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FAO Food Price Index Reaches 10-Year High in 2021
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 133.7 points in December 2021, down 1.2 points (0.9 %) from N [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Jan-2022
Only 2.5% of Nigeria’s Arable Land is Used For Agriculture -Buhari
President Muhammad Buhari has said only 2.5 per cent of Nigeria’s arable land is being used for agricultural purposes. Buhari, speaking in an interview, called on Nigerians to em [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Jan-2022
PULA Advisors to Participate in 2022 FNS Deal Room Framework
The Organising Committee of the Feed Nigeria Summit (FNS) and its Deal Brokerage Room Process, has announced participation of PULA Advisors in its 2022 partnership framework. The C [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Jan-2022
East Africa: WFP-Backed Challenge Boosts Food System in Rwanda and Beyond
[UN News] Supporting innovations in the food system in Rwanda is the goal of a UN-backed initiative launched in the capital, Kigali, on Wednesday. [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Jan-2022
Win for Farmers As Inaugural Export Cargo Flight Departs Kisumu
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Farmers across the fourteen counties forming the Lake Region Economic bloc (LREB) have been urged to seize export opportunities as the inaugural flight carry [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Jan-2022
Poultry farmers set new price regime for eggs as cost of feed rise
The executive council of Price Advisory Committee have approved a new price regime for sales of eggs by poultry farmers. In a statement at the weekend, Musa Hakeem, Secretary-Gene [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Jan-2022
Climate Change: Nigeria reiterates commitment to Paris Agreement implementation
The Nigerian government has reiterated its commitment to Paris Agreement implementation with the country’s 2050 Long-Term Low Emission Vision document. The Minister of State for [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Jan-2022
Support Agricultural Sector For Speedy Economic Growth- Poultry Farmers
THE Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Jwantu Poultry Farms has called on the Federal Government to support poultry farmers and agrobased businessmen and women across the c [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jan-2022
Institute Trains Sorghum Farmers to Boost Agric Value Chain in Rural Communities
To develop the agricultural value chain and agribusinesses in rural communities, the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) under the Village Alive Developmen [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jan-2022
NAFDAC Seeks Investments in Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on investors to feel free to invest in the Nigerian agricultural sector. The Director-General o [...]
Agriculture FinancialCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 07-Jan-2022
Global food prices slightly down in December — FAO
The fall was led by vegetable oil and sugar. The post Global food prices slightly down in December — FAO appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 06-Jan-2022
Conservationists urge FG to step up efforts to tackle wildlife trafficking
Conservationists in the country have urged the federal government to step up its efforts in tackling illegal wildlife trafficking in the country. The conservationists who spoke du [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 06-Jan-2022
Rice Farmers Seek Investment in Irrigation Agriculture to Boost Local Production
To boost local production of rice in 2022, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has called on the government to revive the country’s river basins and deploy more inves [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 06-Jan-2022
WFP to Help Drive Namibia Towards Zero Hunger
[New Era] In an effort to accelerate the journey towards zero hunger by 2030 and address food and nutrition security, the World Food Programme and the Environmental Investment Fund [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 06-Jan-2022
New Alcohol Made With Seychelles' Coco De Mer to Hit Market This Year
[Seychelles News Agency] A new alcohol made from the pulp of Seychelles' exotic coco de mer -- the world's biggest nut -- is expected to hit the market this year. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Seychelles
Region: Africa
Date: 06-Jan-2022
Stakeholders harp on strengthening CBN’s agro-industrial interventions
Tribune OnlineStakeholders harp on strengthening CBN’s agro-industrial interventions STAKEHOLDERS in the Agro-industrial sector of the Nigerian economy have drummed up support [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
FCA empowers youths, women, retirees with arable crop, livestock production techniques
Tribune OnlineFCA empowers youths, women, retirees with arable crop, livestock production techniques FEDERAL College of Agriculture, Ibadan, in conjunction with Emraj Global Ser [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
NACGRAB takes campaign on resilient seeds to Kishi
Tribune OnlineNACGRAB takes campaign on resilient seeds to Kishi AS part of measures geared towards improving the use and management of seed collection through multi-stakeholder [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
Food security: Nigerians urged to embrace urban farming, others
Tribune OnlineFood security: Nigerians urged to embrace urban farming, others IN order to ensure food sufficiency in the country, Nigerians have been called upon to embrace back [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
FG boosts Ekiti youths capacity with tutelage on agric practice
Tribune OnlineFG boosts Ekiti youths capacity with tutelage on agric practice NIGERIA is a nation with a large youth population who are mostly unemployed. This has led to many c [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
Why eating chicken, fish treated with antibiotics is dangerous
Tribune OnlineWhy eating chicken, fish treated with antibiotics is dangerous IT is no more news that the use of antimicrobials to treat animals also exposes the consumers of the [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
Nigeria gets new seed production company
To boost food production through the deployment of new technologies, the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Alliance for Gr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine promotes trade show to diversify commerce in municipality
Anglogold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine has launched a five-day trade and exhibition show in Obuasi. The show is to diversify the economy of Obuasi through trade promotion. T [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
25,000 Smallholder Farmers to Benefit From U.S.$8.84 Million Building Climate Resilience Project
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of efforts to enhance the agriculture sector and promote climate change in the country, the government of Liberia has received an adaptation g [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021
President of DRC Senate, Lukwebo Commissions Beef Exporting Facility in Uganda
[Nile Post] Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, the President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of Congo has paid an official visit to the Nshaara Industrial Park where he commissioned [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Dec-2021