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Benue State Governor Seeks Foreign Security Support for Farmers
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called for assistance from the international community on providing security for Nigerian farmers, saying agriculture is gradually dying [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Central Bank Of Nigeria To Support Wheat Production Locally
In a bid to address the rising cost of wheat-based food items, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reiterated its commitment to boosting wheat production locally by supporting f [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Nigeria’s President Unveils Compendium of Ecological Projects
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that a total of 266 ecological projects have been completed across Nigeria in the last seven years (2015-2022), Wednesday in Abuja. Spe [...]
Environment, Health & SafetyCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Africa: UN and Partners Meet to Address 'Critical' State of Global Food Crisis
[UN News] Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said [...]
Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Sudan: WFP Market Monitor Shows New Sharp Rise in Food Prices
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Political and economic instability resulting in hyperinflation in Sudan are forcing more Sudanese into poverty, and inability to afford the basic necessities [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Ghana: MOFA Allays Fear of Looming Food Shortage
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has allayed the fear of a looming food shortage in the country and expresses optimism of enough rainfall to ensur [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Gambia: Farming in Shambles As Rural Urban Migration Continues
[The Point] Most farms in rural Gambia are cultivated by manpower. However, in recent times, farmers have been complaining of losing their manpower thanks to rural urban migration. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Nigeria: AfDB Board Approves Over $1bn for Emergency Food Production Plan
[This Day] The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors has approved 24, fast-track programmes to help the continent mitigate rising food prices and inflation cau [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Kenya: Ground Slaughter Offtake Programme Commences Across Drought Stricken Counties
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The livestock destocking program funded by the Government of Kenya has commenced in 13 drought hit Counties of Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu, West Pokot, Baring [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Ghana: MoFA Director Expresses Worry Over Prices of Inputs
[Ghanaian Times] Asesewa -- The Upper Manya Krobo District Director of Department of Agriculture, Hilary Alagbo, has bemoaned the current exorbitant increases in prices of agro inp [...]
Oil and GasCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Gambia: Rural Urban Drift Affects Farming in Gambia!
[The Point] Youth are the active segment in any progressive society. Therefore, engaging them in agriculture is another available move in ensuring growth and strengthening local fo [...]
AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
Uganda: Smallholder Farmers Recruit Black Soldier Fly for Green Fertiliser
[IPS] Kampala & Kayunga -- The conflict in Ukraine has led to an increase in fertiliser prices in Uganda and neighbouring Kenya. Amidst the shortages, some farmers are shifting [...]
AgricultureCountry: Uganda
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - July 20, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jul-2022
AATF partners Senegal to improve agricultural productivity
Tribune Online AATF partners Senegal to improve agricultural productivity AFRICAN Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the Government of Senegal, through the Institut [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
NEPC charges cocoa exporters to leverage potentials in international market
Tribune Online NEPC charges cocoa exporters to leverage potentials in international market THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has urged exporters of cocoa to take adv [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
‘Distribution of cocoa GAP handbook pathway to achieving 100% premium production’
Tribune Online ‘Distribution of cocoa GAP handbook pathway to achieving 100% premium production’ NATIONAL President of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Comrade [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
FG distributes inputs to smallholder farmers, physically challenged
Tribune Online FG distributes inputs to smallholder farmers, physically challenged THE Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, Dr Ernest Um [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Stakeholders ponder on developing transformative strategies for food systems
Tribune Online Stakeholders ponder on developing transformative strategies for food systems STAKEHOLDERS in the agricultural sector in the South West geopolitical zone gathered [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
CBN moves to increase wheat production locally
Tribune Online CBN moves to increase wheat production locally IN a bid to address the rising cost of wheat-based food items, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has reiterated i [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Nigerian Government Set To Develop A Framework On Agrochemical
The Nigerian Government has disclosed that it is working towards developing a framework to tidy up the agrochemical and pesticide business in Nigeria. It noted that some banned pr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Foundation Trains 70 Agro-Service Providers In Niger Delta
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) said it has trained 70 agro-service providers across the nine Niger Delta States to improve service delivery to [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Akwa Ibom Government Urges Youths To Develop Passion for Agriculture
The Akwa Ibom State Government has urged Nigerian youths to shun undue political activism and involvement in crimes to develop passion for agriculture for the benefit of the countr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Rwanda: Rwanda Set to Roll Out 'Flood Sensors' to Mitigate Disasters
[New Times] Rwanda is set to roll out flood sensors countrywide to strengthen the early warning system. [...]
Environment, Health & Safety Water/SanitationCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Ghana: Suame Residents Demo Over Bad Roads
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- Some aggrieved residents of Suame Magazine in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region, took to the streets in protest against government's failure t [...]
Infrastructure and ConstructionCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022
Africa: Healthy Public Food Procurement and Service Policies
[WHO] The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report reveals the heavy global burden of hunger and malnutrition in all its forms. The lingering effects of the CO [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageRegion: Africa
Date: 19-Jul-2022