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Africa: Crisis 'Wakes Africa Up' to Cut Food Import Reliance
[New Times] Africa's annual food import bill more than tripled from $15 billion during the food crisis of 2008 to about $55 billion amid the current one, according to the Alliance [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
Africa: UN Officials See Progress As Global Food Prices Drop Amid Ongoing Black Sea Grain Deal Shipments
[UN News] Two vital objectives of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Türkiye are already being achieved, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, pointing to [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
FAO - 300,000 People Facing Famine in Somalia
[VOA] Geneva -- The Food and Agriculture Organization warns some 6.7 million people in Somalia are likely to suffer from acute hunger this year, including more than 300,000 project [...]
Environment, Health & Safety AgricultureCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
Africa: Fall Armyworm Campaign Boosts Maize Yield By a Third
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Educating farmers about the destructive pest fall armyworm using a combination of digital media and face-to-face events can significantly boost maize yields [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
Africa: Farmers Say Hunger Looms As Ukraine War Disrupts Imports
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Farmers' associations from 11 Central African countries say disruptions in food supplies caused by Russia's war in Ukraine have deepened the struggles of [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyRegion: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
U.S.$ 2.5 Million USAID Boost for Smallholder Farmers
[Ghanaian Times] Techiman -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting smallholder farmers with $2.5 million to enable them to get access to affo [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
More Than Half a Million Children Face Catastrophic Hunger
[allAfrica] Geneva -- The number of Somalia's youngest children -- those aged under five -- expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition has leapt from nearly 400,000 to more than [...]
Country: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Sep-2022
Bayelsa State: 200 Youths train in Integrated Farming
The Bayelsa State Government in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has trained 200 youths in integrated farming and pledged to continue to build the capacity of young ones in the st [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Nigeria Signs Clean Energy Demand Initiative Agreement with US
The Nigerian Government and the United States of America have signed an agreement on the Clean Energy Demand Initiative to sustain the government energy transition plan. The signi [...]
Energy/PowerCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Maize Price Has Doubled in a Year - 6 Ways to Avoid a Staple Food Shortage
[The Conversation Africa] The elections in August offered Kenyans a temporary distraction from some of the challenges the country is facing. At the top of these challenges is food [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Africa: Optimism Prevails Despite Uncertainty Over Revolution to Build Food Systems
[IPS] Kigali -- The 2022 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit ended in Kigali, Rwanda, with policymakers, activists, researchers, business leaders, and agricultural experts [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Four Steps to Help Avoid Future Famines in Somalia
[The New Humanitarian] Mogadishu -- 'Just think what would happen if an entire European city died of hunger: I guarantee you, things would change - and fast.' [...]
AgricultureCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Dept of Agric Educate Farmers On Challenges
[Ghanaian Times] Bechem -- The Department of Agriculture in the Tano South Municipality on Friday held the Research, Extension farmer - Linkage Committee (RELC) planning session, a [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
KOICA, MOFA Trains Farmers On Improved Rice Production
[Ghanaian Times] Winneba -- The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in collaboration with Ministry of Food and Agriculture has held a three-day training for 25 farmer le [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
There Is Abundance of Food Produce in the Country Says Concerned Farmers Association
[Ghanaian Times] The Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has stated that there is abundance of affordable food produce in the country contrary to some claims that the high cost [...]
Agriculture Food & Beverage Crop ProductionCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Ice Pellets Destroy Over 300 Farms in Katsina
[Premium Times] Mr Kanya said several crops mostly maize, millet, tice, soya beans and pepper were destroyed. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Pork Price Shoots Up
[Ghanaian Times] The Pig Famers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has announced an upward adjustment in prices of its products across the country, effective September 20 this year. [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Gambia Not On Track to Achieve Food, Nutritional Security'
[The Point] The United Nations Development Programme - The Gambia has disclosed that The Gambia is not on track to achieve food and nutritional security. The revelations were inscr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
W/A Food Insecurity Demands Climate-Smart Response Amid Multiple Crises!
[The Point] As crises multiply and the devastating conflict in Ukraine drags on, its global effects are being felt hard in the Sahel and West Africa, a region with more than 38 mil [...]
Environment, Health & Safety Water/SanitationCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Catastrophic Hunger Levels Leave 500,000 Children At Risk of Dying in Somalia
[UN News] Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, 173,000 more than during the 2011 famine, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Somalia
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Sep-2022
Kwara State Government to Promote All-Year Round Farming
The Kwara State Government has said it is ready to promote all-year round farming activities to ensure massive food production in the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Sep-2022
Nigerian Government inaugurates facilities for Agriculture training institute
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has inaugurated the regional offices and hostels for Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute ( [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Sep-2022
Government should initiate humanitarian assistance for flood victims – Atiku Abubakar
By Gloria Thomas, Abuja Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, says climate change is real and that the flooding that has followed torrential downpours in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Sep-2022
Nigeria to boost cashew production
The Nigerian government says plans are underway to raise the annual production capacity of cashew nuts to over 500,000 metric tonnes. The Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Sep-2022
Africa: Inside AGRA's U.S.$550 Million Strategy to Transform Africa's Agriculture Sector
[New Times] The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has unveiled a new 5-year strategy that seeks to establish a new way of practicing agriculture on the continent but [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 12-Sep-2022