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“Safeguard our investment in donkey business” – Association
The National Chairman, Donkey Dealers Association, Mr Dike Ifeanyi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps towards safeguarding their N60 billion investment [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Niger State to partner with Experts on Agriculture development
The Niger State government in North central Nigeria, has planned to go into partnership with expatriates in the areas of Agriculture development. The Governor of the State, Abubaka [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: Drought, Hunger and Fighting Leave Ethiopia in 'Very Difficult Humanitarian Situation'
[UN News] Amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia's worst drought in 40 years, 17 million people are being targeted for humanitarian assistance, the UN spokesperso [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
South Africa: South African Citrus - New EU Rules Are Unjust and Punitive
[The Conversation Africa] In mid-July 2022 the European Union imposed new restrictions on South African citrus imports. The new phytosanitary requirements were meant to address Fal [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Seychelles: First Shipment of Fishing Nets Sent From Seychelles to Europe for Recycling #AfricaClimateHope
[Seychelles News Agency] A newly established circular business in Seychelles, Brikole, on Wednesday sent out its first shipment of exhausted fishing nets to Europe for recycling, r [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: WFP Executive Director Condemns Seizure of Humanitarian Fuel Supplies by Tigray Authorities
[WFP] Rome -- It is reprehensible that millions of people will be pushed further into hunger by the resumption of fighting in Northern Ethiopia. In the past few months, the humanit [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
South Africa: 'Kill the Boer' Song Not Hate Speech - South African News Briefs - August 25, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Aug-2022
Fertilizers: Farmers in Kano State lament high cost
Farmers in Kano State, Northern Nigeria, have lamented the high cost of fertilizers, saying many farmers could not plant in the 2022 farming season. The farmers, however, lauded th [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Association wants Nigerians to embrace Cashew Cultivation/ Value Chain
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has urged Nigerians to embrace cashew cultivation and its entire value chain for economic prosperity, saying the commodity has a h [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government launches Emission Trading Scheme, ETS
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigerian Government has launched the Emissions Trading Scheme, ETS, which is to provide policy recommendations that will guide National transition of [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Flood: NEMA advises Farmers in Anambra State to harvest, relocate
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has raised alarm over imminent flooding, advising residents, particularly farmers in flood-prone areas in Anambra sta [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Federal Capital Territory Administration relaunches Clean-up exercise in suburbs
Eight months after, officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday, rolled out bulldozers in continuation of its clean-up exercise to save [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Ghana: Ghana to Host Pan-African Agritech Innovation Hub in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana will host the Pan-African AgriTech Innovation Hub, a public-private partnership initiative dubbed "Timbuktoo", aimed to mobilise and invest $1 billion of pub [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
East Africa: UN Agencies - Severe Hunger Sliding Toward Famine in Horn of Africa
[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. agencies warn that severe hunger is sliding toward famine-like conditions in the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, as four years of consecutive drought [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
Ghana: Stakeholders Asked to Partner Govt to Prevent Yam Glut
[Ghanaian Times] The Bono East Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mrs Cecilia Kegya -Agyemang, has asked stakeholders in the private sector to partne [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 24-Aug-2022
FCTA Clears Roadside Artisans, Building Materials Dealers In Karmo
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja For allegedly encroaching on road corridors and constituting public nuisance, FCTA city management officials raided and disloged artisans and building material [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Biosafety Agency Moves to Ensure Bio-Security in Nigeria
The Nigerian Governmnet has put in place measures to ensure that bio-security is achieved in the country. The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, Dr [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Association Decries Rejection of Nigeria’s Ginger in International Market
The National Ginger Association of Nigeria (NGAN) has decried rejection of the product in the international market, despite the country’s ginger being one of the best in the worl [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Osun State Targets Growth In Cassava Value-chain
The Osun State Government says it is targeting growth in Cassava value-chain through its monthly food support scheme. The State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, said this while flaggi [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government Restores Agriculture Development Programmes
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar says restoring Agriculture Development Programmes, ADPs is top priority in achieving the mandate of food se [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Africa: Millions Go Hungry - While Billions Worth of Food Go Into Landfills
[IPS] United Nations -- The ominous warnings keep coming non-stop: some of the world's developing nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, are heading towards mass hunger and starvation [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Mozambique: President Inaugurates Vegetable Oil Factory
[AIM] President Filipe Nyusi on 18 August inaugurated a new vegetable oil factory in the city of Cuamba, in the northern province of Niassa. The factory is owned by the Niassa Cott [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Morocco: Production of Morocco's Coastal Fisheries Up 20 Percent By End of July 2022
[MAP] Casablanca -- Morocco's production of coastal and artisanal fisheries amounted to 719,925,383 tonnes in the first seven months of 2022, worth 5.4 billion dirhams, that is a 2 [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Mozambique: Mozambique Purchases Over One Million Vaccines Against Foot and Mouth Disease
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambique Veterinary Authority intends to import over a million doses of vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease to respond to the outbreak confirmed in the dis [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022
Southern Africa: 'Agri SA Calls to Lift Import Ban Emotional, Unbalanced'
[Namibian] NAMIBIAN government officials have called the recent claim that Namibia and Botswana should remove the import ban on some quota of fresh produce from South Africa an emo [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 23-Aug-2022