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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
South Africa: Begging to Feed Their Children
[GroundUp] Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Apr-2025
Ethiopia: Zone Harvests Over 42,000 Hectares Via Summer Wheat Irrigation
[Ethiopian Herald] · Boosting nat'l wheat export goals [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Apr-2025
Nigeria: Farmers Expand Cultivation of TELA Maize After Record Harvest in North
[Leadership] Farmers across northern Nigeria are expanding their farmlands to cultivate more of the high-yielding TELA maize variety following a bumper harvest last season. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Apr-2025
Africa: How Science Solutions Are Saving Africa's Livestock and Livelihoods
[IPS] Nairobi -- Livestock are a lifeline for millions of farmers in Africa as a source of food and wealth. But devastating diseases are threatening the health and productivity of [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Apr-2025
Namibia: Farmers Aid Hunger-Stricken Gobabis Residents
[New Era] Farmers from the Epukiro constituency donated 84 melons of various varieties to the Gobabis constituency office as contribution to the region's ongoing fight against hung [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Apr-2025
Nigeria: 'Dangote's N31bn Food Programme Bolsters Food Security in Two Years'
[This Day] For committing N31 billion to its food programme for the second year in a row, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has said that the Aliko Dangote Foundation's (ADF) An [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 22-Apr-2025
Ethiopia: WFP Warns of Rising Hunger and Malnutrition in Ethiopia As Humanitarian Needs Outpace Resources
[WFP] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks, leave milli [...]
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Date: 22-Apr-2025
U.S. coffee consumption reaches new high with 66% of adults drinking daily – NCA
USA – Coffee consumption in the United States continues to rise, with 66% of America [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
South Africa marks 363 years of apple farming
SOUTH AFRICA – The South African apple industry, on April 17, 2025, marked a special [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
GFSI 2025 Conference concludes with a call for enhanced food safety, transparent food systems
IRELAND – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recently concluded its 24th conference in Dublin with industry leaders calling for stronger, more transparent food syst [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
LVMH Q1 sales drop amid Trump tariffs, sluggish luxury demand in key markets
FRANCE – LVMH reported a two percent decline in first-quarter sales for 2025, amount [...]
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Date: 17-Apr-2025
Chagee raises US$411M in U.S. IPO amid trade tensions
USA – Chinese tea company Chagee has successfully raised US$411 million through its [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana push for sustainability at World Cocoa Foundation’s meeting
WEST AFRICA – The Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), an intergover [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
DS Group expands its confectionery products with new Pulse Golmol Imli flavour
INDIA – Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group), a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, has unvei [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
ARSO enhances food safety, environmental sustainability with new packaging, labelling standards
AFRICA – The African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), a continental standardisation body, is developing crucial standards under its technical committee on Food Pa [...]
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Date: 17-Apr-2025
Hershey Company opens its new manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania
USA – The Hershey Company, a confectionery manufacturer, has opened its first new [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Archer Daniels Midland Company expands its office space in Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA – Chicago-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company has launched it [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
The TAAT programme – the bold wager on agricultural innovation to feed Africa and tackle climate change
In October 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina announced a landmark initiative to help feed Africa: the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation ( [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Central Africa: Cameroon Sets 2028 Target to Complete Yaoundé-Douala Highway Phase II
[Daba Finance] Cameroon has budgeted 1,072 billion FCFA ($899 million) for the second phase of the Yaoundé-Douala highway Funding will come from a multilateral financing structure [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Tunisia: President Kais Saied Demands Swift Reinforcement or Demoliton of Unsafe School Infrastructures Nationwide
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, April 17 -- President Kais Saied stated that the students who tragically lost their lives two days ago in Mezzouna due to the collapse of a school wal [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Africa: Africa's Traditional Fermented Foods - and Why We Should Keep Consuming Them
[The Conversation Africa] Fermentation is a process where microorganisms like bacteria and yeast work together to break down complex carbohydrates and protein into simpler, more di [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Africa: Africa's Superfood Heroes - From Teff to Insects - Deserve More Attention
[The Conversation Africa] Africa is home to a rich variety of incredible indigenous crops and foods - from nutrient-dense grains and legumes to unique fruits and leafy greens. Desp [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe: Credit Card Scheme to Enhance Inputs Distribution On Cards
[The Herald] Farmers contracted under the Presidential Inputs Programme will soon begin accessing agricultural inputs directly from Government-accredited merchants using a preloade [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Liberia: LDEA Destroys Massive Marijuana Farm in Lofa
[Liberian Observer] The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Lofa County Detachment, has made a significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat illegal drug cultivatio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe: Govt Assures Farmers of Ample Seed Supply for Next Season
[The Herald] The Government has assured farmers of an adequate supply of drought-tolerant seed for the upcoming summer cropping season, aiming to boost agricultural productivity an [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Apr-2025