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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
IOM advocates better migration policy in Nigeria
By: Mnena Iyorkegh, Abuja International Organization for Migration IOM has advocated for a migration policy that cut across national boundaries, to address the impact of the increa [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Kaduna State: NAFDAC seizes expired tomato paste worth N2m
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), raided the Sheik Gumi market in Kaduna State, North-Central Nigeria, where they seized unregistered and e [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Kwara State Government Set to Commence Dry Season Farming
By Tunde Akanbi, Ilorin The Kwara State Government has disclosed its readiness to commence a state-wide all-year-round-farming programme also known as dry season farming. The State [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Africa: To Achieve Human Rights, Start With Food
[IPS] Rome -- Maximo Torero Cullen is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Nigeria: Why Food Prices Remain High - Lai Mohammed
[Vanguard] The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has insisted that Nigeria has produced enough food to feed the citizens through the policies and programmes of the Buhar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Ghana: 56 Year-Old Adjudged Best Farmer in La Nkwantanang Madina Municipality
[Ghanaian Times] A 56-year-old Poultry farmer, Augustine Amankwah from Oyarifa has been adjudged the overall Best Farmer for the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipality in the Greater A [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Seychelles: Pilot Project - Prawn Farming Relaunched On Coetivy Island
[Seychelles News Agency] A planned pilot project for prawn farming has started on Seychelles' Coetivy Island with the arrival of a first batch of the whiteleg shrimp post-larvae, I [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Ghana: Why Farmers in Northern Ghana Go to Bed Hungry
[The Conversation Africa] Ghana is one of the few countries often praised for achieving impressive reductions in hunger. The 2022 Global Hunger Index report reveals Ghana's hunger [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Dec-2022
Directorate of Employment Disburses Loan to Farmers
The National Directorate of Employment, NDE Lagos State Office has started the disbursement of loans to eligible farmers in a bid to ensure food sustainability in the State. The [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Dec-2022
Ghana: ASCOM of Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College Adjudged Best Farmer for LADMA
[Ghanaian Times] The Assistant Commandant (ASCOM) Junior Division of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Brigadier General Albert Dawohoso has been adjudged [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Dec-2022
Zimbabwe: Sorghum Tops As Cereal Hectarage Jumps 42 Percent
[The Herald] Agriculture Specialist Writer [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Dec-2022
Brisk business returns to famous Maiduguri fish market despite challenges
Fishing was one of the hardest hit businesses at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency, but the merchants said things are gradually returning to normal. The post Brisk business re [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Dec-2022
Feed Nigeria Summit to proffer solution to curb post-harvest losses — Stakeholder
Tribune Online Feed Nigeria Summit to proffer solution to curb post-harvest losses — Stakeholder The Director General of Feed Nigeria Summit Secretariat Richard Mbaram has said [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Dec-2022
Association Commends National Assembly On Agric Funds Law
The Forum for Agricultural Commodities Association Presidents has commended the National Assembly for passing the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) Bill into law, and a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
Institute trains agribusiness owners on tomato production In Ondo State
As part of moves to curb post-harvest losses and improve revenue generation among tomato farmers, a total of 50 agribusiness owners in Ondo State received training from the Nationa [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
Nigerian Government task bakers on utilizing sweet potatoes for baking
The Federal Government has urged master bakers in the country to utilize Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) in bread making to reduce high cost of production. The Minister of Agric [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
FCTA spends N62 million on fish farming in 2022
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it has spent about 62 million naira on provision of fishery inputs across the Six Area Councils in the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
Ghana: Ghana Marks National Farmers' Day Today
[Ghanaian Times] This year's Farmers' Day celebration is being observed across the country with the main event taking place in the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua today. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
Ghana: ADB Loans to Agric Sector Hit Gh¢1 Billion in 2022... Bank Congratulates Farmers, Fishers
[Ghanaian Times] The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Plc loan support to agricultural sector continues to record steady growth. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
Africa: The 4th Afsa Biennial Food Systems Conference launches the Pan-african campaign "my food is african"
[AFSA] Yaoundé, Cameroon; 30 November 2022 -- Diverse actors from 30 countries call for a comprehensive Africa Food Policy that addresses Africa's need to feed itself in the fac [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
East Africa: Climate Crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa is Biggest Health Threat Causing Disease Outbreaks #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] The link between the climate crisis and global health has become clearer with every extreme weather event, with the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-rel [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Dec-2022
NIAS develops animal husbandry quality assurance assessors scheme
The Nigeria Institute of Animal science has developed the first Quality Assurance Assessors Scheme in Animal Husbandry in line with the Nigerian Skills Qualification framew [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
HOMEF distributes relief materials to flood victims in 6 states
As flood victims across the country continue to count their losses, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has supported some of the victims who were sacked from their homes [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
FG launches NAITS to track livestock
AS part of efforts to address the challenges bedeviling the livestock sector, the Federal Government has launched the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NA [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022
President Buhari calls for collaboration to end open defecation
By Hikmat Bamigboye, Abuja Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called for private sector collaboration and intervention to eradicate open defecation in the country 2025. He m [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Nov-2022