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Farmer-herder Crisis: Kano Policymakers, Stakeholders seeks Solution
The Kano State government has called on policymakers and other stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the incessant farmers-herdsmen conflict in the country. Specifically, the [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Nov-2021
Nigeria’s agro products In High Demand In Organic Markets Overseas ― NEPC
The Executive Director of Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo has said that the council in recent time engaged stakeholders in order to promote certification [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Nov-2021
AFD, IFAD to Sign 7 Million Euro to Support Roots Project Implementation
[The Point] The French Development Agency (AFD) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on 1 November 2021, signed a ?7 million grant agreement to support th [...]
Education/Training AgricultureCountry: Gambia
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Nov-2021
Nigeria Produces 2m Metric Tonnes of Onions Annually - Agric Minister
[Vanguard] Nigeria produces about two million metric tonnes of Onions annually, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Muhammad Abubakar, has told the 4th Regional O [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Nov-2021
Animal Lobby Groups Campaign Against Chicken Caging
[VOA] Kakamega, Kenya -- Animal welfare advocates in Kenya are campaigning against the battery cage system of poultry management for commercial purposes. The system has been banned [...]
AgricultureCountry: Kenya
Region: Africa
Date: 04-Nov-2021
Nigerian cocoa, groundnut, others in high demand in organic markets overseas ― NEPC
Tribune OnlineNigerian cocoa, groundnut, others in high demand in organic markets overseas ― NEPC The Executive Director of Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun A [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
CBN rescues farmers from wheat seed crisis
In a bid to reduce the challenges being faced by wheat farmers in the country as a result of inadequate seeds, a major factor militating against sufficient wheat production, the Ce [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Nasarawa state government advocates out-grower scheme to boost food sufficiency.
Amina Mohammed, Lafia Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has advocated on the need for Farmers across the State to focus more attention on the out-grower scheme to enhance [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Onion Farmers Decry 60%post harvest losses, request storage facilities
Jack Acheme, Kano Onion farmers in Nigeria have decried the more than 60 percent post harvest losses encountered every year. The group is demanding for assistance for the con [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Agrofood – Fairtrade, OTACCWA host Exhibition in Lagos
AGROFOOD and Plastprintpack Nigeria made a return in the post-COVID-19 trade fairs, with a three-day conference and an ‘Oktoberfest exhibitors’ evening. The sixth edition of t [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Farmers Leaving Cotton Production For Other Crops
Cotton production is experiencing decline as farmers are shifting attention to other crops that have better market, like rice, sesame, soybeans and maize. The market for cotton ha [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Restoring Africa’s Degraded Landscape Achievable – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Africa’s ambition of restoring over 100 million hectares of the degraded landscape for productive agriculture is achievable. Buhari stat [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Banking sector remains most attractive in Africa – BoG
Ghana’s banking sector remains one of the most attractive on the continent for investors, Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Addo Awadzi has stated. Accord [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
SON Unveils Standards to Checkmate Rejection of Nigeria's Agro Commodities
[This Day] The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has introduced fresh standards to combat the high level of rejection faced by Nigeria's agricultural commodities at the globa [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 03-Nov-2021
Oyo ASAN inaugurates new exco
Tribune OnlineOyo ASAN inaugurates new exco THE Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), Oyo State branch, last weekend inaugurated new executive members to run the affair [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
NISS boosts farmers, extension workers’ capacity on protection, management of soil resources
Tribune OnlineNISS boosts farmers, extension workers’ capacity on protection, management of soil resources THE Nigerian Institute of Soil Science (NISS), recently put together [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Sahel Consulting, Syngenta Foundation host public agriculture research, development meeting
Tribune OnlineSahel Consulting, Syngenta Foundation host public agriculture research, development meeting SAHEL Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Limited and the Syngenta Fou [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
TELA maize variety to save Nigeria N268bn spent annually on pesticides —Scientist
Tribune OnlineTELA maize variety to save Nigeria N268bn spent annually on pesticides —Scientist THE Executive Director of Institute for Agricultural Research, Professor Mohamm [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Fairtrade, OTACCWA hold post-COVID-19 agrofood exhibition in Lagos
Tribune OnlineFairtrade, OTACCWA hold post-COVID-19 agrofood exhibition in Lagos AGROFOOD and Plastprintpack Nigeria made a return in the post-COVID-19 trade fairs, with a three [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
CBN moves to rescue wheat farmers from seeds inadequacy challenge
Tribune OnlineCBN moves to rescue wheat farmers from seeds inadequacy challenge IN a bid to reduce the challenges being faced by wheat farmers in the country as a result of inad [...]
AgricultureCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Soft skills of graduates can make a difference at the workplace – Tony Oteng Gyasi
Employers have been advised to place a premium on the soft skills of graduates who seek job opportunities. The CEO of Tropical Cables, Tony Oteng Gyasi, believes graduates n [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Ghana’s financing challenges set to rise if yields remain high – Fitch Ratings
Ghana’s effective loss of access to international markets increases risks to its ability to meet medium-term financing needs, Fitch Ratings, has said. The international ra [...]
FinancialCountry: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Business tourism is innovative product for destination Ghana
International tourist arrivals to Ghana rose from 580,000 in 2007 to 980,141 in 2017, though driven primarily by the growth of business tourism, figures from the Ghana Tourism Auth [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Ghana’s economy still robust – Adu Boahen
Government has assured investors and the global community that the economy is strong and robust and efforts to achieve the deficit and revenue targets were also well on track. [...]
Country: Ghana
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021
Farmers Applaud Cluster Farming Wheat Production Immense Role
[Ethiopian Herald] DURAMIE - Farmers in Kelama locality, Anegacha district of Kenbata Tenbaro zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' state (SNNPs) who have employed [...]
AgricultureCountry: Ethiopia
Region: Africa
Date: 02-Nov-2021