Experts have urged the  federal government to implement environmental laws. This was said in an excursion held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital for participants of the United Nations [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in a bid to encourage women and youth participation in agriculture, boost food sufficiency and promote skill acquisition, says it has d [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

A group of stakeholders have called on the government to lead a joint action in the fight against hunger and malnutrition underscoring the need to invest in smallholder farmers and [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

To generate job opportunities and increase agricultural production, the Katsina State Government, supported 272 graduates with agricultural materials to become self-reliant. Speaki [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

The President of, the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has tasked the incoming administration to make agriculture a business sector. Akinwumi stated this while de [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

[UN News] With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop subsidizing tobacco crops and help farmers grow food, th [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

[Dabanga] Omdurman -- Residents of El Sawra Block 29, a poor suburb in Omdurman, are not only suffering from skyrocketing prices and water and power outages, but also from street g [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 29-May-2023

Cocoa Farmers rolled out the drums in appreciation of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for the promise kept to complete the construction of a new 360 metre length bridge, wh [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 24-May-2023

[Scrolla] Small poultry farmers in the Eastern Cape are scrambling for solutions to the outbreak of bird flu, aka avian influenza. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 24-May-2023

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) has called for sustainable development and climate change mitigation strategies in implementing the Kenya Food and La [...]

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Date: 24-May-2023

[New Republic] County Senator, Darius Dillon has raised serious concerns over the frequent shortages of rice on the Liberian Market. [...]

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Date: 24-May-2023

[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday insisted that his 2019 closure of the country's land borders was due to his administration's conscious efforts to encourag [...]

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Date: 24-May-2023

The federal government of Nigeria has commenced distribution of the presidential palliatives to victims of 2022 flood in Bayelsa state. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 24-May-2023

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Abubakar says this Year’s World Mild Day celebration in Nigeria will focus on the Development of the dai [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 24-May-2023

The Ekiti State Government has warned residents against the dumping of refuse in drains and hampering the free flow of rain water. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Tr [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 24-May-2023

[IPS] Washington DC -- Global fisheries are worth more than US$140 billion each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. But this hefty [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 24-May-2023

[Daily News] A mysterious disease is affecting growth of cloves, Zanzibar's major export crop causing panic among farmers in Unguja and Pemba. [...]

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Date: 24-May-2023

The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA has appealed to the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, VCN to step up regulation efforts towards sanitising the sector. NVMA therefore [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 20-May-2023

A food awareness organisation, ‘ProVeg Nigeria’, says there is need to transform the food system in the country to help people switch to healthier, more climate-friendly diets. [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 20-May-2023

AFOS-NIG INGO, a German NGO, has met with institutions and chambers of commerce responsible for the German Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Nigeria on how to boost agricu [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 20-May-2023

Lagos State Government has restated its commitment to investing in the younger population to develop the Agriculture ecosystem. The State believes youths involvement in Agric space [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 20-May-2023

[IPS] Bulawayo -- Meat from wild animals is relished across Africa and widely traded, but scientists are warning that eating bush meat is a potential health risk, especially in the [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 20-May-2023

[Africa Renewal] Sam Aderubo started his company, Honey Pride, in Arua, northern Uganda, in order to make a positive impact on his community. With support from the UN, the business [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 20-May-2023

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), has handed over some agricultural equipment to farmers in Kukawa, Baga in Borno state, North East Nigeria. The Force Commander MNJTF Maj [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 18-May-2023

The Gombe State government has began provision of extension services to farmers to boost food security and improve their incomes. Director, Technical Services, Gombe State Agricult [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 18-May-2023