[New Times] Nina Nyirampeta, a chilli farmer from Rulindo District, recounts how she lost at least Rwf4 million because of a lack of a ready market for her chilli produce back in 2 [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 07-Mar-2023

Heavy downpour which lasted more than two-hours destroyed over 105 buildings and electricity facilities across Oke-Ako, Ikole local government area of Ekiti state. The Ekiti State [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a global organisation, has begun a 14-month capacity building programme for farmers in four oil palm producing communities in Edo. [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Ahmed, has issued a warning of upcoming severe flooding this year. He made the statement at a two-day Exp [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

[Capital FM] Hola -- Farmers in Tana River County have been urged to plant early maturing crops after the weather forecasted a depressed March-Mat long rainy season. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

[IPS] Madrid -- The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

[Capital FM] Uasin Gishu -- Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Co-operatives Cabinet Secretary, Mithika Linturi has called on farmers to embrace new innovations and [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

[New Times] Rice farmers in Cyimpima marshland in Rwamagana District have adopted an innovative integrated rice and fish farming method that helps them increase yields and cut prod [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

[Ghanaian Times] Last Mile, an initiative to train smallholder farmers in Africa on the prevention of animal diseases and leverage access to veterinary medicine, has reached more t [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 06-Mar-2023

The Borno State commissioner for Agriculture Honourable Bunu Mustapha has identified insurgency, COVID-19 Pandemic amidst other as factors that necessitated the inability of farmer [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 04-Mar-2023

A group of farmers in Osun state has praised Governor Ademola Adeleke for providing the state’s agriculture sector with necessary equipment and subsidy for farm inputs. Mr Dauda [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 03-Mar-2023

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Meteorological Department on the conduct of Scientific and Technical Resea [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 03-Mar-2023

THE Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has spent about N$89 million on the national school feeding programme (NSFP) in a year. [...]

Country: Namibia

Region: Africa

Date: 03-Mar-2023

The management of the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA), the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, and the Nigerian Meteorological Services Agency (NiMet), are currently i [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[Capital FM] Nyeri, Nairobi -- Farmers in Nyeri have been advised to begin preparing their lands for the planting season, even as the weatherman warns of below average rains during [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Sugarcane farmers in Chemelil have agreed to continue delivering cane to Chemelil Sugar Company in the wake of a leadership tussle in the factory. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Private sector companies from Angola and France launched, this Thursday, a production partnership in the agricultural and agri-food sector, as part of the visit o [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[VOA] United Nations -- American Cindy McCain will take over as executive director of the United Nations World Food Program when current director David Beasley steps down next mont [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[Capital FM] Eldoret -- Moi University has harvested its first apples as the university seeks to diversify its revenue sources. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Heifer International Kenya has opened applications for young entrepreneurs for the 2023 AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[The Herald] Zimbabwe is now food secure after achieving bumper maize and wheat harvests in the last few cropping seasons, but the Government remains determined to transform agricu [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

[Scrolla] Sugar shortages and sky-high prices are foreseen in Zimbabwe. This is after a part of the Hippo Valley sugarcane plantation, owned by Tongaat, was destroyed by a hailstor [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 03-Mar-2023

The University of Ilorin expressed readiness to partner the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Idofian in Kwara on agricultural knowledge and human capacity dev [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 01-Mar-2023

A non-governmental organization, The Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), said it has improved the capacity of rural farmers and business owners through on-farm demonstrations, [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 01-Mar-2023

[SciDev.Net] Three tech innovators are to share a US$1.5 million prize to scale up their innovations and enable smallholder farmers to boost productivity, resilience and incomes am [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 01-Mar-2023