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NASC Destroys vegetables seeds for non compliance
The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has said it destroyed imported vegetable seeds worth about N40 million for not complying with packaging rules and the presentation of [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Feb-2022
Kikwete Stresses Production of Strategic Crops
[Daily News] BOOSTING production of strategic crops, such as soybean for local and international markets, as well as industrial raw materials, is the way forward for Tanzania's agr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Feb-2022
Nigeria sets 60-day Target to Export Perishable Agric
The Federal Government has again set another 60-day export action plan to ensure that perishable agricultural produce set for export are allowed to move freely through Nigerian por [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 17-Feb-2022
Stakeholders Discuss Nigerian Seed System to Boost Food Security
Stakeholders in the seed sub sector have met at a one day workshop in Abuja Nigeria’s capital to chart a way forward on how Nigerian farmers can access quality high yielding cert [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 17-Feb-2022
Nigeria trains women farmers on mitigation of effects of climate change
The Federal Government has commenced the training of South-West women farmers on strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change. The event, which started in Ibadan, Oyo S [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 17-Feb-2022
Africa: Can Africa and the EU Join Forces to Boost Sustainable Farming?
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 17-Feb-2022
Insecurity: Potato farmers cannot access their farms ― POFAN President
Tribune Online Insecurity: Potato farmers cannot access their farms ― POFAN President The National President of Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN), Chief Daniel Ok [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Stakeholders intensify battle against illegal wildlife trade
As the law enforcement agents, especially the Nigeria Customs Service intensify battle against the Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) in the country, a training focusing on practicalit [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Planting season begins February 28 – NiMet
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted Feb. 28, as the onset of planting season for 2022. This is contained in agency’s 2022 Seasonal Climate Predictio [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Liberia to learn sustainable cocoa production from Ghana and Ivory Coast
Liberia will be taking a lesson from Ghana and Ivory Coast in developing a sustainable cocoa sector. Though the economy has been dominated by rubber plantations and large fa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Food industry players urged to learn art of food presentation
Ghanaians food manufacturing industries have been urged to adopt aesthetic presentations of local cuisines. Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana lose between 80 to 90% of forested area – Study
A new report from global advocacy organisation Mighty Earth says Africa’s top cocoa-producing nations continue to see huge areas of forest being destroyed since the high-profil [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Kenya - Tanzania to Build Grain Silos in Mombasa After Juba, Lubumbashi
[The Exchange] Tanzania is envisioning the construction of giant grain storage facilities and distribution centres in Mombasa to assist in selling surplus food crops from the count [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Africa: African Countries Must Protect Their Fish Stocks From the European Union - Here's How
[The Conversation Africa] Fisheries serve as a source of employment for millions of people in the small scale sector on the coastline of Africa. Their fishing activities, in turn, [...]
Agriculture FisheryRegion: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
Govt Should Rethink Regulations On Genetically Modified Plants
[The Conversation Africa] Food security is a global priority - and it is becoming more urgent in the face of climate change, which is already affecting crop productivity. One way t [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Feb-2022
How encouraging local agro-commodities production can boost economy —Obikanye
Tribune Online How encouraging local agro-commodities production can boost economy —Obikanye Dr. Olushola Obikanye, Group Head, Agric & Solid Minerals Finance, Sterling B [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
FCA Ibadan proffers solution to Nigerian food export rejection problems
Tribune Online FCA Ibadan proffers solution to Nigerian food export rejection problems FEDERAL College of Agriculture (FCA), Moor Plantation, Ibadan, has suggested ways foods e [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
About N40 million vegetable seeds destroyed over poor packaging, false information —NASC
Tribune Online About N40 million vegetable seeds destroyed over poor packaging, false information —NASC THE National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has said that the Counci [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
Institute Proffer Solution to Stem Rejection of Nigeria’s Agric Produce Abroad
To end the rejection of food exports from Nigeria to Europe and America, the Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Moor Plantation, Ibadan, has stressed the need for adequate aware [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
FG Prepares Farmers For Postharvest Handling Of Artemisia, Malaria Plant
The federal government has commenced training of farmers on good agricultural practice and postharvest handling of Artemisia Annua in the country. The plant is used for the produc [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
Honey producers to soon get a policy to regulate operations
Honey Producers in Ghana will soon get a policy to regulate the operations of the business and its exports, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Agribusiness, Anthony Morrison [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
Nigeria Needs New 'Seed System' to Cut Cassava-Based Food Prices - Experts
[Premium Times] Some countries do not record less than 30 tons of cassava per hectare, while farmers in Nigeria produce less than 10 tons due to poor performing seeds. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 15-Feb-2022
Agency To Provide Guidelines, Policies on GMO crop varieties
The Federal Government has said it will provide efficient guidelines, programmes, policies and processes to improve its national biosafety system as the country is a genetically mo [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Feb-2022
FMAN Signs Agreement to Purchase Wheat Produced in 15 Northern States
To aid easy access to the market, the Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN) has said it would purchase the wheat produced by farmers under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CB [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Feb-2022
Kano seeks Ethiopia cooperation to develop Special Agro Processing Zones
Jack Acheme, Kano Kano State Government Northwestern Nigeria, is seeking the cooperation of Ethiopian government to develope it’s Special Agro Processing Zone. Kano state Gover [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Feb-2022