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The Strangest Vegetable Gardens in South Africa
[GroundUp] On an old military base in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, illegal occupants are growing vegetables alongside soldiers of the South African National Defence Force. Some are li [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Jan-2022
Tea Prices Remains Even As Volume Grows
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tea prices at the weekly Mombasa auction remained even selling at USD 2.55 despite an increase in volume compared to the previous sale. [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Jan-2022
Govt Advises WFP to Purchase Cereals From Tz Farmers
[Daily News] THE government has advised the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to purchase cereals from country' farmers to feed refugees in various areas where it serves. [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Tanzania
Region: Africa
Date: 31-Jan-2022
Local rice producers scramble for buyers; expert calls for “urgent” government intervention
Thousands of bags of harvested rice during the last farming season are sitting in the warehouses as farmers have revealed that rice off-takers in the region have stopped buying fro [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Ghana and Rwanda sign agreement to deepen bilateral trade relations
The Government of Ghana has through the Trade and Industry Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rwanda to deepen bilateral trade relations between the two count [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Rice industry headed for collapse following suspension of benchmark value policy – Peasant Farmers
Players in the rice industry, including the Rice Millers and Peasant Farmers Associations, are warning that the local rice industry may collapse due to the suspension of implementi [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Drought-Hit Farmers Appeal for Support in New Farming Season
[New Times] Majority of the 36,000 families composed of over 150,000 members who were affected by recent prolonged drought in Eastern Province are appealing for support to recover [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Country: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Coastal Farmers Affected By Drought Compensated for Crop Losses
[Capital FM] Kwale -- Farmers across Kwale, Taita Taveta, and Kilifi counties whose produce was affected by drought are set to reimbursed by agriculture insurance service provider [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
How We Recorded Bumper Rice Harvest Despite Poor Rainfall in Kogi - Farmers
[Vanguard] ABOUT 342 rice farmers from 27 Commodity Interest Groups, CIGS, in Kogi State, Thursday, revealed how they recorded bumper rice harvest despite poor rainfall as they ado [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Hailstorms Threaten Tobacco Crop Quality
[The Herald] Most tobacco growing areas in Zimbabwe experienced more hailstorms this year, the industry regulatory board said, amid concerns this could lower yields and compromise [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
Kenyan Pastoral Communities Embrace Fishing and Beekeeping #AfricaClimateCrisis
[VOA] Isiolo, Kenya -- Kenya's nomadic herders are among those suffering the most from recurring drought that kills the livestock on which they depend. To make them less dependent [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 28-Jan-2022
OBJ, World Bank, others for agric mechanisation exhibition in Ogun
Tribune Online OBJ, World Bank, others for agric mechanisation exhibition in Ogun Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the World Bank and farmers across the 3 [...]
Agricultural Tools/Equipments AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
Why wheat cultivated by Jigawa farmers is unique —Commissioner
Tribune Online Why wheat cultivated by Jigawa farmers is unique —Commissioner COMMISSIONER for Agriculture in Jigawa State, Muhammad Alhassan, has listed reasons wheat cultiv [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
Donkey going into extinction, stop illegal killings, NAQS warns
Tribune Online Donkey going into extinction, stop illegal killings, NAQS warns The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has warned Nigerians to desist from illegal ki [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
‘Greenhouse farming can generate employment for IDPs, address food shortage’
Tribune Online ‘Greenhouse farming can generate employment for IDPs, address food shortage’ An official at the Product Development Department of the Nigerian Export Promoti [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
NDE trains 158 Ekiti farmers on agricultural extension scheme
Tribune Online NDE trains 158 Ekiti farmers on agricultural extension scheme The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has trained no fewer than 158 youths farmers in Ekiti [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
Kwara produces over 102,000 metric tons of rice paddy to join top rice producing states
Tribune Online Kwara produces over 102,000 metric tons of rice paddy to join top rice producing states Kwara state has joined top states in rice production in Nigeria with its [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
Despite restricted access to forex, food-related importation still drive agriculture —Stakeholders
Tribune Online Despite restricted access to forex, food-related importation still drive agriculture —Stakeholders Agricultural stakeholders have said despite some accompanyin [...]
Agriculture Food & BeverageCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 25-Jan-2022
Fishermen lament impact of light fishing on their livelihoods
Fishermen at the Nungua Landing Beach in the Greater Accra region have bemoaned the impact of light fishing on their businesses and livelihoods According to them, the activ [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 24-Jan-2022
Africa: Ethiopian Coffee Brands Launch on China's Largest e-Commerce Platform, Alibaba Group, in a Joint Effort with ECA and the Ethiopian Government
[UNECA] Addis Ababa, 21 January 2022 (ECA) - Imagine using one second to sell more than 11,200 bags of Ethiopian coffee. That is what happened on January 19, 2022, during the Ethio [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ethiopia
Region: Africa
Date: 24-Jan-2022
Africa: WHO Publishes New Global Data On the Use of Clean and Polluting Fuels for Cooking By Fuel Type
[WHO] 2.6. billion people lack clean cooking access [...]
Energy/PowerRegion: Africa
Date: 24-Jan-2022
Too Much Rain Means No Grain - Farmers and Industry Watchers Look Skyward for a Sunny Reprieve
[Daily Maverick] There can be too much of a good thing. This summer's rains over much of South Africa, including the key summer crop areas, are a case in point. [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 24-Jan-2022
Solar Power Planned for One of World's Largest Tuna Canneries Based in Seychelles #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Seychelles News Agency] Global seafood producer Thai Union Group plans to install solar panels at Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT), its Seychelles-based tuna processing facility, to reduce [...]
Energy/PowerCountry: Seychelles
Region: Africa
Date: 24-Jan-2022
NDE disburses N9.3m loan to 93 farmers in Bauchi to boost crops, animals production
Tribune Online NDE disburses N9.3m loan to 93 farmers in Bauchi to boost crops, animals production The sum of N9.3m has been disbursed to 93 smallholders farmers by the Nationa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Jan-2022