June 29
South Africa: Want to Give Organic Waste and Food Scraps a New Life? Try Earthworms #AfricaClimateHope
allAfrica
There is no honour in waste! Read more »
Zimbabwe: Drought-Hit Farmers Fear Hunger After Poor Maize Harvest
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Drought-ruined crops and a government mandate to sell harvests to the state raise fears of food insecurity Read more »
Ghana: GASIP Holds Stakeholders Workshop On FBOs
Ghanaian Times
The Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) yesterday organised a stakeholder's workshop to deliberate on… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Take Advantage of Agric to Develop Continent - S.A High C'ssioner
Ghanaian Times
Agriculture is the new gold for the African continent to attain socio-cultural development, Grace Jeanet Mason, the South African High Commissioner in Ghana, has said. Read more »
Mozambique: British Cotton Company Pulling Out of Cabo Delgado
AIM
The British company Plexus, which had a commitment to purchase cotton from 50,000 peasant farmers in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has suddenly announced that… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda to Gain Diamond Processing Factory
New Times
South African investors, registered in Rwanda as 'Solex Rwanda,' are set to establish a factory projected to add value to diamond and gemstone, as well as manufacturing jewellery… Read more »
June 28
Rwanda: How is Rwanda Faring in Agricultural Bio-Technology?
New Times
Agricultural experts are making a case for adopting agricultural biotechnology as crop production remains insufficient for both local consumption and exportation yet Rwanda's… Read more »
Liberia: Security Forces in Lofa Complain of Hunger
New Dawn
State security officers from the police, immigration LDEA and National Security Agency dispatched to Lofa County for the senatorial by-election are complaining of lack of food and… Read more »
South Africa: President Ramaphosa Urges Africa to Focus On Food Security
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says food, fertiliser and grain shortages caused by the conflict between Ukraine and Russia must motivate Africa to "wake up" and take food security into… Read more »
Gambia: Global Food Prices Are Soaring!
The Point
Food prices have been on the rise in the past few months. And rice, a staple food in much of Asia and some parts of Africa could be next, industry watchers said. Read more »
Somalia: FAO Appeals for U.S.$172 Million to Help Avert Famine and Humanitarian Catastrophe
Shabelle
Rome - With the increasing risk of famine in the Horn of Africa due to severe and prolonged drought conditions, urgent life-saving and livelihood assistance is needed to avert a… Read more »
June 27
Africa: Guterres Outlines Four Recommendations to Help Us All 'Save Our Ocean' #AfricaClimateCrisis
UN News
At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and… Read more »
South Africa: The Meat Industry Is Telling Us Porkers [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It is a fairly well-known fact that the Normans, people who would later be known as French, contributed about 30% of the words that are now part of the English language, following… Read more »
South Africa: The Legendary Story of the Colonel Potter Will Get You Hooked On the History of Fly-Fishing in SA [analysis]
Daily Maverick
For close to 50 years, it remained the Potter family's best-kept secret. A secret forged from a twist of a chicken feather, a couple of turns of chenille yarn and a good measure of… Read more »
Zambia: Challenge Laid for Farmers
Times of Zambia
IT seems the trips being undertaken by President Hakainde Hichilema are bearing unimaginable results as evident by the many deals scored with the farmers now put under pressure not… Read more »
Zambia: Zema Boss Calls for Stronger Collaboration On Pesticides, Toxic Substances Control
Times of Zambia
The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) Director General, Douty Chibamba has noted the need to strengthen collaboration with other relevant authorities at points of entry… Read more »
Kenya: President Kenyatta to Chair United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal #AfricaClimateCrisis
Capital FM
President Uhuru Kenyatta will tomorrow, Monday, 27th June, co-chair the second United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon with his Portugal counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and… Read more »
Ghana: Evelyn Andoh,63, Wins Gold At WOFAGRIC Awards
Ghanaian Times
A 63 -year old farmer from Sefwi Akutuase in the Western North Region, Evelyn Andoh, emerged the ultimate winner of Gold in the Soil Award at the 4th Women in Food and Agricultural… Read more »
June 26
South Africa: Employment and Labour Hosts Seminar On Paying of Minimum Wage [press release]
Govt of SA
Employment and Labour calls for maximum labour laws compliance in the agriculture sector Read more »
Tanzania: Farmers Happy With the New Varieties of Coffee Invented At Tacri
Daily News
FACTS stand as such that the new varieties of both Arabica and Robusta coffee seedlings invented at the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) have helped a lot to improve the… Read more »
Somalia: UN Urges Scale-Up in Resources to Avert Famine in Somalia
Shabelle
The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to prevent famine in Somalia. Read more »
June 25
Somalia: UN Body Seeks U.S.$993 Million to Prevent Famine, Tackle Drought
Shabelle
The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to… Read more »
Somalia: UN Body Seeks U.S.$993 Million to Prevent Famine, Tackle Drought in Somalia
Shabelle
MOGADISHU -- The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Bread Shortage Looms as Millers Threaten Halt Flour Production - Bakers Also Want to Sell in U.S.$
New Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is facing an acute bread shortage after millers threatened to stop producing flour due to scarcity of wheat while bakers are pushing for permission to sell bread… Read more »
June 24
Somalia: Nation Faces Climate Emergency and Famine As Fourth Rainy Season Fails
Norwegian Refugee Council
An unprecedented fourth failed rainy season with catastrophic hunger, disease and displacement has forced Somalia into a climate crisis, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s… Read more »
