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Floods: President Buhari Directs Emergency Support for Bayelsa State
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness at the devastation caused by floods in Bayelsa State. He has therefore, extended the nation’s condolences to the families of the [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Nigeria’s delegation to meet with Cameroun over impending flood
Rahila Lassa, Abuja The Nigerian Government has set up a high profile delegation to meet with the Government of Cameroun over flooding partially caused by the opening of the Lagdo [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Food security: Lagos State Governor calls for global action
Luqmon Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on global communities to remain proactive towards preventing looming food crisis as a result of cli [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
WFD 2022: Nigerian Government urged to improve food security
By Salihu Ali, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission NHRC has called on the Nigerian Government to improve on food security. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Ton [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Bayelsa State Lawmakers call for state of disaster emergency
Following an excessive flood that has cut Bayelsa state off Nigeria, the Bayelsa state caucus in the National Assembly has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of disast [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Gambia: Barrow Hails Smart Farmers Association
[The Point] State House, Banjul, 12th October 2022:President Adama Barrow encouraged the Smart Farmers Association members to work with the Ministry of Agriculture to enhance food [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Egypt: PM Orders Release of Specific Amount of Fodder Weekly
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has directed Agriculture Minister el Sayyed el Quseir and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Gamal Negm to coordinate with [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Uganda: Players in the Food Chain Challenged to Design Interventions to Address Hunger
[Nile Post] Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, has called on stakeholders in the food chain to examine the current situation in order to address hunger in the country. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Uganda: Kasese Farmers Count Losses as Banana Bunchy Top Virus Ravages Plantations
[Independent (Kampala)] Kasese -- Farmers in Kasese District are counting losses following the outbreak of the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) disease. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Sudan: Flood Damage To Crops Will 'Exacerbate' Food Insecurity In Sudan
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- As Sudan's rainy season draws to a close, the number of people affected by seasonal rains and flash floods across Sudan has remained constant at 349,000 since [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Tanzania: Coffee Board to Distribute 3 Million Coffee Seedlings to Boost Production
[Independent (Kampala)] Dar es Salaam -- State-run Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) said Sunday that it would distribute 3 million Robusta coffee seedlings to farmers free of charge to [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Africa: Five Ways Science, Technology and Innovation Are Helping to Transform the World's Agrifood Systems
[FAO] Finding new solutions for a better future of food [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Professor Chude becomes first Nigerian elected IUSS president in 98 years
A Renowned Nigerian Soil Scientist and Registrar, Nigeria Institute of Soil Science, Professor Victor Okechukwu Chude has been elected as the new President of the International Uni [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Insecurity, storm destroy our poultry farms, PAN FCT laments
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the 2022 World Egg Day, the Poultry Farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has lamented the high rate of devastation that in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
ECOWAS, PCU call for policy framework to develop practice of agroecology in Nigeria
As Nigeria marks the 2022 World Food Day, experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and stakeholders at the National Policy Dialogue on Agroecology in Ni [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Kaduna State: AFEX Commodities Exchange launches Grain Quality, Storage Facilities
The AFEX Commodities Exchange has launched a-100,000 metric tonnes Grain Quality Enhancement Facility, and a-30,000 metric tonnes Storage facility in Zaria, Kaduna State, North-wes [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Africa: Global Food Crisis - Let's Move From 'Despair to Hope and Action', Urges Guterres
[UN News] In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day, the need to "harness the power [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Kenya: Odinga Vows to Oppose Ruto's Push for GMO Crops to Bridge Food Deficit
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to oppose the lifting of the ban Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops in the country by President William Ruto' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
Liberia: UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Calls for Increase in Agricultural Productivity
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Deputy Resident Representative for Programme at UNDP is calling for a sustainable and viable seed production programme to increase agricultural pr [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Oct-2022
IMF raises concerns about food security in Nigeria, other sub-Saharan African countries
The IMF says food insecurity should be policy priority for African governments. The post IMF raises concerns about food security in Nigeria, other sub-Saharan African countries ap [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Cocoa Beans Export: Nigeria earns N122.89 billion (QI, 2022)
The Nigerian Government says the country earned 122.89 billion Naira from the export of raw cocoa beans and cocoa products in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022. The Minister of Agricu [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
World Egg Day: Poultry Association seeks Government’s Intervention, Value Addition
As the World Egg Day was commemorated on Friday, October 14, the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) called for government’s intervention and value addition in the egg sub-secto [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Anambra Poultry Farmers Celebrate World Egg Day
Poultry farmers under the aegis of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Anambra State Chapter, Friday, October 14, commemorated the 2022 World Egg Day in Awka, the state capital. T [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Africa: Leading the Charge for Rural Women's Empowerment in Niger
[FAO] Saoudé is inspiring women to challenge gender norms and become financially independent [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022
Malawi: Rural Women's Day - With Rains Unreliable, Malawi's Farmers Harness Sun Instead
[WFP] As climate change upends farming in the drought-prone southern African country, growers like Rosie Jameson are profiting from solar-powered irrigation schemes [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Oct-2022