Tribune OnlineNALDA commences 100-hectare dry season farming in Jigawa The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has commenced dry season wheat farming in the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar has said that quality seeds is the foundation of crop production and a stimulus for increased agricultural y [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has revealed that for every $1 investment made to halt land degradation across the African continen [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria has decried the deplorable state of storage facilities available in the country. Specifically, the National President of the Association, [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday organised training on better practices for stakeholders in the Kwara State cashew sub-sector. This is coming o [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

The Country Director of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Dr Kehinde Makinde, has said that farmers in Nigeria are being supported by AGRA with high yielding and earl [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

Agrihouse Foundation, a Ghana-based non-profit organisation in agriculture, has held its eighth edition of the Agri-Woman Marketplace. The marketplace is aimed at helping Gh [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[Daily News] KAGERA Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS), Prof Faustin Kamuzora has appealed to Tanzanians to drink more coffee to improve their health including boosting immune [...]

Country: Tanzania

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[World Bank] World Bank approves a $570 million Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach Program to improve food system resilience, promote intraregional value chains, and build regional [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[Premium Times] "Herders are destroying most of the farms in Enugu State, especially those in large clusters inside the bush. This is a serious challenge." [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[The Herald] He stood at the podium with a sombre face, but spoke firmly of a disaster that changed Zimbabwe in general and Chimanimani in particular, the tragedy of climate change [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

[Daily Trust] The rise of food prices and basic household items could push some more than six million Nigerians into poverty, a World Bank report suggested. [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 19-Nov-2021

AS part of measures to ensure equal access and gender-sensitive approaches to food production in the country, the Small Scale Wowen Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) and the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

Olam, an agribusiness conglomerate and parent company of Crown Flour Mill Limited, is set to host the second edition of its wheat value chain stakeholders’ consultative virtual f [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

Plateau State is set to host no fewer than 1,500 potato and other root crop farmers in a one-day exposition. The development was disclosed to newsmen in Jos by the Coordinator, [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

The World Bank has raised alarm over the threat of  insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerian households’ food security. In a new report, “COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

GIZ-Ghana, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, has awarded a grant of 250,000 euros to the National Insurance Commission. A gr [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

The European Union, ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions are meeting in Accra to strengthen strategic partnership between the EU and sub region on economy, trade, security, amongst others. [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

[The Herald] India has handed over small grains production inputs and training material to the World Food Programme(WFP) for building resilience of smallholder farmers in Mangwe an [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

[Namibian] If food and fuel prices continue to rise at the current rate, many poor communities would face severe hunger and would not be able to afford transport, analysts warn. [...]

Country: Namibia

Region: Africa

Date: 18-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineHow climate change affects 2021 harvest —Nigerian farmers FARMERS in the North–Central and Taraba have narrated different experiences from the effects of irreg [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineIITA’s BASICS model offers new opportunity for Africa to ramp up yields A new seed system model developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineBenin Republic to partner Labana Farm on rice cultivation THE government of Republic of Benin has indicated willingness to partner with the Labana Rice Farm to cul [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineOndo women smallholder farmers demand implementation of gender policy in agricultural sector AS part of measures to ensure equal access and gender-sensitive approa [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineNACGRAB, CropTrust move to boost use, management of germplasm collections for crops production THE National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021