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AfDB To Commit $110m in Kano Special Agricultural Processing Zone
AfDB To Commit $110m in Kano Special AgriculturThe African Development Bank (AfDB) has disclosed plans to invest the sum of $110 million to boost infrastructure and agricultural pr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
Nigeria Commissions First Agro Radio, Television Station
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar has commissioned the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) radio and television studio at the Coun [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
NALDA advocates “Grow Your Vegetables” Initiative
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority NALDA has flagged-off its “Grow your Vegetable” programme aimed at encouraging Nigerians, particularly urban dwellers to ut [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
AfCFTA to boost Ghanaian economy – outgoing US Ambassador
Outgoing US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan, has said that the introduction of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will position Ghana for more economic gains [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
PFAG Calls On Govt to Increase Budget Allocation for Agric Sector
[Ghanaian Times] The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on government to increase its budget allocation to the agricultural sector for the 2022 fiscal year. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
Okudzeto Ablakwa Makes Case for Local Rice By Presenting Combine Harvester
[Ghanaian Times] The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, took his campaign for #BuyMade in Ghana Rice# a notch higher [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
MSF Treats Thousands of Children for Malnutrition as Conflict Surges in the Northwest
[MSF] Doctors Without Borders has launched a new program to treat malnourished children in Katsina state, in the northwest of Nigeria, as conflict and insecurity surge in the regio [...]
Healthcare and Medicine AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Nov-2021
FG commissions first agricultural radio, television
Tribune OnlineFG commissions first agricultural radio, television The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar has commissioned the Agricultural Res [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
In the Swamps of Sierra Leone, Rural Women Plant Seeds of Peace
[WFP] Large mineral deposits in Sierra Leone have often caused tensions between farming communities and miners, especially in the rural south. But a group of women have become amba [...]
AgricultureCountry: Sierra Leone
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Local Company in Drive to Boost Sesame Production
[The Herald] A local contractor has moved in to boost sesame production in the country, a move that is set to improve farmers' livelihoods, uplift standards of living and contribut [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Kano Rice Farmers Record Bumper Harvest Despite Poor Rainfall
[Premium Times] Rice farmers said bumper harvest was possible through their use of improved seedlings, which boosted their production by about 25 per cent. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Country Needs Smart Agriculture Sector Growth Strategy - UN Expert
[New Zimbabwe] The country needs a disaggregated agricultural development plan across all sub-sectors to ensure enhanced private sector participation. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Chamber of Agribusiness calls for acceleration of synthetic fertiliser production
The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana is calling on government to expedite steps to start synthetic fertiliser production in Ghana. According to the chamber, there’s a looming [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Kano state trains Smallholder Farmers On Dairy Management
70,000 smallholder dairy farmers in Kano State have been trained during a capacity-building programme on dairy production management. The training, which was organised recently b [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Nigerians abandon costly cooking gas for firewood
The high cost of cooking gas has now compelled some residents in the South-South zone in Nigeria to begin using firewood and charcoal for cooking, a survey has revealed. Investi [...]
Oil and GasCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Aiteo seeks international expertise to halt Nembe spill
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company says it is seeking foreign technical expertise to halt the ongoing oil leak at an oilfield it operates in Nembe, Bayelsa State. Th [...]
Oil and GasCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Enugu farmers Decries Impacts of Farmer-Herder Clashes
The Enugu State branch of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has decried the negative impacts of the continued farmer-herder clashes on their activities. The State Chai [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
AGRA partners with Nigerian government On Agric Policies
The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Nigeria has disclosed that as a PAN African institution, it is working with government at both states and Federal levels through [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Inputs: Nigerian government To Reintroduce GES Policy
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has said the federal government is reintroducing the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) and strengthen [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Local Company in Drive to Boost Sesame Production
[The Herald] A local contractor has moved in to boost sesame production in the country, a move that is set to improve farmers' livelihoods, uplift standards of living and contribut [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Country Needs Smart Agriculture Sector Growth Strategy - UN Expert
[New Zimbabwe] The country needs a disaggregated agricultural development plan across all sub-sectors to ensure enhanced private sector participation. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Nov-2021
Farmers warn of possible famine should government fail to pay fertiliser producers
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana says government must immediately pay fertiliser debts owed suppliers or risk fertilizer and food shortages in 2022. The warning foll [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Nov-2021
Africa: Inequity in Funding - Africa's Agripreneurs Pay a High Price for Start Up Finance
[IPS] Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its role is being stymied by the high cost of financing. [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 20-Nov-2021
Why we are working with FG, state governments on agric policies ― AGRA
Tribune OnlineWhy we are working with FG, state governments on agric policies ― AGRA The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Nigeria has disclosed that as a PAN Af [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Nov-2021
Food Security: NALDA Flags off dry season wheat farming
Ene Okwanihe, Jigawa In line with ongoing efforts to bridge the national deficit in wheat production in the country and reduce importation, the National Agricultural Land Developm [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Nov-2021