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E-extension: 300 Women, Youths Get ICT Training In Abuja
About 300 women and youth community-based advisers (CBAs) across 18 local government areas of Kaduna State have been trained on ICT tools to enhance e-extension services. A state [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
IFAD Commends Nigeria’s Commitment To Youth Empowerment
The Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Nigeria has commended the government’s commitment to the LIFE-ND youth programme. Mr Dede Ekoue gave [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Kwara Government Distributes Improved Seeds, Fertilizers To Farmers
The Kwara State Government North Central Nigeria has distributed improved seeds and fertilizers to farmers in the 16 Local Government Areas of the state to cushion the challenges o [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Nigerian Leader Inaugurates Kashimbila Multi-purpose Dam
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, 40MW Hydropower Station and Associated 132KV Switchyard, Transmission Line and Distribution Substation ( [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Rwanda: EABC Discusses Regional Food Insecurity Response Plan
[New Times] Amidst pertinent global climate challenges, there is a need to urgently devise ways to ensure food security in the region, the East African Business Council observes. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Nigeria: Severe Food Crisis Looms Unless Govt Takes Urgent Action - UN Agencies
[DW] Nigeria's northern states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno are expected to be hardest hit due to heightened Boko Haram attacks, banditry and kidnappings. Many locals have fled their [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Africa: Russia Confirms Participation in Grain Deal for At Least 60 More Days
[UN News] Russia has confirmed that it will continue to take part in the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative for a further 60 days, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Kenya: Ruto Suspends KEBS Boss Njiraini, 26 Others in Mega Sugar Scandal
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director Bernard Njiraini has been suspended alongside 26 other officials in a sweet sugar scandal. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Africa: 6 Solutions to End Hunger and Malnutrition - WFP Appeal to G7 Leaders in Hiroshima
[WFP] Conflicts, economic shocks, the climate crisis and soaring fertilizer prices are creating and exacerbating a food crisis of unprecedented proportions [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Zimbabwe: Parliament Grills GMB Over Money Owed to Farmers
[New Zimbabwe] Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Resettlement has raised red flags over late payments to farmers and transporters [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Africa: UN Predicts Next Five Years to Be Hottest on Record #AfricaClimateCrisis
[allAfrica] A damning new report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warns millions around the world that the hottest years on record will happen within five years. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-May-2023
Nigerian government inaugurates revised national agricultural seed policy
The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the Revised National Agricultural Seed Policy 2022, towards ensuring food security. The Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-May-2023
FCTA trains 300 women on natural tomato paste processing, preservation
Worried by the rate at which fresh tomatoes are left to waste during harvest seasons, the FCT Administration has taken strategic steps to prevent such wastages in he future by trai [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-May-2023
West Africa: WFP Calls On G7 to Keep Focus On Hunger As Crises in Sudan, Haiti and Sahel Add to Global Food Crisis
[WFP] Rome -- The G7's strong commitment to global food security in 2022 must be maintained in 2023 as new crises in Sudan, Haiti and the Sahel push more people into hunger, the UN [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-May-2023
Africa: How Does Food Get Contaminated? The Unsafe Habits That Kill More Than 400,000 People a Year
[The Conversation Africa] Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired growth and development, micro-nutrient defic [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-May-2023
Eritrea: Bio-Pesticide Research Shows Promising Results
[Shabait] The Public Relations Division of the Ministry of Agriculture presents a brief interview with Mr. Anday Semere, a member of the National Organic Fertilizers and Bio-pestic [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-May-2023
Nigeria: Abia Farmers Receive Training On Climate Prediction, Weather Forecast
[Premium Times] "We are training the trainers so that they in turn would pass the information to their siblings and peers." [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-May-2023
Kebbi State And Egypt To Partner On Agriculture
The Kebbi State Government says it will Partner with Egyptian experts in agriculture and livestock production for the development of the state. Governor Atiku Bagudu made this know [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 13-May-2023
Flooding: Council Develops Waste Management Software
The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria, EHCON says it has developed a software to address indiscriminate waste disposal. Registrar of the council, Dr Yabubu Mohammed, said thi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 13-May-2023
FCTA Alerts Residents Of Heavy Rains
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has called on the residents of the Territory to brace up for critical [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 13-May-2023
Nigeria: Journalists Barred as Rivers Govt Begins Demolition of Bayelsa Govt Property
[Vanguard] Port Harcourt -- RIVERS State Government has commenced demolition of property owned by the Bayelsa State Government in the Old GRA, Port Harcourt with the demolition squ [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 13-May-2023
Nigeria And IFAD Pledge To Scale Up ICT Project For Food Security
The Nigerian Government and the International Fund for Agriculture Development, IFAD, have reiterated commitment to scaling up Information Communications Technology for Development [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-May-2023
Stakeholders Seek Inclusion In Climate Change Policy Structure
Employers’ organisation and the Organised Labour have demanded for inclusion into the newly constituted National Council on Climate Change, NCCC established under the Nigeria Cli [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-May-2023
Wife Of Lagos Governor Tasks Market Leaders On Hygiene
The Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has challenged Market leaders in the State to take personal and public hygiene as priority to achieve sustainable enviro [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-May-2023
Lagos State Supports 20,000 Farmers With Agric Inputs
About 20,000 farmers and fishermen have been empowered by the Lagos State government to further raise their entrepreneurial skills and boost food production in the State. This gest [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 11-May-2023