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2022 Tree Planting Campaign begins in Nigeria
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigerian Government has launched its 2022 National Tree Planting Campaign. Minister of Environment Mr Abdullahi Muhammed disclosed this in Abuja, the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Agencies Team Up For Commercial Release Of PBR Cowpea
By Ene Okwanihe, Abuja The Government of President Muhammadu Buhari maintains that food security remains a key policy in the country. The National Biotechnology Development Agency [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Armyworms Spread to Seven Zones, Three Special Woredas in SNNP State
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) Agriculture Bureau said the new arrivals of armyworms have settled on, and affected [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Kenya: Upfield Reaffirms Commitment to Food Safety Policy
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- As the world marks Food Safety Day, Upfield, the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world and manufacturer of Blueband range of products h [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Africa: Why It's Crucial to Safeguard the Ancient Practice of Finding Wild Honey With Birds
[The Conversation Africa] In parts of Africa, a small bird called the Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) helps people search for honey. It approaches people and chatters and [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Nigeria: China in Earnest Efforts to Stop Food Wastage, Safeguards Global Food Security - Maoming
[Vanguard] The Consul General of The Peoples' Republic of China in Lagos, Chu Maoming, has expressed the importance of sustaining food security, saying, it is sad to see that in ma [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Save the Children Warns There is Soaring Child Malnutrition Across East, South-Eastern Ethiopia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Malnutrition rates across east and south-eastern Ethiopia have soared in recent months as drought, displacement and conflict take their toll with ab [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Gambia: Fertiliser Boosts Crop Production!
[The Point] Fertiliser is an important ingredient in ensuring healthy soil, thus boosting crop production. Increasing crop yields is essential and key if any nation is ready to pro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Gambia: Govt Reduces Fertiliser Price From D2,500 to D2000
[The Point] Following general anxiety and vexing public outcry over this summer's published fertilizer price, President Adama Barrow has further subsidized the official price of fe [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Rwanda: Countries Step Up Efforts to Close Wheat Supply Gap
[New Times] Other countries like Argentina, Brazil, India, have stepped in to fill the global wheat supply gap that was created by the Russia-Ukraine war, The New Times has learnt. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Mozambique: Ban On Meat Imports From Zimbabwe
[AIM] The Mozambican government has prohibited the import of animals and animal products and by-products from Zimbabwe due to the resurgence of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Ethiopia: Organised Crime Pours Cold Water On Ethiopia's Coffee Exports
[ISS] Legal loopholes are among the factors that enable a flourishing illicit trade in export-grade coffee. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa Calls Putin to Discuss Food and Fertiliser Supplies
[Daily Maverick] During a phone call on Wednesday, the two BRICS leaders stressed intention to 'expand mutually beneficial cooperation' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Sudan: One-Third of Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity - United Nations
[UN News] One-third of Sudan's population, or 15 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, according to a new assessment released on Thursday by the World Food Programme (W [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Jun-2022
Federal Capital Territory Administration commences Vaccination of 2 million Livestock
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
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