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Africa: Droughts Bring Disease - Here Are 4 Ways They Do It
[The Conversation Africa] Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal ra [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Mar-2023
Nigeria: Buhari Advises African Leaders On Agric Financing. Is He Leading By Example?
[Premium Times] President Buhari advised other African leaders despite the failure of his government to improve funding for the Nigerian agricultural sector in line with the Maputo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 14-Mar-2023
South Africa: New Cabinet Minister's Degree Investigated Amid Fraud Claims - South African News Briefs - March 14, 2023
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Region: N/A
Date: 14-Mar-2023
Niger: 'Don't Give Up On Niger' - Ambassador Cindy Mccain, Calls for Increased Donor Support Amidst Growing Food Insecurity
[WFP] Joint US/UN News Release/NIAMEY- The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, and high food prices continues to drive hunger up and push basic meals out of the reach of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Mar-2023
South Africa: Growing Food and Building Resilience in Cape Town's Underserved Communities #AfricaClimateHope
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- How do we make sure people don't go hungry while also building community, urban biodiversity and using what some consider waste? One way to do it is to mak [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Mar-2023
Waste Management: Lagos Governor To Support Private Operators
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 2023 budgetary plan to help Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators in the state to recapitalise by injecting n [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Mar-2023
Nigeria Inaugurates Steering Committee To Tackle Wildlife Crime
The Nigerian government has launched the Wildlife Law Enforcement Task Force, also known as the WLETF, to address wildlife crime in the country. Nigeria’s Minister of Environme [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Mar-2023
Africa: The Caribbean's Role in the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems
[IPS] Santiago -- The global food security crisis reveals an increase in the undernourishment prevalence, reaching higher than in 2015, when countries first agreed to eradicate hun [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Mar-2023
Zimbabwe: Tackling the Impact of Climate Crisis on Conflict in Zimbabwe
[allAfrica] Harare -- The climate emergency clearly contributes to greater conflict, although through indirect channels. There are a variety of context factors, according to the Un [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 09-Mar-2023
Nigeria Highlights Achievements In Tackling Climate Change
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Least Development Countries (LDCs) to emulate Nigeria’s issuance of two Sovereign Green Bonds that raised over N30 billion for the pur [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Agric ministry honours staff for outstanding performances
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ( FMARD), has recognised and honoured 55 members of its staff for their outstanding performances in various fields of impl [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Ekit State Partners with RIFAN to increase Rice Production
The Ekiti state government has partner with Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) to increase rice production. This was by the special adviser to the governor on agriculture, [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
We Will Make Kwara Food Secure, says Gov. AbdulRazaq
The Kwara State Government says it is building a food-secure state, where farmers will be self-reliant, empowered and prosperous. The state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq express [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Liberia: Death Trap On Gbapolu Road
[New Republic] ...As Residents of Baboon Town Raise Alarm [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
South Africa: Greenpeace Africa Activists Disrupt Mantashe's Address at Africa Energy Indaba
[Greenpeace] Cape Town -- Today, Greenpeace Africa activists disrupted Minister Gwede Mantashe's opening address at the Africa Energy Indaba at the Cape Town International Conventi [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Mozambique: Do 90% of Mozambicans Eat Three Meals a Day?
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Agriculture Minister Celso Correia has outraged opposition parties, and much of civil society, with a claim that 90 per cent of Mozambicans are eating th [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Mozambique: Minister's Food Claims Rejected As 'Impossible'
[AIM] Maputo -- One of Mozambique's most prominent non-governmental organisations, the Community Development Foundation (FDC), has described as "impossible' the claim by Agricultur [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Africa: UN Conference Weighs Building Resilient Agrifood Systems in the Face of Risk and Uncertainty
[UN News] Government leaders and experts attending the Fifth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC5) and weighing the main challenges facing the world's most vulnerable c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Ghana: Smallholder Farmers Build Capacity On Modern Technology
[Ghanaian Times] Bolgatanga -- The two-day workshop to support smallholder farmers to adapt modern technologies to enable them to improve upon their crop yields ended at Bolgatan [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Zimbabwe: White Zimbabwe Farmers Reject 3.5 Billion Dollar Deal
[263Chat] White Zimbabwe farmers living in the Southern African region have rejected Zimbabwe's offer to settle a 3.5-billion-dollar land compensation deal over 10 years. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 08-Mar-2023
Cattle rearers task Tinubu on ending herders-farmers crisis
Tribune Online Cattle rearers task Tinubu on ending herders-farmers crisis By Nurudeen Alimi PRESIDENT-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, has been called upon by the Kulen Alah Cattle [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Mar-2023
Farmers told to take advantage of identified planting window
Tribune Online Farmers told to take advantage of identified planting window By Nurudeen Alimi THE African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has advised cowpea farmers i [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Mar-2023
FCMB renews support for agri-tech firms, felicitates with ‘Babban Gona’
Tribune Online FCMB renews support for agri-tech firms, felicitates with ‘Babban Gona’ Chima Nwokoji|Lagos FIRST City Monument Bank (FCMB) has renewed its commitment to supp [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Mar-2023
‘Quality seeds key to Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in food production’
Tribune Online ‘Quality seeds key to Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in food production’ Collins Nnabuife|Abuja Brighton Karume, Managing Director, ECOBasic Seeds Company Limi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Mar-2023
Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative reaches over 40,000 smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tribune Online Boehringer Ingelheim’s LastMile initiative reaches over 40,000 smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa By Nurudeen Alimi LASTMILE, an initiative to train smal [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 07-Mar-2023