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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Rice Success In Nigeria Faces Pricing Hurdles
High prices of most locally parboiled rice have continued to dampen the success recorded in Nigeria’s production of the crop in recent years. President Muhammadu Buhari had last [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Ethiopia: After All Livestock Are Dead, What Is Left for Borana Pastoralists?
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The earth's climate has been changing from time to time due to various anthropogenic and natural factors. Raise in global temperature, sea level ris [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Rwanda: How High Price Fuelled Rwanda Coffee Exports Past U.S.$100 Million
[New Times] Revenue from Rwanda's coffee exports increased by 34 per cent to more than $105 million (about Rwf114 billion) in 2022, from more than $78.3 million (about Rwf85 billio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Rwanda: How High Prices Buoyed Rwanda Coffee Exports
[New Times] Revenue from Rwanda's coffee exports increased by 34 per cent to more than $105 million (about Rwf114 billion) in 2022, from more than $78.3 million (about Rwf85 billio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Namibia: Oshikoto Fights Water Woes
[New Era] Ongwediva -- In an effort to achieve urgent relief on the water challenges in the Oshikoto region, the agriculture ministry will be introducing three newfangled water sup [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Zimbabwe: Rabbit Farmers Develop Breeding Protocols
[The Herald] Zimbabwe rabbit farmers are developing breeding protocols to raise the standards of production in the face of massive growth in one of the country's fastest-growing su [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Kenya: Police Raid Illegal Abattoirs in Kisumu Slaughtering Stolen Livestock
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Police in Kisumu have raided an illegal abattoirs where suspected stolen livestock are slaughtered. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
Africa: First Lady Jill Biden Visiting Namibia and Kenya This Week
[White House] First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Namibia and Kenya from Wednesday, February 22 nd to Sunday, February 26th to strengthen the United States' partnerships on t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Feb-2023
NITDA adopts another 75 smart farmers at University of Ibadan
Tribune Online NITDA adopts another 75 smart farmers at University of Ibadan Collins Nnabuife -Abuja The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) concluded the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
Sahel Region Climate Commission gets New Secretary
The Heads of State and Government of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC) have approved the appointment of Issifi Boureim of Niger Republic as the Executive Secretary of the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
Sanitation: Stakeholders calls for actions against open defecation in Ngeria
According to stakeholders at the second national retreat for states on the, “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet Campaign”called for fast-track actions that would accelerate progress [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
AATF Restates Commitment to Improvement of Farmers Livelihood
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has says it’s not going back on its promise of transforming farmers livelihood through innovative agricultural technologies [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
NiMet predicts three-day dust-haze from Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted thick dust-haze from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, foreca [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
Africa: Horn of Africa Ministerial Roundtable On Food Security Addis Ababa
[African Union] On 10 February 2023, the African Union Commission's Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE), and the Internat [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
Sudan: Grazing in Darfur, a Recurring Conflict
[Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- The release of livestock on farms during the agricultural winter season is one of the biggest concerns that haunt farmers and villagers in North Darfur a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
Ghana: National Chocolate Week ... Increasing Cocoa Consumption
[Ghanaian Times] Last Tuesday, February 14, 2023, was the last day of the National Chocolate Week. The theme for the National Chocolate Week is "Eat Chocolate, Stay Healthy, Grow G [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 20-Feb-2023
Sudan: Displaced, Refugees in Sudan and Chad in Dire Need of Food
[Dabanga] Kadugli / ED Damazin / Khartoum / Oure Cassoni (Ch -- KADUGLI / ED DAMAZIN / KHARTOUM / OURE CASSONI (CHAD) [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Feb-2023
Africa: Africa's Agribusiness Sector Should Drive the Continent's Economic Development - Five Reasons Why
[The Conversation Africa] Africa's agriculture sector accounts for about 35% of the continent's gross domestic product, and provides the livelihood of more than 50% of the continen [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Feb-2023
Ecological Project Office Moves To Avert Flooding In FCT
The Ecological Project Office in Nigeria, EPO has expressed commitment to implement ecological interventions that will enhance the lives of Nigerians and reduce their hardship. Per [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Feb-2023
Atiku Promises Farmers Access To Loan, Farming Equipment
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to increase farmers’ access to loan and farming equipment, to increase output in agricul [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Feb-2023
Nigeria Unveils Waste Management Sector Report
The Nigerian government has unveiled report on the Gap Analysis of the Solid Waste Management, Database User Guide Manual and the National Roadmap on Solid Waste Management in Nige [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Feb-2023
IITA Reintroduces African Yam-Bean With 40 Varieties
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it has embarked on ‘genetic diversity’ land race for African Yam-Bean crop to improve soil fertility and achieve [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Feb-2023
South Africa: Hunger in South Africa - Study Shows One in Five Are At Risk
[The Conversation Africa] Everyone is vulnerable in some way, whether it's to natural disasters, chronic diseases or hunger. But some are more at risk than others because of what t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Feb-2023
Rwanda: $45m Milk Powder Factory to Start Production in May
[New Times] Inyange Industries Ltd, Rwanda's largest agro-processing firm, is setting up a milk powder factory with an estimated $45 million (about Rwf48 billion) investment, in Ny [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 16-Feb-2023
SFSA to Improve Rice Production Techniques in Nigeria
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), has disclosed plans to deploy rice production technology from China as part of efforts to improve rice production in the cou [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Feb-2023