Nasc Advocates Seed-Palliatives for Farmers

This Day

The Director General, National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Dr. Philip Ojo, has urged both the federal and state governments to consider providing seeds as palliatives to… Read more »

Agriculture's Contribution to Nigeria's Economy in Q1 'Highest in Two Years' - NBS

Premium Times

The contribution of Nigeria's agricultural sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2020 was the sector's highest first-quarter contribution in the last… Read more »

Guard Against Cheats, Magufuli Tells Farmers

Daily News

PRESIDENT John Magufuli has cautioned farmers against selling their agricultural produce at throwaway prices, to guard against subsequently buying it at higher prices. Read more »

Idris Elba Sounds Alarm As Pandemic Threatens Food Crisis for Farmers

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Idris Elba on Friday called for urgent action and creative solutions to prevent a looming hunger crisis in poor countries, where food production and transport have been disrupted… Read more »

Why Farmers Don't Benefit From Research Findings - Prof Sharubutu

Daily Trust

In this interview, Prof Garba Hamidu Sharubutu, the executive secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) and past president of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical… Read more »

Govt Offers Cannabis Growers 100% Farm Ownership

New Zimbabwe

The Health Ministry has announced that all local and foreign investors venturing into the production of cannabis (mbanje) will be offered 100% ownership of their farms and licences… Read more »

Govt to Allow Farmers Keep Wildlife to Boost Agro-Tourism

VOA

Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, says his government will allow farmers to keep small game as a way to encourage locals’ participation in agro-tourism. He added that… Read more »

Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short Read more »

Relentless Locusts Return in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic

Africa Renewal

East Africa hit by a second wave of locusts leaving millions of people food insecure Read more »

'New Cotton Hybrid a Game Changer'

The Herald

Several Zimbabwean cotton farmers have embraced new hybrid seed after recording higher yields compared with traditional pollinated varieties. Read more »

Imported Maize to Ease Shortage, Reduce Prices

Nation

Kenyans should expect reprieve from an anticipated hike in maize-meal prices after the millers' association said a consignment of maize from Mexico was on the way and would… Read more »

Gulf of Guinea Commission of Fisheries - Experts Fine-Tune Strategic Document

Cameroon Tribune

The technical committee of the Commission of Fisheries of the Gulf of Guinea began meeting in Yaounde yesterday ahead of the ninth session of Council of Ministers. Read more »

CBN Plans Driving Agribusiness Through 50 Billion Credit Facility, Interest Rate Cut

Vanguard

Though in some countries the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been slowing down and cases are decreasing, in others, the virus is resurging or continuing to spread quickly. This… Read more »

Pandemic Poses Double Challenges for African Pastoralists

VOA

In Africa, slowly rising numbers of cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, have surpassed 100,000, according to the World Health Organization. The coronavirus… Read more »

Lockdown - Crops Rot in Fields

Zimbabwe Independent

Miriam Madzivanyika, a farmer in Mazowe -- 40km north of Harare -- grows a variety of crops on their 330-hectare farm she runs with her husband. Read more »