholder farmers to ensure household and national food security. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022
Bread Prices Go Up As Russian Wheat Faces Western Sanctions
[Nyasa Times] Bread prices have drastically gone up in the country. [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Mar-2022