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Ghana: Climate Project Improves Crop Yields
[Ghanaian Times] The Climate Information Made Available to Entrepreneurial Farmers (CLIMATE) project has helped to improve agricultural practices amongst farmers in the northern pa [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Aug-2022
Cooperative Empowers People in Kano State On Poultry Farming
As part of its contributions to alleviating poverty in the country, the National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative of Nigeria (NAMCON), says it has empowered no fewer than 4, [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
UNDP-GEF Project Impacts Over 900,000 Beneficiaries in 7 States
Ene Okwanihe, Abuja The United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility (UNDP-GEF), Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Savannah zo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Stakeholders commend Nigeria’s Successful Implementation of UNDP-GEF-IAP-RSF
Ene Okwanihe, Abuja Stakeholders and participants in the United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility (UNDP-GEF), Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Waste Management: Oyo State Government, Traders, Collaborate to Proffer Solutions
From Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan As part of efforts to maintain a clean and healthy environment, the Oyo State Government, in partnership with Mottainai Recycling Limited, has met wi [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Council Confiscates multi million Substandard fertilizers In Kano State
Jack Acheme & Tukur Garba Arab, Kano. The Kano state Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has siezed substandard fertilizers and other assorted items worth over one hundred milli [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
FCTA Appeals to Environmental Workers to shelve industrial action
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Olusade Adesola has appealed to workers of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, (AEPB) to shelve [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 12-Aug-2022
Sokoto State Government Sell 100mt of Fertilizers To Farmers
The Sokoto State Government has flagged off the distribution and sale of 100 metric tonnes of fertilizers to farmers in the state for the 2022 farming season. Governor of the state [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Aug-2022
AfDB to Empower African Farmers With Staple Crops Seeds
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will empower 20 million farmers with climate-adapted, certified wheat, and other staple crops seeds to avert a food crisis in Africa [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
3,000 Farmers Get Free Cocoa Seedlings In Ogun State
The Ogun State Government has so far distributed 10,000 cocoa seedlings to farmers in the state. The cocoa seedlings were given free of charge to over 3,000 farmers in Ijebu East [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Nigerian Government Tasks Technical Colleges On Environmental Safeguard Measures
Temitope Mustapha, Abuja The Federal Government has charged managements of technical colleges in the country to prioritize environmental and social safeguard towards enhancing eff [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Sesame Farmers, Processors Eye Global Market Space As Export Hits U.S.$396 Million
[Daily Trust] No fewer than 150 Kano sesame farmers, processors and exporters have been trained by experts on the global methods of packaging, exportation and marketing of Sesame V [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Kenya: Food Insecurity Hits Hard in Urban and Rural Centres
[RFI] Failed rains over two years, climate change, locust infestation, the Ukraine war and inflation are at the core of food insecurity in both the urban and rural centres of Kenya [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - Loan From UN Fund Allows FAO to Scale Up Fertilisers for Farmers in Tigray
[UN News] A $10 million loan from the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement of fertilizers [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Aug-2022
UN Agencies, Ethiopia Appeal for U.S.$73 Million to Feed Over 750,000 Refugees
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Ethiopian Government Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) appeale [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ethiopia
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Elections2022 - P-Njango Backs Increase in State Budget for Food Security
[ANGOP] Benguela -- P-NJANGO named fight against hunger and poverty as top priority to ensure food security of the population. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Angola
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
East Africa: Samantha Power And Chef Tom Colicchio To Host A Twitter Spaces Discussion With Experts On The Hunger Crisis In The Horn Of Africa
[State Department] On August 11, 2022, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Top Chef judge and food activist Tom Colicchio will host a Twitter Spaces discussion with experts to e [...]
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Funded Farming in Eastern Sudan 'Decreased By Half' This Year
[Dabanga] El Gedaref -- The funding of agricultural projects in eastern Sudan's El Gedaref has halved this year compared to 2021. The number of farmers who applied and received loa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
KMC Deploys 300 Personnel to Serve Communities With Food Items, Others
[The Point] As efforts intensify to respond adequately to the flooding this past week, [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Rwanda: How Soil Erosion is Posing a Threat on Food Security
[New Times] In the last three farming seasons (over a year's time), farmers grouped under IABM - a cooperative mainly growing maize in Muhanga District, Southern Province, saw 28 h [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 10-Aug-2022
Orange-fleshed sweet potato can reduce bread price by 20% —Researchers
Tribune Online Orange-fleshed sweet potato can reduce bread price by 20% —Researchers MASTER bakers and others in the bakery and confectionery businesses have been told to ex [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Aug-2022
‘ECOWAS supporting smallholder farmers in Nigeria, others with technologies for organic farming’
Tribune Online ‘ECOWAS supporting smallholder farmers in Nigeria, others with technologies for organic farming’ THE Head of Agriculture Division at the ECOWAS Commission, A [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Aug-2022
Cocoa production firm, FRSC collaborate on safety of farmers, other road users
Tribune Online Cocoa production firm, FRSC collaborate on safety of farmers, other road users As part of its strategic collaboration and partnership drive to boost cocoa produc [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Aug-2022
How CBN funded first sorbitol factory in Nigeria, Africa and second in the world
Tribune Online How CBN funded first sorbitol factory in Nigeria, Africa and second in the world AS part of its developmental function, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the ap [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Aug-2022
Minister inaugurates national council on animal welfare
Tribune Online Minister inaugurates national council on animal welfare THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has formally inaugurated [...]
Agriculture LivestockCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 09-Aug-2022