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Agriculture: Gombe State tasks traditional, religious leaders with conducive environment
As the rainy season for the year 2022 settles in, traditional and religious leaders have been charged to work hard to restore peace in the troubled areas of Gombe State [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Rising Food Prices push Nigeria’s Inflation Rate to 17.7% (May, 2022)
The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that high cost of food items and fuel increased Nigeria’s inflation rate in May 2022, putting it at 17.7 pe [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
FCTA begins vaccination of 2m livestock in Abuja
The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off the vaccination and treatment of livestock across the Six Area Councils of the territory. Flagging off [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Anambra Governor initiates another agriculture plan
The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has introduced regenerative agriculture as the pathway to food sufficiency and repositioning the state’s economy. Governo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Ghana: 'Resilient Aquatic Food System' Rolled Out to Enhance Food Security
[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD), Mrs Mavis HawaKoomson, yesterday launched the "Resilient Aquatic Food Systems" initiative in Accra. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Ghana: La Nkwantanang-Madina Assembly to Institute Seedlings Planting Award for Schools
[Ghanaian Times] The La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly is to institute an annual awards scheme for schools with the highest tree seedlings planting performance in the munici [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Looming Rainy Season in Northern Ethiopia to Bring More Risks of Disease and Hunger, As Aid Still Falls Short
[Oxfam] The upcoming rainy season in northern Ethiopia poses new and heightened threats as communities struggle to cope with ongoing conflict, displacement, hunger, and disease. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Jun-2022
“Nigeria loses Forex to frozen Fish Importation,” says Agriculture Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, says the country loses foreign exchange to the importation of frozen fish, as Nigeria [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Gambia: Some CRR Farmers May Skip Rainy Season Due to Lack of Seeds, Fertiliser
[The Point] CRR -- Some farmers in Central River Region (CRR) of The Gambia have said that they may boycott this year's farming season due to lack of seeds and the high cost of fer [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
NIHORT builds capacity of Edo farmers with modern fish farming, livestock production techniques
Tribune Online NIHORT builds capacity of Edo farmers with modern fish farming, livestock production techniques NATIONAL Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, has e [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Stakeholders in Africa strategise on sustainable fish production
Tribune Online Stakeholders in Africa strategise on sustainable fish production AS Africa looks forward to end hunger by 2025, stakeholders in the fisheries sector in the Afric [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
IITA GoSeed records growth amid COVID-19 hiccups
Tribune Online IITA GoSeed records growth amid COVID-19 hiccups IITA GoSeed, an early generation seed company, made significant progress in 2021 as sales of improved cassava pl [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
AFAN urged to rev up food production
Tribune Online AFAN urged to rev up food production FARMERS in Nigeria under the aegis of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), have been urged to increase food production [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
FG commits to creating favourable environment for agric development
Tribune Online FG commits to creating favourable environment for agric development THE Federal Government has pledged to create a favourable environment for the development of [...]
Environment, Health & Safety AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Scientists record breakthrough, successfully map African cassava genome
Tribune Online Scientists record breakthrough, successfully map African cassava genome RESEARCHERS have successfully mapped the genome of African cassava, using the TME 204 var [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 14-Jun-2022
NBS to conduct census of cashew production in Nigeria
Tribune Online NBS to conduct census of cashew production in Nigeria NIGERIAN Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has hinted that it planning to conduct a census on the actual cashew prod [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Nigerian Government, Sokoto State distribute farm inputs to women farmers
The Federal Government in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government has commenced the distribution of farm inputs and hand tools to women farmers in the 23 local government ar [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Uganda: 40 Days 40 Fintechs - Agrishare Is Using Fintech to Improve Farmers' Livelihood
[Observer] No serious storyteller can narrate Uganda's post-independence story without giving prominence to the famous Luweero triangle. It is that pivotal but that is a story for [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Gambia: Gambia's Performance in Third Biennial Report Reviewed
[The Point] Department of Planning Services under the Ministry of Agriculture last Tuesday reviewed The Gambia's Performance in the Third Biennial Report at NaNA conference hall. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
South Africa: Inflation in South Africa - Rising Food Prices Hit Poor People the Hardest
[The Conversation Africa] Concerns about rising food prices are making the headlines across the world as pressures mount in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The war has dr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Africa: Continent Could Feed Itself With the Right Infrastructure - Experts
[DW] Drought, COVID-19 and the Russian war against Ukraine are fomenting a hunger crisis in Africa. The continent has enough fertile soil and water to meet its own needs, but there [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Jun-2022
Yobe State partners Egyptian firm on meat processing business
The Yobe State Government, in partnership with Egyptian investors, is to establish a meat processing plant in Damaturu, the state capital. The Egyptian company, Messrs Los Amigos, [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
“Maximize Hidden Potentials in Agriculture”, cooperative Urge Government
To address the scourge of unemployment in the country, the National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative of Nigeria (NAMCON) has urged the government to maximize hidden potential [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Nigeria recovers 23,000 hectares of degraded land
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigerian government says it has reclaimed 23,000 hectares of degraded land, completed 56 gully erosion sites and over 25,000 households benefited fro [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022
Africa: U.S. to Work With Ukraine to Get More Grain
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- U.S. officials say they are working with Ukraine to export at least three million tons of grain to combat the world's growing hunger crisis, especially in A [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 13-Jun-2022