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Thousands Brace for Potentially Disastrous Rainy Season
[VOA] Geneva -- Aid agencies warn hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese are likely to suffer devastating consequences during this year's wet season without emergency internationa [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Sudan
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
The Race to Save Zambia's Wetlands #AfricaClimateCrisis
[UNEP] As the sun sets in central Zambia, orange rays reflect across the Lukanga Swamp, a vast wetland spanning 2,600 km2. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zambia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Success of Seychelles' First Voluntary Fisheries Closure Zone - an Example That Should Inspire Others, Says Fisheries Minister #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Seychelles News Agency] Fishermen in Seychelles are being encouraged to take initiatives that will help protect fish stocks instead of waiting for the government to come up with p [...]
Agriculture FisheryCountry: Seychelles
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Chakwera Inspects Crops in Mangochi
[MBC] Earlier today President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, continued with the crop inspection tour in Mangochi District, where he inspected maize fields at Nchisa Village in the area of Tr [...]
AgricultureCountry: Malawi
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Zambia: As Forests Fall, Zambians Race to Find Alternatives to Logging #AfricaClimateCrisis
[UNEP] Located in Zambia's North-Western Province, the greater Kafue National Park and West Lunga ecosystem complex was once home to an abundance of ancient rosewood trees and a ho [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zambia
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Govt Scraps 42 Coffee Levies
[Daily News] THE government has scrapped 42 out of 47 levies that were being charged from coffee growers in Kagera region as part of continued efforts to improve the cash crop prod [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 30-Mar-2022
Michigan State University don receives $4m grant for agricultural research on MSMEs in Nigeria, Tanzania
Tribune Online Michigan State University don receives $4m grant for agricultural research on MSMEs in Nigeria, Tanzania AN Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
AFAN urges Buhari to revive NFRA to ensure food sufficiency
Tribune Online AFAN urges Buhari to revive NFRA to ensure food sufficiency ALL Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
Practitioners intesify efforts on development of organic agriculture in Nigeria
Tribune Online Practitioners intesify efforts on development of organic agriculture in Nigeria ORGANIC agriculture practitioners in Nigeria have intensified efforts targeted at [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
As NCRI releases three hybrid seed varieties, farmers predict bumper harvest this season
Tribune Online As NCRI releases three hybrid seed varieties, farmers predict bumper harvest this season The National Cereal Research Institute (NCRI) Badeggi recently released [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
FEC Receives Organic Agriculture Policy For Adoption, Approval
The Vice-President of Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria and also the Country Coordinator of Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative in Nigeria, Olugbeng [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
Delta State Signs $40m Agreement With American Firm to Transform Songhai Farm
The Delta State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adventium Global Delta Consortium Limited, a subsidiary of Adventium Global Incorporation, United Sta [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
Young Rice Farmers Train On Community Seed Production
The Federal Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, under the Department of Agriculture Rice Value Chain, has trained young rice farmers drawn from northwestern states of N [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
African scientists call for better forests management to boost climate resilience
African scientist called for enhanced protection of the continent’s forest landscapes given their immense role in climate response, poverty alleviation, food and water security. [...]
ForestryCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
Bakers Raise Bread Prices in Maputo and Matola
[AIM] Maputo -- Some bakers in Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola have increased the price of bread by up to 25 per cent - but the Mozambican Bakers' Association (AMOPAO) s [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Mozambique
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
Tunisia-Canada - Import of Cereals Under Review
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The ways and means to boost trade between Tunisia and Canada, the promotion of olive oil and handicrafts exports and cereal imports, were th [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tunisia
Region: Africa
Date: 29-Mar-2022
Kano Deputy Gov, Gawuna, Emerges Chairman Forum of State Commissioners of Agriculture
The Deputy Governor of Kano State and the state’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, emerged chairman of the Forum of Commissioners for Agriculture. According [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Mar-2022
Soil Scientists Urged To Tackle Persistent Problem Of Soil Degradation
Experts in soil science have been tasked to find a lasting solution to address the persistent problem of soil degradation to mitigate food shortages and enhance food security in th [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Mar-2022
Polytechnic Inaugurates planting of 1,500 Trees in lafia
The Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic (IMAP) Lafia in Nasarawa State has inaugurated a project to plant 1,500 trees to mitigate impacts of climate change and other environmental chall [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Mar-2022
Pre-Budget Consultations 2022-2023 - Finance Minister Meets Representatives of Small Planters and Fishermen Associations
[Government of Mauritius] The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, met various representatives of Small planters and Fishermen Associati [...]
AgricultureCountry: Mauritius
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Mar-2022
First Wholly Made-in Nigeria Tomato Mix Launched
[Vanguard] Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited, has launched its Tomato Jos paste variant into the Nigerian market. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Mar-2022
Agric technologies can keep youths off the streets- FIIRO boss
Millions of Nigerian youths can significantly contribute to the economy and get profitably employed if various technologies developed by research institutes and universities will b [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Mar-2022
UNDP Provides Inputs for 400 Displaced Farmers in Nasarawa
To encourage farmers whose farmlands were destroyed during the various crisis in Nasarawa State to go back to their farms, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has provi [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Mar-2022
UNDP Implements 170 projects on Environment
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has supported 29 states in tackling environmental projects across the country, through the Global Environment Facility’s Small Gra [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Mar-2022
Aliyu Flags Off Beautification, Landscaping Of Abuja Airport Road
By Hudu Yakubu Abuja In line with the FCT 2019 Parks Policy, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, has performed the ground breaking ceremony of the beautification and lan [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 26-Mar-2022