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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
South Africa: Reap What You Sow - the Physical and Mental Benefits of Gardening As Exercise
[Daily Maverick] Among its many documented psychological benefits, an increasing body of research suggests that gardening is also a good form of low to moderate exercise with many [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Rwanda: Soybean Farmers Count Losses as Floods Destroy Plantations
[New Times] Soya farmers in Kayonza District have incurred losses as floods destroyed over 30 hectares of plantations. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Zimbabwe: Loaf of Bread Now Costs U.S.$2, a 100 Percent Increase Since Russia Invaded Ukraine
[VOA] Harare -- One of the citizens feeling the pinch of rising prices in Zimbabwe is Christine Kayumba. She says she can't afford to buy bread for her four dependents on her salar [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 26-Apr-2022
Livestock summit to bring over 200 experts together – Tai-Solarin
Director, Department of Animal Husbandry Services. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Winnie Tai-Solarin in this interview with John Oba, has assured [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Earth Day: Dangote Cement reiterates commitment to curb environmental degradation
As the world still commemorates the United Nations International Mother Earth Day (April, 22), leading cement manufacturer in Africa, Dangote Cement Plc, has reiterated its commitm [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Seychelles: Seychelles Undertaking Breadfruit Census for Improved Food Security
[Seychelles News Agency] As part of a regional project to conserve biodiversity and make use of crop genetic resources, Seychelles is carrying out a survey on its three main island [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Tomato Jos in the Business to Win and That's it - Mira Mehta to Investors
[allAfrica] Visit Prosper Africa to access U.S. Government trade and investment support and browse the Virtual Deal Room with curated investment opportunities, including companies [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
National Youth Service Corps flags off environmental sanitation exercise
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria, Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has flagged off a national environmental sanitation exercise. Acco [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
“23% of world’s land no longer productive,” says FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations says 75% of the world’s land has been transformed mostly for agriculture, with 23% of the land being no longer p [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Ethiopia: Combined Drought and Conflict to Be 'Catastrophic' - World Food Programme
[VOA] Addis Ababa -- The Horn of Africa is suffering a historic drought that the U.N. says could result in starvation for as many as 20 million people. In Ethiopia, more than seven [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Uganda: Ubl Launches Its Tusker Cider Brand in Northern Uganda
[Nile Post] Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has hosted leadership from the greater Northern Uganda, residents of Gulu city and staff for a dinner officially unveiling the Tusker Pre [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Communities, Farmers Growing GM Crops Know Too Little to Make Informed Decisions
[Premium Times] While promoters of GMOs work to counter criticisms and reassure safety, our investigation finds that safety concerns are not the only challenge hindering the implem [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 25-Apr-2022
ANALYSIS: All you need to know about new fishing treaty Nigeria recently signed
The Federal Executive Council has ratified the Port State Measures to check illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. But what are the opportunities and gaps in the new treaty? [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Apr-2022
Ondo State to export chocolates to Europe in July
Chocolates produced in Nigeria’s Ondo State would hit European markets from July beginning with the United Kingdom (UK). The Managing Director of Sunshine Chocolate Factory, [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Apr-2022
NYSC holds environment sanitation exercise in Ebonyi State
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC in Ebonyi State Southeast Nigeria has embarked on another environmental sanitation exercise in the State. This was contained in an address t [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 23-Apr-2022
Firm partner Nasarawa State on donkeys, cattle breeding
To boost animal husbandry and shore up foreign exchange earnings, Nasarawa State government has partnered ETS Emmalex Global Limited on a donkey and cattle breeding scheme. To this [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022
NDE Empowers Cross River Youths With N3.8m to Boost Agriculture
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) disbursed N3.8 million to 38 unemployed youths in Cross River State to boost the state’s agricultural value chain. Speaking at the or [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022
Nigeria, Ghana To Collaborate On Agric Biotechnology – NABDA
Nigeria and Ghana are to collaborate on Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea with a view to further enhancing scientific bilateral collaboration for a “New Africa.” Director Genera [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022
FCTA engages traditional leaders over Illegal expansion of local communities
The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it was engaging traditional leaders of various Chiefdoms within the Territory to stop the worrying trend of illega [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Apr-2022
Nigeria, Ghana to Collaborate On Agric Biotechnology
Nigeria and Ghana are to collaborate on Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea with a view to further enhancing scientific bilateral collaboration for a "New Africa." [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Apr-2022
East Africa: Horn of Africa Drought - Late Rains in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia Are Inflaming Hunger, Warns WFP
The World Food Programme urgently needs US$437 million to respond and save lives in the region over the next six months [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Apr-2022
South Africa: There's a Place for Big and Small Farms in Securing South Africa's Food Supply
[The Conversation Africa] The farming sector is arguably the most important economic sector for South Africa's development as it is directly linked to food security and poverty red [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022
Ethiopia: 65% of People in North-East Tigray Facing Extreme Food Insecurity - UN
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In Irob woreda, in north eastern Tigray, "reports indicate over 33,000 people (65 per cent of the woreda population) are facing extreme food insecur [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Apr-2022
FAO, Partners Discuss Pathway to Conserve Canary Large Marine Ecosystem
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, hosted a two day Nat [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Apr-2022
Residents of Kirkwood Join Farm Workers to Shut Down Eastern Cape Town
The workers are demanding higher wages and the residents of the town demand electricity, water and a police station [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Apr-2022