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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Global food prices hit 10-year peak — FAO
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 130.0 points in September, up by 1.2 per cent from the figure recorded in August. The post Global food prices hit 10-year peak — FAO appeared f [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: General
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Buhari signs agric council bill, approves two new tertiary institutions
The president signs the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill 2021. The post Buhari signs agric council bill, approves two new tertiary institutions appeared [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
World egg day 2021: PANOG to enlighten public on importance of daily egg consumption
Poultry Association of Nigeria Ogun State Chapter, (PANOG) will today join the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s World Egg day with a public enlightenment program. RE [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: General
Date: 08-Oct-2021
President Buhari Assents To Agricultural Research Bill
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill 2021. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement h [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Shortlisted bidders for Ghana Burkina Faso Railway Project submit proposals
The two shortlisted bidders for the Ghana Burkina Faso interconnectivity railway project have submitted their final proposal on the over one thousand kilometres project. The [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Small scale miners advocate for reforms in mining licensing
Stakeholders in the small-scale mining industry have proposed reforms in the existing licensing regime to help reduce the incentive for people to mine illegally. The Multi-S [...]
Mining and MineralsCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
BPIFrance Inno Generation summit: Ghana strategically competing for investors – Pedro Novo
The largest European Business Meeting, the BPIFrance Inno Generation for the BIG France Summit is seeking a strategic partners for French and International captains of industry in [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Kenya: New Artemia Farming Method Offers Path Out of Poverty for Kilifi Residents
[Nation] Residents of Kadzuhoni in Magarini, Kilifi County, have begun their journey out of poverty after Maseno University and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (K [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Kenya: Alarm Raised Over Strange Disease Affecting Donkeys in Lamu
[Nation] The Lamu County Livestock department has raised the alarm over the outbreak of a respiratory disease among donkeys on Lamu Island. [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Africa: Cotton Sustains More Than 100 Million Families Worldwide
[UN News] A single metric tonne of cotton provides jobs for five people on average, often in some of the world's most impoverished regions; that adds up around 100 million families [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Oct-2021
South Africa: The Impact of Covid-19 On Black Farmers in South Africa
[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to disrupt societies. In South Africa it has caused millions to lose jobs and incomes. At the same time food prices ha [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Tanzania: Kagera RC Advocates for Milk Drinking to Improve Health
[Daily News] KAGERA Regional Commissioner (RC) Major Gen Charles Mbuge has appealed to the residents to regularly drink milk as well as breastfeeding mothers to breastfeed their ba [...]
Country: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Nigeria: World Food Day - Need for Incentivizing Smallholder Farmers Towards Sustaining Nigeria's Food System
[Vanguard] The World Food Day (WFD),16th October, is celebrated annually worldwide to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) in 1945. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Wheat Production Declines as famers decries lack of interventions
For many years wheat production has been stagnant and the challenges before its farmers are many. Although President Muhammadu Buhari launched the rice and wheat Anchor Borrower P [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Experts advise on adequate mobilisation of soil nutrients
Prof. Lateef Taiwo, a soil scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, have advised farmers to do planting to favour adequate mobilisation [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
Smart agriculture :How Nigerian farmers are fighting climate change
Orija Oladimeji has been incurring huge post-harvest losses due to the unpredictable nature of the “hoe and cutlass” mode of farming he inherited from his parents. His story ch [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
We need to set standards for Kenkey – GSA Director-General
The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has revealed that the country does not have a set standard for Kenkey, one of the most cherished food for the Ga people, [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 08-Oct-2021
climate change: DRC’s plan to lift logging ban in Congo forest
There are concerns that the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is considering lifting a long-standing ban on the expansion of industrial logging in its rainf [...]
Country: DR Congo
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Africa seeks creative solutions to curb plastic usage
The Afri-Plastics Challenge has now launched its second strand, Creating Solutions. This Strand invites individuals or organisations with a new or early-stage idea that seeks to re [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Governor advocates cattle movement restriction from Sahel to other African regions
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has advocated for a permanent framework to limit the movement of cattle from the Sahel to other regions in Africa. Mr Bagudu was speakin [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Fishermen adopt new strategies as climate change bites harder
Fishermen in Kpata, Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, Abdullahi Gimba depends on the resources of the River Niger to provide for his two wives and 13 children. It is how [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Sub-Saharan Africa exits recession in 2021 but recovery still vulnerable – World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is set to emerge from the 2020 recession sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic with growth expected to expand by 3.3% in 2021. This is 1% higher than the April [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Why Kenya's Bid to Host 2025 World Championships Looks Promising
The ongoing construction of the Expressway and the Jamhuri Sports Complex are some of the key factors Kenya has used in their effort to win the bid to host the 2025 World Athletics [...]
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Kenya: Failed, and Now Heavy, Rains Spell Doom for Maize Output
[Nation] Maize production in the North Rift region is projected to drop by five million bags this season -- from 21 million to 16 million bags. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021
Rwanda: Fishing Activity Resumes in Lake Kivu
[New Times] The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources has given the green light to resumption of fishing activity in Lake Kivu for a period of four months. [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Oct-2021