The high cost of cooking gas has now compelled some residents in the South-South zone in Nigeria to begin using firewood and charcoal for cooking, a survey has revealed. Investi [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company says it is seeking foreign technical expertise to halt the ongoing oil leak at an oilfield it operates in Nembe, Bayelsa State. Th [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

The Enugu State branch of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has decried the negative impacts of the continued farmer-herder clashes on their activities. The State Chai [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Nigeria has disclosed that as a PAN African institution, it is working with government at both states and Federal levels through [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has said the federal government is reintroducing the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) and strengthen [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

[The Herald] A local contractor has moved in to boost sesame production in the country, a move that is set to improve farmers' livelihoods, uplift standards of living and contribut [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

[New Zimbabwe] The country needs a disaggregated agricultural development plan across all sub-sectors to ensure enhanced private sector participation. [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Nov-2021

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana says government must immediately pay fertiliser debts owed suppliers or risk fertilizer and food shortages in 2022. The warning foll [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 20-Nov-2021

[IPS] Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its role is being stymied by the high cost of financing. [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 20-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineWhy we are working with FG, state governments on agric policies ― AGRA The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Nigeria has disclosed that as a PAN Af [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

Ene Okwanihe, Jigawa In line with ongoing efforts to bridge the national deficit in wheat production in the country and reduce importation, the National Agricultural Land Developm [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineNALDA commences 100-hectare dry season farming in Jigawa The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has commenced dry season wheat farming in the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar has said that quality seeds is the foundation of crop production and a stimulus for increased agricultural y [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has revealed that for every $1 investment made to halt land degradation across the African continen [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria has decried the deplorable state of storage facilities available in the country. Specifically, the National President of the Association, [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday organised training on better practices for stakeholders in the Kwara State cashew sub-sector. This is coming o [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Country Director of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Dr Kehinde Makinde, has said that farmers in Nigeria are being supported by AGRA with high yielding and earl [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

Agrihouse Foundation, a Ghana-based non-profit organisation in agriculture, has held its eighth edition of the Agri-Woman Marketplace. The marketplace is aimed at helping Gh [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[Daily News] KAGERA Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS), Prof Faustin Kamuzora has appealed to Tanzanians to drink more coffee to improve their health including boosting immune [...]

Country: Tanzania

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[World Bank] World Bank approves a $570 million Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach Program to improve food system resilience, promote intraregional value chains, and build regional [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[Premium Times] "Herders are destroying most of the farms in Enugu State, especially those in large clusters inside the bush. This is a serious challenge." [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[The Herald] He stood at the podium with a sombre face, but spoke firmly of a disaster that changed Zimbabwe in general and Chimanimani in particular, the tragedy of climate change [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[Daily Trust] The rise of food prices and basic household items could push some more than six million Nigerians into poverty, a World Bank report suggested. [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

AS part of measures to ensure equal access and gender-sensitive approaches to food production in the country, the Small Scale Wowen Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) and the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

Olam, an agribusiness conglomerate and parent company of Crown Flour Mill Limited, is set to host the second edition of its wheat value chain stakeholders’ consultative virtual f [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021