April 07
Sudan: Even If the Guns Are Silent, US Diplomat Claims Sudan's Starvation Is Irreversible
Ayin English
Humanitarian leaders in the region have told the United States Special Envoy for Sudan that the crisis in Sudan is so severe that starvation is unavoidable, even if a lull in… Read more »
Rwanda: Rusizi - African Swine Fever Kills 100 Pigs
New Times
African swine fever has killed, about 82 pigs in Rusizi District, officials reported. African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs,… Read more »
Nigeria: 'Mechanisation Is Luxury for Rural Farmers'
Daily Trust
A female graduate farmer based in Ogun State, Ms Ruth Bose Suberu, has described mechanisation as a luxury in agriculture that is far from rural farmers. Read more »
Nigeria: It's Risky Neglecting Agriculture, Says Gov Aiyedatiwa
Daily Trust
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said no serious government would neglect the agriculture sector in the face of daunting economic hardship in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Taraba Farmers Ready for Wet Season, but...
Daily Trust
Farmers in Taraba State are in early preparation for this year's wet farming. This followed the arrival of rainfall in some parts of the state and signs of possible rainfall in… Read more »
Nigeria: IAR Gets Better Greenhouse Facility for Seed Storage, Production
Daily Trust
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has received the newly upgraded greenhouse facility for better seed storage and production. Read more »
Nigeria: AfDB to Release $75m Loan for Indorama to Upscale Fertiliser Production, Export
Daily Trust
The African Development Bank has signed a $75 million loan agreement with Nigeria's Indorama Eleme Fertiliser and Chemicals Limited. Read more »
Nigeria: As Rainy Season Begins, Farmers Should Not Ignore Weather Prediction
Daily Trust
The rainy season has begun in some parts of the country to mark the beginning of 2024 wet season crop production. The seasonal forecast provided by the Nigerian Meteorological… Read more »
Nigeria: Hortinigeria Project Empowers 23 Input Dealers in Kano
Daily Trust
In a continuous effort to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability in Kano State, HortiNigeria--a Dutch-funded horticultural program implemented in Kano, Kaduna, Ogun… Read more »
West Africa: Niger Farmers Groan Over Rising Cost of Yam Seedlings
Daily Trust
As farmers begin preparation for the next planting season, farmers in Niger State have lamented the rising cost of yam seedlings in the market. Read more »
Nigeria: Cross River to Procure 103 Tractors for Smallholder Farmers
Daily Trust
Cross River State executive council has given the ministry of agriculture approval to procure 103 tractors for smallholder farmers. Read more »
Nigeria: Dry Season - Kano Rice Farmers Decry High Cost of Inputs
Daily Trust
As dry season rice farming preparation gears up in Kano State and some other parts of the country, farmers have expressed concern over the high cost of agricultural inputs like… Read more »
Nigeria: Termination of US-Niger Military Cooperation Agreement - The Challenge of the Franco-Us Vacuum
This Day
The military cooperation agreement between the United States and the Republic of Niger was denounced on Saturday, 16th March, 2024 in a televised statement made by Mr. Amadou… Read more »
Nigeria: Agro Solutions - Tips for Planting Maize and Soybeans
Daily Trust
There are very few constants in farming, especially when it comes to planting. Soil temperature, moisture and disease are just a few variables that influence planting timing.… Read more »
South Africa: The World Is Facing a Food Crisis, Warns Global Consultancy PWC [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Global accountancy and consultancy firm PwC is not known for alarmism and is certainly not anti-capitalist. So it is perhaps alarming that it has added its voice to the rising… Read more »
April 04
Zimbabwe: U.S.$103m Windfall for Tobacco Farmers, As U.S.$4, 99 Price Ceiling Breached
The Herald
FARMERS' earnings from tobacco sales continue on an upward trajectory recording a 75 percent increase from US$59 million earned by Day 13 in the 2023 marketing season to US$103… Read more »
Zimbabwe: MPs Raise Concerns Over GMO Grain Imports As Hunger Stalks Zimbabweans
New Zimbabwe
Parliamentarians on Wednesday questioned if genetically modified organisms (GMO) maize imports would be allowed in the country due to the El Nino induced drought in the Southern… Read more »
Eritrea: Assessment Meeting On Desert Locust Control Efforts
Shabait
The Ministry of Agriculture hosted an assessment meeting on 2 April in Massawa, focusing on the endeavors made to manage the desert locust infestation in the Northern and Southern… Read more »
Africa: Global Leaders to Gather in Geneva, Aiming to Raise $1 Billion to Alleviate Ethiopia's Humanitarian Crisis
Addis Standard
Senior officials from various countries and international organizations will convene in Geneva on 16 April, 2024 for a high-level pledging event aimed at addressing the… Read more »
Nigeria: Ekiti Lawmaker Donates Seedlings, Agric Inputs to 153 Farmers
Leadership
Member representing Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 2 in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Hakeem Jamiu, has distributed seedlings and agrochemicals to farmers in his… Read more »
April 03
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Declares Drought a National Disaster, Millions Face Hunger
allAfrica
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the country's drought is declared a national disaster, saying: "More than 2.7 million people in Zimbabwe will go hungry this year". Read more »
Southern Africa: Millions in Southern Africa Face Hunger as Extreme Weather Wreaks Havoc - Oxfam [press release]
Oxfam
Millions of people across Southern Africa, are grappling with the dual crises of hunger and flooding. Over half of Malawi's 19 million population, six million people in Zambia,… Read more »
Africa: Upscaling Transformative Agricultural Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa [guest column]
World Bank
In the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, amidst the fields of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, I bore witness to something truly remarkable: the… Read more »
Africa: A Harvest for Hunger in Rural Zimbabwe
Global Press Journal
A unique communal garden known as a zunde ramambo, or "chief's granary," is an old idea getting new life -- with a timeless power to support the vulnerable. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Declares National Disaster Amid El Nino Drought
DW
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is asking for $2 billion (€1.85 billion) in food aid to help milllions of people impacted by drought brought about by the El Nino… Read more »