[Capital FM] Lisbon, Portugal -- President Uhuru Kenyatta will tomorrow, Monday, 27th June, co-chair the second United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon with his Portugal counterp [...]

Country: Kenya

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Jun-2022

[UN News] At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and pre [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 27-Jun-2022

Nigeria is set to reclaim its position as top palm oil exporter. Consequently, the government is tasking all agricultural stakeholders in the value chain with the responsibility of [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 26-Jun-2022

Following the incessant violation of Environmental Sanitation Laws by residents of Kwara State, the State Government has apprehended about 200 people for immediate prosecution acco [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 26-Jun-2022

Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has hinted that it planning to conduct a census on the actual cashew production in the country. Representative of the NBS, Mr Bishop Olubo-Ojo [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 25-Jun-2022

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr Mohammad Abubakar has disclosed that Nigeria is set to partner Brazil on the supply and distribution of 10,000 tractor [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 25-Jun-2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rewarded some outstanding farmers in Ondo state, pledging consistent support to farmers in the state for agricultural growth to eradicate pove [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 25-Jun-2022

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is facing an acute bread shortage after millers threatened to stop producing flour due to scarcity of wheat while bakers are pushing for permission to sell [...]

Country: Zimbabwe

Region: Africa

Date: 25-Jun-2022

[Ayin English] Musa Ali, a baker in Bahri, North Khartoum, is not looking forward to working in the days ahead. "The price of bread will go up --my customers will not be happy--and [...]

Country: Sudan

Region: Africa

Date: 25-Jun-2022

[VOA] New York -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an international conference on food security Friday that the world is facing the "real risk" of multiple famines this [...]

Region: Africa

Date: 25-Jun-2022

[Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and re [...]

Country: Somalia

Region: Africa

Date: 25-Jun-2022

[GhanaToday] Ghana spent two billion dollars to import food yearly, a situation that can be avoided if the energy of the youth is channelled toward agriculture. [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: Africa

Date: 23-Jun-2022

[Maka] Humanitarian organizations are warning of an impending food emergency in southern Angola as the region faces the aftermath of the worst recorded drought in nearly half a cen [...]

Country: Angola

Region: Africa

Date: 23-Jun-2022

[The Conversation Africa] Somalia is on the brink of catastrophe. A recent assessment suggests that 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now, a similar number to those affe [...]

Country: Somalia

Region: Africa

Date: 23-Jun-2022

[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 welcomed a United Arab Emirates (UAE) government delegation to Liberia and prai [...]

Country: Liberia

Region: Africa

Date: 23-Jun-2022

[Nile Post] MPs on the parliamentary committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry have praised Bukona Agro Processors Limited, a local investor in Nwoya district, for processing cassav [...]

Country: Uganda

Region: Africa

Date: 23-Jun-2022

The Lagos State Government, South-west Nigeria, has restated its commitment to boosting food production by providing quality farm implements for farmers in the State. The State Co [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Jun-2022

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector have disclosed plans to address all the bottlenecks hindering active youth participation in agriculture. The Deputy Director-Genera [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Jun-2022

[Foroyaa] The Gambia Government under the Leadership of President Adama Barrow through its Spokesperson, yesterday announced a reduction in the price of a bag of fertilizer from D2 [...]

Country: Gambia

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Jun-2022

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Many Regions in Ethiopia are currently experiencing one of the most severe La Niña-induced droughts in recent decades, with more than 8 million peo [...]

Country: Ethiopia

Region: Africa

Date: 22-Jun-2022

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s ,West Africa PRO-Cashew and African Cashew Alliance (ACA) are working on increasing Nigeria’s cashew production to 500,000 [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Jun-2022

An expert and stakeholder in the agriculture sector has disclosed that Nigeria’s agriculture research sector loses about $100 million annually to its inability to attract grants [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Jun-2022

By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigerian Government has launched its 2022 National Tree Planting Campaign. Minister of Environment Mr Abdullahi Muhammed disclosed this in Abuja, the [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Jun-2022

By Ene Okwanihe, Abuja The Government of President Muhammadu Buhari maintains that food security remains a key policy in the country. The National Biotechnology Development Agency [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Jun-2022

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR) Agriculture Bureau said the new arrivals of armyworms have settled on, and affected [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 17-Jun-2022