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Nigerian Government,Stakeholders Strategize To Enhance Disease Surveillance, Reporting
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has said that the ministry is in collaboration with relevant Stakeholders would strategize to enhanc [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
Lagos State Provides Viable Ready-Made Market for Rice
The huge population of Lagos State provides a viable ready-made market for rice, Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Agriculture, Dr Oluwarotimi Fashola, has said. Fashola [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
Nigeria can Generate $10bn Annually From Shea Butter – Stakeholders
Agricultural stakeholders have said Nigeria has the potential of generating $10 billion annually across the shea butter value chain. The development was disclosed in a statement b [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
Africa: Crises Pushing Up Acute Malnutrition in Refugee Sites
[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, this week reported that global crises have combined to raise levels of acute malnutrition in dozens of refugee sites surveyed, most [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
Searching for Food Self-Sufficiency Through Increased Crop Diversity
[Daily News] IN the years 2018-2019 there was a massive drought in Zambia, as a result of El Nino. The corn dried up. Now, as a result of this lesson, and as a response to global w [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
Okonjo-Iweala Calls for More Support for Sustainable Fisheries
[This Day] Financial assistance must be expanded to help developing and least-developed country (LDC) members establish sustainable fisheries in light of the historic World Trade O [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
Africa: We Need a Clearer Roadmap to a Resilient Food System #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As climate change hits farmers and those who depend on them, creating a smarter food system is now critical [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 01-Aug-2022
U.S. Commits $55m to Enhance Food Security in Nigeria
To address the economic, food and nutrition needs of vulnerable communities, the United States said it has committed $55 million towards food security relief for Nigerians. A state [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Reps urges Nigerian Government to Initiate Emergency Preventive Measures
The members of the House of Representatives have called on the Federal Government to initiate emergency preventive measures to curb an impending food crisis in the country. The cal [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Alliance For Science Seeks More Sensitization On Biosafety Management
The Alliance for Science Nigeria has called for more sensitization of stakeholders including farmers on the roles of biosafety management in the general adoption of biotechnology i [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Osun State Government feeds 500,000 in 16 months
Osun State Government in Southwest Nigeria has fed over 500,000 in sixteen months through its Food Support Programme which feeds 30,000 citizens monthly. Governor Adeboyega Oyetola [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Oyo State Declares Emergency on Sanitation Sector
Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan The Oyo State Government, has, on Thursday, launched the Open Defecation Free (ODF) Roadmap and declared an emergency on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WAS [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Ebonyi State Governor Swears In New Commissioner for Agriculture
Moses Nwite, Abakaliki In a bid to ensure food sufficiency in Ebonyi State Southeast Nigeria, the Governor, Engr David Umahi has performed the swearing in of a new Commissioner [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
NGO advocates moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining in Nigeria
Yusuf Akinlotan, Lagos Towards securing a sustainable ecosystem, environment and food security, an international Non-Government organisation, Sustainable Ocean Alliance ( SOA) has [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Waste Management: Oyo State Bars Managers from Commercial Evacuation
Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan The Oyo State Government has barred all former Private Sector Participants (PSPs) from engaging in any form of refuse evacuation in the state. Governor Sey [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: We're On the Cusp of the Most Catastrophic Food Crisis in 50 Years - Where Is the Global Response?
[IPS] Berlin / Terni, Italy -- A growing mountain of data and analysis points to an unprecedented global crisis in the making, due to the convergence of "Four Cs" (Conflict, Covid, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up?
[IPS] Madrid -- A wide majority, including the United States, has cheered the 22 July Turkey-brooked agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resumen cereals and fertilisers exports [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Nigeria: U.S. to Invest $55 Million in Food Security in Nigeria
[Premium Times] "The funds will help immediately address the economic, food and nutrition needs of vulnerable communities in Nigeria most adversely impacted by higher food, fuel, a [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: FAO Warns 90 Per Cent of Earth's Topsoil At Risk By 2050
[UN News] A full 90 per cent of the Earth's precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Nigeria: Surviving the Food Crisis in North-East Nigeria
[IPS] Abuja, Nigeria -- Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity m [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
South Africa: Shining Fluorescent Light On Bee Sperm Could Help Explain Colony Survival
[The Conversation Africa] Form follows function. This is the principle that the design or shape of something - whether made by humans or in nature - should serve a purpose. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Africa: UN Welcomes New Centre to Put Ukraine Grain Exports Deal Into Motion
[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the official start of the operation based in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, that will help implement the UN-brokered d [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Liberia: Govt, Japan Sign U.S.$2.5 Million 9th Round of KR Food Aid 2022 Grant
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The governments of Liberia and Japan have signed the 9th Round of the KR Food Aid 2022 Grant, estimated at US$2.5 million. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
Mozambique: United States Pledges U.S.$116 Million for Food and Nutrition Assistance
[AIM] The United States will disburse US$116 million for food and nutritional assistance to over 800,000 people displaced due to the terrorist attacks in the northern province of C [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022
South Africa: Step-Aside Rule a Contentious Issue for ANC - What's Happening In South African News - July 29, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 29-Jul-2022