The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has disclosed that the World food prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in November. The FAO disclosed this in [...]

Region: General

Date: 06-Dec-2021

Following the decision by members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to postpone the 12th Ministerial Conference, scheduled to hold in Geneva, Scotland, the Director-General Ngo [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Dec-2021

Ongoing studies to determine the suitability of cultivating common beans in Ghana are yielding positive results, according to crop research scientists. The scientists say th [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Dec-2021

[UN News] Improper water management, including insufficient supply and poor quality drainage systems, are contributing to excessive soil salinization - a problem that threatens glo [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Dec-2021

[Premium Times] About 300 farmers use wastewater from the Ajiwa Dam in Katsina for irrigation. [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 06-Dec-2021

The Igbinedion University, Okada, has secured N500 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revitalise its existing oil palm plantation. The university’s Vice-Chancello [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

STAKEHOLDERS in the Nigerian agriculture industry have posited that the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), an initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) aim [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

The new Mandate Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Mallam Abubakar Ibrahim has set an agenda for farmers b [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has promised farmers easy access to financing of Agri-business for improved agricultural production in the country come next year. Th [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

[Daily Trust] The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja held the Nigeria Cocoa Summit to address the challe [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

[The Herald] More than 1,4 million households have now received their inputs under the climate-proofed Presidential Pfumvudza/Intwasa Inputs Scheme, with distribution intensifying [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Trade has announced that it has started issuing Maize Export Licences with immediate effect. [...]

Country: Malawi

Region: Africa

Date: 02-Dec-2021

The Kaduna State government has introduced a four-day working week model to increase workers’ involvement in agriculture. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

  By Ene Okwanihe, Abuja Stakeholders in the seed sub sector across Africa and around the world have converged on Abuja Nigeria’s capital city for the fourth edition of the Se [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

Rice farmers in Dakasoye settlement of Garun Malam local government area of Kano State have said they recorded bumper harvest despite the shortage of rain in the 2021 season. Spea [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Local Government Decentralisation and Rural Development yesterday launched a Food Safety Guidelines for Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assem [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

[Ghanaian Times] The Agricultural Manufacturing Group (AMG), has presented a cheque for GHc 20, 000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), towards the celebration of the 2 [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

[The Herald] The Plant Protection Research Institute has started conducting locust surveillance and control actions to ensure crops are protected from pest outbreaks in the 2021 -2 [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

[Dalsan Radio] The *deyr *rains have largely failed since October, causing alarm for the deterioration of food security conditions in Somalia. Intensifying drought has led to water [...]

Country: Somalia

Region: Africa

Date: 01-Dec-2021

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has said Nigeria supplies more than 50 percent of seeds used in West Africa. The Director-General of the Council, Dr Philip Ojo, sta [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 30-Nov-2021

THE Oyo State Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Florence Kakulu, has said the Federal Government is committed to continue to make the agricult [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 30-Nov-2021

The Ogun State government has disclosed plans to partner with investors to boost agricultural activities in the state and create more investment opportunities to ensure food securi [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 30-Nov-2021

[New Frame] Climate-smart technology has helped the members of an irrigation scheme to improve their yields, lessen their water usage and make informed decisions about which crops [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 30-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineNSPRI distributes storage facilities to women farmer groups in Yobe The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) recently distributed storage facilities [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 30-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineOlam, experts chart growth path for local wheat value chain Olam, a leading agribusiness conglomerate and parent company of Crown Flour Mill Limited (CFM), has ass [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 30-Nov-2021