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Anambra State To Hold First Environmental Sanitation Exercise
Anambra State Waste Management Authority, (ASWAMA) has stated that the first environmental sanitation exercise for the year 2023 will hold on Saturday, January, 28. This is very cr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Jan-2023
Nigeria: Obasanjo Farms Introduces New Cassava Breeding Technology
[Premium Times] At full capacity, the greenhouse has the potential to hold about one million cassava plantlets, which is planting materials for 50ha, and the volume can be repeated [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Jan-2023
Nigeria: Buhari Hails Sanwo-Olu for Agricultural Transformation Agenda
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for sharing his administration's vision of boosting agricultural production and reversing Ni [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Jan-2023
South Africa: Perlemoen Farm Gives Hope to West Coast Community
[GroundUp] Doring Bay Abalone, 37% owned by the community, produces about 60 tonnes of abalone per year, mostly to legally export to China. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Jan-2023
Africa: Yellen Addresses Food Security at Green Climate Fund Agriculture Site in Lusaka
[U.S. Treasury] As Prepared for DeliveryThank you very much. It's great to be here. This project shows how our countries can partner to address two of the most critical issues faci [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Jan-2023
Nigeria joins UN treaty on water convention for protection
The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu has revealed that Nigeria recently took a significant step to join a United Nations Treaty known as Water Convention on the Pr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
UN declares 2023 International Year of Millets
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023), saying millets is an ideal solution for countries to increase self-sufficiency a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Obesity not caused by eating habit, but neuro-developmental disorder – Scientists
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have revealed that obesity is as a result of neurodevelopmental disorder, urging that focus must [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Ehui Emerges IITA Director General, CGIAR Regional Director
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Board of Trustees and CGIAR have appointed Dr Simeon Ehui as the 8th Director General for IITA and Regional Director for [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
EKSG advises cocoa farmers to participate in policy formulation
Ekiti State Government has advised Cocoa farmers to participate actively in policy formulation to upgrade cocoa farming in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agricul [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Dangote cement donates 25,000 pieces of 100kg to restore ecosystem
Dangote Cement Plc, Ibese plant donates 25,000 pieces of 100kg waste bags for the management of agro waste in the communities across Nigeria. At its presentation made by the Plant [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Obasanjo Farms commissions 3m annual cassava plantlets tech in Ogun
Nigeria’s agricultural sector has received a major boost with the commissioning of the new cassava breeding technology (Green House Technology) at the Olusegun Obasanjo Farms, Ow [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Sudan: El Gezira Scheme Director Accuses Sudan's Agricultural Bank of Withholding Int'l Grant
[Dabanga] Wad Madani -- The Director of the Agricultural Department of the El Gezira Agricultural Scheme, Ibrahim Mustafa, has accused Sudan's Agricultural Bank of obstructing the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Seychelles: Observers to Be Deployed On Taiwanese Fishing Vessels Operating in Seychelles' Waters
[Seychelles News Agency] Mechanisms for the deployment of observers onto Taiwanese vessels licensed to fish in Seychelles waters will soon be finalised, allowing deployment to take [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Appointed Pan African Youth Forum Chairman
[New Zimbabwe] A YOUNG farmer and businessman from Hurungwe in Mashonaland West province, Kudzai Gasho was recently appointed chairperson of the Pan African Youth Forum. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Africa: AU Commission Chair Appoints Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki As Special Envoy for Food Systems
[African Union] Addis Ababa -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat is pleased to announce the appointment of H.E. Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, form [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Jan-2023
Boosting Agricultural Productivity Key to Affordable Food Supply – Minister
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mahmood Abubakar, has said that increasing agricultural productivity is key to ensuring an abundant supply of affordable food in the country. Dr. A [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Dec-2022
Association Urge Investors to Work Together to Boost Agribusiness
To achieve improved productivity in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, the All-Farmers Association of Nigeria, (AFAN), have advocated for public and private sector investments to sec [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Dec-2022
Tanzania: TARI to Release Disease Resistant Cashew Variety
[Daily News] Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute - Naliendele Centre (TARI-Naliendele) plans to release a new variety of cashew nut which is resistant to cashew leaf and nut b [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Dec-2022
Somalia: Famine in Somalia Averted, for Now, UN Report Says
[VOA] Geneva -- A United Nations acute food insecurity report on Somalia issued Tuesday finds famine in that country has been narrowly averted due to the response of humanitarian o [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Dec-2022
Tanzania: 3,000 Envoys Expected as Tanzania Agrees to Host Food Forum
[Daily News] President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that Tanzania has agreed to host a major international summit next year that will bring together leaders, thinkers and impl [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Dec-2022
Somalia: Famine Narrowly Averted - So Far, Warn UN Humanitarians
[UN News] In Somalia, a full-blown famine has been narrowly averted for now, but the hunger emergency has not gone away, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Dec-2022
US govt, NIHORT to collaborate on agricultural development
Tribune Online US govt, NIHORT to collaborate on agricultural development UNITED States Counselor for Agriculture Affairs in Nigeria, Benin and Cameroon, Dr Gerald Smith, has expr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Dec-2022
FG launches TADS to eradicate animal, zoonotic diseases in livestock sector
Tribune Online FG launches TADS to eradicate animal, zoonotic diseases in livestock sector THE Federal Government has launched the National Strategic Documents for the Control of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Dec-2022
Agric Ministry, ARCN train Benue farmers on use of modern farming technology
Tribune Online Agric Ministry, ARCN train Benue farmers on use of modern farming technology THE Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development through the Agricultural Rese [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 13-Dec-2022