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Rwanda: Poultry Farmers Decry Soaring Cost of Feed
[New Times] Animal feed is too expensive and continues to be a major constraint on poultry productivity, farmers have said. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Tanzania: 1.3 Million Farmers Registered for Subsidised Fertiliser
[Daily News] AS the ongoing exercise to register farmers for getting subsidized fertilizer has reached 1.3 farmers, so far, the government sets measures to curb smuggling of that f [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Nigeria: Stakeholders Advocate Policy for Rice Fortification in Nigeria
[Leadership] Experts and stakeholders in food and agricultural sector have reiterated the need to draft policy document for rice Fortification in Nigeria, adding that, this would d [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Seychelles: Fishing Facility Partly Financed Under EU-Seychelles Fisheries Agreement Opens for Business
[Seychelles News Agency] A new fishing facility, partly financed by the European Union to support the fishing community in the eastern Mahe districts of Cascade and Pointe Larue to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Ethiopia: Germany, France Offer Support to Transport, Distribute 50,000 Tons of Wheat Donated By Ukraine for Ethiopia, Somalia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Germany and France offered their support to transport and distribute 50,000 tons of wheat donated by Ukraine for Ethiopia and Somalia, two of the co [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Tunisia: Geothermal Early Vegetables Production in Gabes Estimated At 30 Thousand Tonnes #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The perimeters irrigated under greenhouse by geothermal water in the governorate of Gabes intended for the cultivation of early vegetables r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
South Africa: Govt to Assist Wine Industry, Says Minister - South African News Briefs - October 6, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Oct-2022
Kenya: Nyahururu Residents Urged to Embrace Chicken Rearing to Avert Cattle Rustling
[Capital FM] Nyahururu -- Laikipia residents have been asked to embrace chicken rearing in place of goats and cows in a bid to avert cattle rustling in the region. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Liberia: Protest Loom Over Rice Shortage
[New Dawn] As SUP, EFFL others announce mass rally to stage rice riot [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Liberia: Ministry of Commerce Creates More Doubts Than Hope Over the Timely Supply of Rice in the Local Market
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As thousands of Liberians including local traders and consumers continue to struggle for rice in post-conflict Liberia, the Coalition for Democratic C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 05-Oct-2022
Ogun govt partners World Bank on land acquisition, allocation for agriculture
Tribune Online Ogun govt partners World Bank on land acquisition, allocation for agriculture THE Ogun State Government has said it is into a partnership with the World Bank to str [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Comply with budgetary allocation to agriculture, stakeholders tell Ondo govt
Tribune Online Comply with budgetary allocation to agriculture, stakeholders tell Ondo govt ONDO state government has been charged to give priority to agriculture in the 2023 budg [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
FAO pledges to boost Nigerian farmers’ resilience to agricultural disasters
Tribune Online FAO pledges to boost Nigerian farmers’ resilience to agricultural disasters THE Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has promised to stre [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Nigeria targets massive seed export, moves to join OECD
Tribune Online Nigeria targets massive seed export, moves to join OECD THE National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has commenced a move to join the Organisation for Economic Coo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
NACHARD wants Buhari to assent to Agricultural Development Trust Fund Bill
Tribune Online NACHARD wants Buhari to assent to Agricultural Development Trust Fund Bill THE National Committee of the Heads of Colleges of Agriculture and Related Disciplines (N [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Government needs to mainstream local farmers into formal scene to solve unemployment —NIHORT ED
Tribune Online Government needs to mainstream local farmers into formal scene to solve unemployment —NIHORT ED THE Executive Director of the National Horticultural Research Ins [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
UI Class of Titans delivers refurbished lecture theatres to Faculty of Agriculture
Tribune Online UI Class of Titans delivers refurbished lecture theatres to Faculty of Agriculture AS part of activities lined up to celebrate their 20 years of graduation, their c [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
NiMET, HEDA, others supply farmers with climate information for efficient farming
Tribune Online NiMET, HEDA, others supply farmers with climate information for efficient farming FARMERS have been told adhere strictly to climate information in order to record a [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Kenya: Athletics, Football Officials Want Contractor Pushed to Complete Ruring'u Stadium
[Capital FM] Nyeri -- Football and athletics officials in Nyeri County want the national government to compel the contractor at the Ruring'u Stadium to finalize construction of the [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Ghana: Some Residents of Weija-Gbawe Municipality Want Cement Factory Opened
[Ghanaian Times] Some residents in the Weija-Gbawe Municipality have kicked against the legal action taken by the McCarthy Hills Residents' Association to restrain Empire Cement Fa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Ghana: Chamber of Construction Industry Tasked to Be Innovative
[Ghanaian Times] Koforidua -- The President of the Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhiE), Professor Charles Adams, has called on the members of the Chamber of Construction Industry t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam On Verge of Major Infrastructure Facelift
[Daily News] Dodoma -- Dar es Salaam is on the verge of a major infrastructure facelift as the much-awaited construction of a 600bn/- Jangwani Bridge and development of the Msimbaz [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Liberia: Boakai Lashes At Weah Over Rice Saga
[New Dawn] Liberia's former vice president and key opposition leader Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai has angrily reacted to the reported shortage of rice on the Liberian market, branding [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Liberia: Why Is Commerce Ministry Silent Amid Rice Shortage
[FrontPageAfrica] RICE IS LIBERIA'S staple food and is the most widely consumed in the country. Rough estimates indicate that Liberia spends more than two hundred million (US$200 m [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Tanzania Coffee Board Set to Improve Coffee Productivity
[Daily News] COFFEE is among the strategic cash crop across the country earning the country substantial amount of foreign exchange. Facts stands as such that after fuel coffee is t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 04-Oct-2022