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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Malawi: Farmers Reap More From Sunflowers, Chillies
[IPS] Blantyre -- Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their pro [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Somalia: Explainer - What is Famine?
[The New Humanitarian] Johannesburg -- 'This is the last minute of the eleventh hour to save lives.' [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Burkina Faso: Almost 2 Million People Displaced Amid Worst Food Crisis In A Decade - Aid Organisations
[Norwegian Refugee Council] Nearly one in 10 people in Burkina Faso have been displaced by conflict. Most worryingly, the rate of severe food insecurity has nearly doubled compared [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Somalia: Final Warning - Famine is at the Door, Says United Nations Relief Chief
[UN News] As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food ai [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Liberia: Ministry of Agriculture Approves U.S.$2 Million Grant Applications to Promote Farming
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Funds Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Liberia Agriculture Commercialization Funds (LACF) has ended its first sitting with the approval of twenty-t [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Somalia: The UN Says Famine Will Reach Parts of Somalia Later This Year
[Shabelle] The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just shor [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Ghana: Govt Urged to Review Agricultural Policies to Boost Food Production
[Ghanaian Times] The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana has called on the government to take a relook at its agricultural policies as part of efforts to enhance food production in the c [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
South Africa: Jacob Zuma Pursues Private Prosecution Against Advocate Billy Downer- South African News Briefs, September 6, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Africa: Stop Funding AGRA, African Farmers Plead With Donors
[allAfrica] Ahead of the annual forum of Agra - an organization founded to transform African agriculture - a large network of African food producers and their allies are calling [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 06-Sep-2022
Nigerian Government strategizes to lift EU ban on Agricultural Export
The Nigerian government is optimistic that the ban on Nigeria’s agricultural commodities by the European Union and the United States of America would soon be lifted, as it is wo [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Sep-2022
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc set to launch Cashew Processing Plant
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc is set to launch a cashew processing plant on September 10, 2022 in Epe, Lagos State, South-West Nigeria. This will be Julius Berger’s first agro-proce [...]
Agriculture Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Sep-2022
Nigeria’s Vice President proposes debt-for-climate swaps
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is proposing a Debt-for Climate (DFC) swap deal in a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero e [...]
Environment, Health & Safety Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Nigerian Government Rehabilitates 12 Irrigation Systems for Kano State Farmers
To promote all year-round farming, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has handed over twelve rehabilitated irrigation systems to farmers in Kano [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
FAO, Japan to address food insecurity, malnutrition in N/East
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with funding from the Government of Japan, says it will address the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition in [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Mozambique: Three Billion Meticais for Agricultural Research
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced in Maputo on Wednesday that his government plans to spend three billion meticais (about 47 million US dollars, at the cu [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Namibia: Venaani Concerned Over Massive Maize Imports
[Namibian] POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani has expressed concern over Namibia's continued reliance on maize imports. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Namibia: Chief Warns Govt Against Food Discrimination
[Namibian] THE government should not discriminate when distributing drought relief food and should also not only provide relief during election years. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Liberia: World Bank Alludes to Buying New Toyota Landcruiser for NaFAA
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The World Bank says the new SUV being used by the Managing Director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Agency (NaFAA) was bought using World Ba [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 02-Sep-2022
Experts Urges Nigerian Government On Improved Commitment to Agriculture
The Federal Government has been urged to improve commitment to the agricultural sector to significantly grow the economy, saying despite huge intervention in the sector in recent t [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022
New Policy To Enhance Food, Nutrition Security —Minister
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmmod Abubakar has said that the newly launched National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy, (NATIP), 2 [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022
Flood: Divisional officers on red alert in Kaduna State
By Asma’u Halilu, Kaduna The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kaduna State command has placed its personnel in disaster management unit and divisions on red alert to hel [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022
Civil Society Organizations tasked to support National development
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria have been urged to make meaningful contribution to the development of the country. Deputy Senate President, Senator [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022
East Africa: Rapid and Early Humanitarian Financing in the Horn of Africa.
[New Dawn] A reflection on more sustainable solutions to the drought crisis [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022
Africa: Large-Scale Agricultural Projects Are Not Working
[African Arguments] Big farming investments reduce local food security and erode trust. They need a fundamental rethink. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022
Djibouti: First Ship Carrying Ukrainian Grain to Africa Since Beginning of Conflict Arrives in Djibouti
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- The first shipment of Ukrainian grain to Africa since Russia's invasion arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday. The grain will be distributed in Ethiopia to help the d [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 31-Aug-2022