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Forestry Commission introduces digital platforms to ease registration, renewal of property marks
The Forestry Commission has launched two digital platforms that allow registration and renewal of property marks to be completed in a day, instead of two months. The plat [...]
Forestry AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Jan-2022
The Dark Shadow Behind the Food Pyramids
[Premium Times] It is time to evolve towards more modern entrepreneurship in the Nigerian agricultural sector. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Jan-2022
South African Farming - New Policy Offers Promise, but There's Fixing to Be Done Too
[The Conversation Africa] For most agricultural subsectors, South Africa is emerging from one of the best years. The 2020/21 season saw bumper harvests for grains, oilseeds and som [...]
AgricultureCountry: South Africa
Region: Africa
Date: 21-Jan-2022
ERA/FoEN lauds Rivers’ actions against oil theft, soot pollution
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the current action by the Rivers State Government to address the vexed issues of oil theft and [...]
Oil and GasCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jan-2022
FCTA Inaugurates Committee on Organic Agriculture
Hudu Yakubu Abuja The Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through it Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat has inaugurated a 16-man committee on or [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jan-2022
Nigeria Releases 49 High-Yielding New Crop Varieties For Farmers
To boost Nigeria’s agricultural productivity, the National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC) has released 49 high-yielding crop varieties to farmers. The development was di [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jan-2022
FEC Approves N1.4bn to Equip Youth Farmers
[Premium Times] The N1.4 billion will be used to procure equipment and agricultural inputs for the National Youth Farmers' Scheme. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jan-2022
Farmers Plant 1,4m Hectares
[The Herald] Farmers have planted more than 1,4 million hectares of major crops as rains continue in most parts of the country. [...]
AgricultureCountry: Zimbabwe
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jan-2022
Commerce Holds Cassava Transformation Inception Meeting
[New Dawn] The National Standards Laboratory of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently held a one-day inception meeting and workshop of the National Quality Infrastruct [...]
AgricultureCountry: Liberia
Region: Africa
Date: 20-Jan-2022
Oil Palm Development Association calls for exemption from 50% ‘Benchmark Value’ policy
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AgricultureCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Nigeria’s Agric Sector to Grow by 1.6% in 2022 – Rewane
An economic expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives, Bismarck Rewane, has projected the Nigerian agriculture sector to grow by 1.6 per cent by the end of 20 [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Kaduna earmarks N118.8m for state-wide tree planting in 2022
In its bid to encourage afforestation, the Kaduna State Government has earmarked N118.8 million for state-wide tree planning in the 2022 budget. The copy of the budget obtained in [...]
Forestry AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
AfDB To Establish Onion Commodity Exchange In Sokoto
SOKOTO State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has revealed that the African Development Bank (AfDB) will soon facilitate the establishment of an Onion Commodity Exchange in the stat [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Group Lauds CBN, Farmers Partnership In Boosting Food Production
The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA), has commended the strategic partnership between the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria under the An [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Nigeria Can Maximise Fish Production For Export —FUTA Don
FOR Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in fish production and leverage its vast ocean resource for export, it needs to adopt relevant technologies that will lead to the reduction [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Price of Wheat Flour Set to Rise
[AIM] One of the main food processing companies in Mozambique, Companhia Industrial de Matola (CIM), has announced an 11 per cent increase in the price of wheat flour, leading to f [...]
AgricultureCountry: Mozambique
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Soybean, Sunflower Growers Call for More Support
[New Times] Soybean and sunflower farmers have appealed for financial and technical support from the government to help boost their production and offset the high prices of cooking [...]
AgricultureCountry: Rwanda
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
Nigeria Is Becoming Self-Sufficient in Food Production - Buhari
[Leadership] For President Muhammadu Buhari, the commissioning of rice pyramids in Abuja yesterday is an indication that Nigeria is making steady and assured progress towards self- [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 19-Jan-2022
AfDB to establish onion commodity exchange in Sokoto —Tambuwal
Tribune Online AfDB to establish onion commodity exchange in Sokoto —Tambuwal SOKOTO State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has revealed that the African Development Bank (AfD [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022
Plateau State Agriculture Services trains 4000 farmers
Plateau state is known for a variety of food crops, vegetables and fruits which set it apart from other states of the country. Rice, maize, millet, yams, potatoes, cassava, cocoa y [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022
Sachet water vendors and consumers lament low patronage due to price increase
Sachet water vendors and consumers are complaining about the ¢0.10 to ¢0.20 increase in the product’s price in the Ashanti region. According to them, the new price affec [...]
Water/SanitationCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022
ADB donates ¢50,000 to support Tolon District Hospital
The Agricultural Development Bank Limited (ADB) has presented a cheque of ¢50, 000 to the Tolon District Hospital in the Northern Region. The donation, which was in respons [...]
Healthcare and MedicineCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022
World Bank to inject $40m dollars into Venture Capital Trust Fund
The World Bank is committing some $40 million into the Venture Capital Trust Fund through the National Development Bank for its operations and on-lending to the private sector. [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022
The Scarcity of Bread
[Foroyaa] The country is experiencing bread scarcity due to lack of a production chain that enables farmers and those who add value to their products for processing, to work hand i [...]
Food & BeverageCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022
The 'Mustaqbal Misr' Project for Agricultural Production in the Western Desert
[Egypt Online] The "Mustaqbal Misr" (Egypt's Future) project is located within the area of the giant project of "New Delta", along the new Rod El Farag\ El Dabaa axis, near the air [...]
AgricultureCountry: Egypt
Region: Africa
Date: 18-Jan-2022