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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Kenya: British American Tobacco Steps Up Sustainable Agriculture With Own Farmers
[Capital FM] Nairobi, Kikuyu -- Cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco has rolled out an avocado planting programme to ensure food and financial security for its farmers a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Malawi: Wine Festival to Encourage Businesses for Malawi's Economic Growth
[Nyasa Times] Wine &Wings--a renowned wine company providing individuals and businesses with top-notch wines and craft beers--is this week hosting its second annual Wine Festiv [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Liberia: Govt Distributes Farming Inputs to 10,000 Smallholder Farmers
[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata -- The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has commenced the distribution of farming inputs to farmers who are cultivating cassava, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Gambia: FAO Presents Lab Equipment to Livestock Services
[The Point] Following the recent outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), widely known as bird flu which led to the death of wild birds, the Food and Agricultural Orga [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Uganda: New Study Highlights Flaws in Implementation of Parish Development Model
[Nile Post] A new study by Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights(CEFROHT) , a food rights civil society organization has indicated a number of flaws in the implementation of t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Kenya: Over 4 Million Farmers Registered in 5 Months
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A total of 4,287,713 farmers have been registered in the past five months in the ongoing farmers registration drive, data from the Agriculture and Interior [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
West Africa: The Human Cost of Overfishing
[allAfrica] The executive summary of a report by Amnesty International on overfishing in Gambia. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Africa: AI Crop Predictor Aids Africa's Crisis Planning
[SciDev.Net] Accra -- An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool is using satellite remote sensing and machine learning to predict agricultural yields of key crops across Africa, to help [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Russia to provide fertilisers to Nigeria free of charge
Russia will provide a fertiliser shipment to Nigeria free of charge soon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters. “Last September, President Vladimir Putin announc [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-May-2023
Experts urge FG to implement environmental laws
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
NDE Disburses N26.5m to 2,093 Youths in Bauchi state
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
Stakeholders call for joint action against hunger, malnutrition
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
Katsina State Government supports youths with agricultural materials
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
Make Agriculture a business sector – AfDB Boss
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
Africa: Stop Tobacco Farming, Grow Food Instead, Says WHO
[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
Sudan: Food Prices 'Insanely High', Street Gangs Wreak Havoc in Omdurman
[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
Farmers Appreciate New 360m Bridge in Cross River
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
South Africa: East Cape's Small Farms Catch Bird Flu
[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
Kenya: Food Control Agency Folu Pushes for Sustainable Strategies in Addressing Food Sustainability
[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 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-May-2023
Liberia: Dillon Raises Concerns Over the Shortage of Rice
[New Republic] County Senator, Darius Dillon has raised serious concerns over the frequent shortages of rice on the Liberian Market. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-May-2023
Nigeria: Border Closure Aimed At Stimulating Local Consumption - President Buhari
[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 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-May-2023
Bayelsa state: FG begins distribution of palliatives to flood victims
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
World Milk Day Discussions to focus on Dairy Sector Development
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
Ekiti state warns against dumping refuse in drains
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
Africa: Governments Are Changing Fisheries Management for the Better, but More Action Is Still Needed
[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