One Acre Fund Gets $10 Million From Proparco to Increase Food Security in Africa
New Times
One Acre Fund received $10 million in funding from Proparco on May 15, 2024, to enhance food security in Africa. A non-profit organisation, One Acre Fund assists smallholder… Read more »
SA Poultry Industry Warns of Imminent Breakout of Avian Flu [analysis]
Daily Maverick
State vets call for a coordinated approach between farmers and the government to effectively manage future animal disease outbreaks. Read more »
Tanzania's Greener Future - Reducing Methane in Waste and Livestock Sectors [press release]
World Bank
Did you know that nearly 60% of the waste in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is food waste? It ends up in waste disposal sites where it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas whose… Read more »
Saudi Arabia's Donation to Boost WFP Refugees Response in Tanzania
WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is pleased to announce a donation of 25 metric tons of nutritious dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman… Read more »
Insurgent Food Raid on Macomia Was Big and Well Organised
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The insurgent raid on Macomia town Friday morning 10 May was the largest and best organised since the insurgents took the coastal town of Mucojo, 40km east of Macomia town, on 10… Read more »
Why Rice Farmers Fear Production Decline in Kano
Daily Trust
Rice farmers in Kano State are worried that production in the state may decline over critical input costs and the failure of the federal government to implement its new scheme in… Read more »
Nigeria, UN Seek $306m for Food Aid in 3 States
Vanguard
The Federal Government, in partnership with national and international partners, yesterday launched an appeal seeking $306 million to fast-track food assistance, nutrition supplies… Read more »
Govt Clears 90pc of Payment Arrears to Wheat Farmers
The Herald
The Government has almost cleared its entire debt to wheat farmers for last year's deliveries of the crop, as it steps up provision of input and other support to growers for the… Read more »
'Enough Water for 120 000 Hectares of Wheat'
The Herald
With wheat planting for the 2024 winter season in full-swing, Government has assured farmers that the country's dams have enough water to irrigate 141 000 hectares of the cereal. Read more »
NAFDAC Warns Kebbi Manufacturers Against Use of Cancerous Chemicals On Consumables
Vanguard
The Zonal Director, Northwest of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control NAFDAC, Mrs Josephine Abbas, has warned manufacturers and producers in Kebbi state… Read more »
Zimbabwean Millers in Negotiations With Brazilian Partners for Supply of 400,000 Metric Tonnes of Yellow, White Maize
New Zimbabwe
A 20-member Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) delegation is in Sao Paulo, Brazil to negotiate delivery of approximately 400,000 metric tonnes of yellow and white maize,… Read more »
Why Rwanda Is Mulling GM Maize Crop Varieties
New Times
Rwanda is mulling over the adoption of genetically modified maize crop varieties to cope with the devastating pests such as Fall Armyworm that affect maize production, Rwanda… Read more »
Govt Rolls Out a Soil Mapping Exercise
The Herald
IN a move reaffirming the significance of soil health to agricultural productivity, Government has embarked on a comprehensive soil mapping exercise to address the challenges posed… Read more »
Thieves Invade Taraba Farms Midnight, Harvest Rice
Daily Trust
Thieves have invaded many rice farms and harvested over hundred bags of paddy rice in Taraba State. Read more »
Tobacco Stalk Destruction - Kutsaga Warns Delinquent Farmers
The Herald
Tobacco farmers who fail to clear their fields of residue from the previous crop by May 15 (today) of every year risk getting penalised for every hectare found containing evidence… Read more »