THE government of Republic of Benin has indicated willingness to partner with the Labana Rice Farm to cultivate about 30,000 hectares of land in the country close to Nigeria border [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

In a bid to address challenges faced by tomatoes farmers, a global leading company in the production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilizers, OCP Africa, has deepened its pa [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

FARMERS in the North–Central and Taraba have narrated different experiences from the effects of irregular rainfall patterns on harvest during the 2021 farming season, as the crop [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

The National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it will champion the post-COVID and post-insurgency recovery of agro-allied businesses in North-Ea [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on Monday disclosed that his Administration’s Food Support Scheme had fed over 240,000 citizens of the State so far. He said the Schem [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

Osun State Food Support Scheme has fed over 240,000 citizens since it was created in April, 2021.     The Scheme has also helped to stimulate the state economy as local produc [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

[This Day] The National President, National Rice Producers, Processors, Millers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPPMMAN), Mr. Mustapha Amadu, in this interview shared his t [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 16-Nov-2021

[UN News] UN agencies raised the alarm on Wednesday over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an urgent scaling-up of assistance. [...]

Country: DR Congo

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

[Nation] As drought continues to ravage some parts of Kenya, a little-known location in Trans Mara, Narok County, is feeding thousands of hunger-stricken people. [...]

Country: Kenya

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

[This Day] Abuja -- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday said about 12.1 million Nigerians faced food crisis adding that 19 per cent of affected households are in [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineFG partners GAIN to improve micronutrients in food for vulnerable citizens  The Federal Government has reiterated its efforts towards improving the consumption of [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

Abdul Mohammed Isa.   Niger state Niger state governmentin North Central Nigeria  has secured a mining licence for onward mining activities  in the premises of the state col [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

The Lagos State Government and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a $200,000 Unilateral Trust Fund Agreement to grow the coconut value ch [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

The Bauchi State Government is poised to access a N30 billion grant from the World Bank to address the state’s myriad environmental challenges, Kabir Ibrahim, the Director-Gener [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

Segun Adegoke, The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), on Thursday, distributed improved post-harvest storage facilities to selected farmer groups in Osun State [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

[This Day] Tetra Pak, a global food processing and packaging solutions company, has released its 2021 Sustainability Report, which stressed the need for food safety, availability o [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

[Vanguard] The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed has linked the soaring price of rice in Nigeria to the activities of smugglers in the country. [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

[Egypt Online] Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati said the ministry is exerting strenuous efforts to secure water needs of all sectors under a comprehensive vision. [...]

Country: Egypt

Region: Africa

Date: 15-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineHarvestPlus targets increased production for biofortified maize HarvestPlus has expressed commitment to increase the production of maize by creating market and off [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021

Tribune OnlineRanching: FG gives 14 pastoralists heifers, transportation facilities to promote local breeding Fourteen selected pastoralists from the six states that make up the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is on high alert over prohibited or restricted goods entering the country through the Tema port. Tasked with both securit [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has disclosed that global food trade has accelerated and is poised to hit an all-time record in both volume and va [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021

The Executive Secretary of Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Professor Garba Sharubutu has said that the researches in the various Research Institutes under the ARCN [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021

The 2021 edition of the annual three-day Nigeria Poultry Show (NPS), an exhibition of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), has been concluded in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with sta [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has trained stakeholders in the Edo State’s cashew value chain on post-harvest handling. The one-day training w [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 12-Nov-2021