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Agro firm plans to empower farmers in Edo
Farmforte Agro and Allied Solutions Limited has stated that it will empower over 112,000 smallholder farmers within the agriculture value chain in its newly inaugurated cashew proc [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
Nigeria has potential of earning $2.98b from Cassava export-Akala
Stakeholders are of the belief that Nigeria has the prospect to turn cassava to gold, and one sure way is to ensure that the cassava seed sector is the private sector-driven for th [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
Prices of goods could skyrocket by 25% – Food and Beverages Association
Prices of goods and services could skyrocket by 25% during this festive season, the Executive Director of the Food and Beverages Association, Samuel Aggrey has revealed. Thi [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
Farmers advised to patronise E-agriculture
New Juaben South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Isaac Apau-Gyasi, has urged farmers to use electronic communication to engage Agriculture Extension Agents. The advice [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
Africa: Countries With Regulations Against Industrially Produced Trans Fats Tripled Over the Past Year
[UN News] Forty countries now have best-practice trans fat elimination policies in effect, protecting 1.4 billion people from this deadly food compound, according to a report relea [...]
Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
Govt Lists Rules for Taking Food Through Airport
[Monitor] Travellers carrying unprocessed foods through Entebbe International Airport will be required to acquire phytosanitary certificates, according to new directives by the Min [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
Coffee Pests, Diseases Invade Sebei, Tooro, Buganda, Bugisu
[Nile Post] The government has confirmed three strange pests and diseases that affect coffee plants, leaves, and berries following reports from different farmers across the country [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Dec-2021
ARCN radio, television will drive agricultural technologies to rural farmers ― Prof Sharubutu
Tribune OnlineARCN radio, television will drive agricultural technologies to rural farmers ― Prof Sharubutu The Executive Secretary of Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria [...]
Telecommunications AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Dec-2021
Fayemi solicits BOI’s intervention in commercial farming
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged the Bank of Industry (BOI) to partner with the state to move farmers from subsistence to commercial agriculture and agro proce [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Dec-2021
CSO Seeks Lands For Nigerian Women, Youth in Agriculture
Solidaridad West Africa, a solution-oriented civil society organization, has called on the Federal Government to speak to the states and local government councils to make land avai [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Dec-2021
CBN supports 5,676 Bauchi wheat producers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) distributed fertilizers and agricultural inputs to 5,676 wheat farmers in Bauchi State for 2021 dry season agriculture under its Anchor Borrower P [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Dec-2021
EBRD - 49 - Million-Euro Loan to Benefit More Than 6,800 Tunisian Farmers
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said Tuesday it has provided a loan of 49 million euros (about 160 million dinar [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Dec-2021
DRC Children take up agriculture
As part of the fight against the recruitment of children into armed groups, several small children aged between 8 and 12 are encouraged to invest their efforts in agricultural acti [...]
AgricultureCountry: DR Congo
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Dec-2021
Firm tasks farmers to embrace use of combined harvesters to avert food losses
Tribune OnlineFirm tasks farmers to embrace use of combined harvesters to avert food losses Wheat and rice farmers in Nigeria have been urged to embrace the use of combined harv [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
Negligence of plant health undermines food security, cripples export ― Minister
Tribune OnlineNegligence of plant health undermines food security, cripples export ― Minister The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar has sai [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
US firm to establish cashew, cocoa processing industry in Ekiti community
Tribune OnlineUS firm to establish cashew, cocoa processing industry in Ekiti community A leading United States agricultural investor, Assess farms international, has concluded [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
FG to establish six plant health clinics to check food damages
The Nigerian government says plans are on the way to establish six plant clinics across the six geo-political zones in the country to mitigate against food losses caused by pest. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
Livelihoods of KZN South Coast Strelitzia Seed Pickers Under Threat
[Daily Maverick] Hard times on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast have seen people turn to an unusual, wild harvest to make ends meet, but there are environmental concerns. [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
Things to Consider When Buying Crop Seeds
[Namibian] CROP FARMING IS an agricultural activity that involves the tilling or cultivation of land to ensure its preparedness before a farmer decides to grow plants that will lat [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
BRAC Liberia Begins Food Security and Capacity Building Training for 7500 Smallholder Farmer's
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- BRAC Liberia has begun the Liberia Food Security and Rural Capacity-Building Project. The initiative that is expected to target new smallholder farmer [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
Prioritising Livestock Health ...What Causes Your Animals to Be Sick?
[New Era] Disease can have various causes. Some of these causes are germs such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. The following is a list of situations that could result in sheep/goat [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
FAO, experts raise concern over soil salinisation as threat to global food security
Tribune OnlineFAO, experts raise concern over soil salinisation as threat to global food security AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2021 World Soil Day, [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
French govt trains 300 women in Oyo, Kaduna on agro-processing
Tribune OnlineFrench govt trains 300 women in Oyo, Kaduna on agro-processing THE Head of the Capacity Development Office of Support Women Entrepreneurship in the Agrifood Sector [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
$25.5 million yam seedling project records progress at IITA
Tribune Online$25.5 million yam seedling project records progress at IITA THE International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Yam Improvement for Income and Food Securit [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021
‘Agri-prenuership better alternative to white-collar jobs’
Tribune Online‘Agri-prenuership better alternative to white-collar jobs’ SENATOR representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Se [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Dec-2021