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Engineers task govt on management of groundwater resources
The Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers (NIWE) has called on the Federal Government and relevant stakeholders to take actions on conservation of ground water resources. The [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Mar-2022
“Food Support Scheme: We’ve engaged over 50 SMEs in the State” – Osun Government
The Government of Osun on Tuesday, disclosed that it has successfully engaged over 50 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SMEs since the introduction of its Food Support scheme one [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Mar-2022
Africa: Climate Change Demands a New Era of Agricultural Innovation
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] A risky cocktail of global warming, conflict and the pandemic is leaving more people without enough food to eat - a situation that calls for climate-sm [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 22-Mar-2022
NACC, Stakeholders Push for Food Safety Bill to Address Rejection of Nigerian Non-Oil Exports
[This Day] The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) has rallied stakeholders in the agricultural sector to champion the need for food safety bill that would address the hig [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Mar-2022
The 2021-22 Cropping Season Has Not Lost All Positivity!
[The Herald] PREDICTIONS of a 2021/22 cropping season with normal to above normal rains unsurprisingly triggered lots of expectations among farmers and other stakeholders as they f [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Mar-2022
Farmers' Kraal With Charles Tjatindi - Let's Get Creative With Farming
[New Era] The unavailability of sufficient land for traditional farming practices such as large-scale animal husbandry or crop farming has discouraged many to turn to farming. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Namibia
Region: Africa
Date: 22-Mar-2022
Artificial Insemination Transforms Dairy Farming in Taita Taveta
[Capital FM] Voi -- Whenever Alfred Mwameso speaks of dairy farming, it is with palpable pride of an expert who believes the best is yet to come for thousands of artisanal farmers [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
KOICA Supports Ghana With Agric Equipment ... to Increase Rice Production
[Ghanaian Times] Okyereko -- The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has presented a number of agricultural equipment to the government, in support of rice production in [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Kenya-Based Agritech Apollo Raises U.S.$40 Million in Softbank-Led Round, Joined By CHAN Zuckerberg Initiative, CDC
[TechCrunch] Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is servin [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
2nd Meeting Held to Confront Impact of Global Crisis On Strategic Food
[Egypt Online] A crisis committee to confront the impact of the current global crisis on strategic food commodities convened its second meeting on Monday under Prime Minister Mosta [...]
AgricultureCountry: Egypt
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
World Bank to Fund Communities Affected By Locust Invasion
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has finalized plans to support communities in 15 counties that were affected by locust infestation. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Farmers list threats to food production in Yagba,Kogi State
Amidst challenges, including inaccessibility to government funding and crop destruction by herders, the Concerned Farmers Association (CFA), Kogi State, got some handouts as member [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
FAO, stakeholders reel out recommendations to boost agri-food systems in West Africa, Sahel
The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, Thursday, along with other stakeholders and partners reeled out 10 recommendations to boost agri-food systems in West Africa and the Sah [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Bill For Establishment of Agric College in Akwa Ibom Scales Second Reading
To boost research and training for the development of agriculture and agriculturists in the country, the Senate passed for second reading, a bill seeking for the establishment of F [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Nigeria imported wheat worth N1.29trn in 2021-NBS
Nigeria’s foreign trade data, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that Nigeria imported durum wheat worth N1.29 trillion in 2021, representing a 71.1% in [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Firm Launches Tomato Paste Into the Nigerian Market
[This Day] Kaduna -- Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited, at the weekend in Kaduna, launched its much-anticipated Tomato Jos paste variant into the Nigerian market. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Livestock Diseases Cost Sub-Saharan Africa Farmers Billions
[The Exchange] The epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne diseases is a disaster in Africa for animal and human health. [...]
AgricultureRegion: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Govt Designates 134ha for Marijuana Production
[New Times] Rwanda has dedicated 134 hectares to cannabis production, The New Times has learned. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Farmers Earn 13.5bn/ - in Sorghum Sales Through WFP Support
[Daily News] IN its 1.5bn/- funds (equivalent to 570,000 Euro) from the Irish Aid, the World Food Programme (WFP) in Dodoma region has raised the livelihoods of some 22,000 sorghum [...]
AgricultureCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
Govt Designates 134ha for Medicinal Cannabis Production
[New Times] Rwanda has dedicated 134 hectares to cannabis production, The New Times has learned. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Mar-2022
FAO to train 60 veterinary officers in 2022.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has disclosed plans to train about 60 veterinarians, to curtail zoonotic diseases outbreaks across the country. The FAO [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Mar-2022
Service providers seek additional refuse dumps in Bauchi State
The Bauchi State office of the Independent Environmental Service Providers (BASISPA) has called on the state government to establish additional refuse dumps in the metropolis. Alh [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Mar-2022
JCI, IITA Train 100 Students On Agribusiness In Oyo State
Junior Chamber International, Odua (JCI Odua) in conjunction with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Oyo State Government through the Start Them Ear [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Mar-2022
Farmers Embrace Homemade Feeds As Commercial Feeds Prices Hikes
[Capital FM] Eldoret -- With an upsurge on the prices of commodities, from fuel to food and other essential commodities in the country, the dairy and poultry sector has not been sp [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Mar-2022
Agriculture Researchers Working at Developing Disease-resistant Cassava Seeds
Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in collaboration with Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), the Tanzania Agricultu [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Mar-2022