South-East Governors Write Buhari Over Airport, Herdsmen

Premium Times

Governors in Nigeria's south east have written to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to delay the closure of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and act against… Read more »

Hunger Looms in Southern Province

Times of Zambia

About 70,000 Pemba constituency residents are stalked by hunger while 1,000 residents of Mapampi village in Chief Nyawa's chiefdom in Kazungula are sharing one borehole with… Read more »

Your Meat Could Be Killing You

Nigeria Health Watch

Editor's Note: The Nigeria Health Watch team recently visited abattoirs in Suleja and Dei-Dei, to learn how they are managed and tease out public health lessons that Nigeria needs… Read more »

'No Worry for Job As Long As I Till the Soil'

Observer

-- Freeman Kollie, a vegetable farmer who helps other farmers scale up beyond subsistence operations Read more »

Afrobarometer - Climate Change Literacy Still Low

Deutsche Welle

Despite the fact that Africa bears the brunt when it comes to erratic global weather patterns, many people are still unfamiliar with the climate change phenomenon, a new survey… Read more »

Ex-Starbucks Staffer Opens Coffee Roaster Plant

Addis Fortune

Owners of the company invested close to 40 million Br Read more »

Cashew Nuts Shell Set You Free... From UV Ray-Damage [analysis]

Daily Maverick

The story in a nutshell: cashew nuts are a popular cocktail snack lauded for their nutritional benefits including good fats and high levels of protein. It now seems they have an… Read more »

Quest for Agricultural Productivity - CEMAC Pesticide Agency Takes Action

Cameroon Tribune

The Interstate Committee of Pesticides of Central Africa is giving its senior staff rigorous training to increase their efficiency and productivity in order the make the sub-region… Read more »

No Ban, Restrictions On Importation of Food Items - Presidency

Vanguard

The Presidency on Sunday said that the Federal Government has neither banned nor restricted importation of food items in the country. Read more »

Farmers Optimistic Over Project Recycling Agricultural Waste

New Times

FARMERS are hopeful to generate additional income following the launch of a new eight-year project expected to turn cassava, banana, soya and vegetable waste into organic… Read more »

Urgent Action Plan Needed for Africa's Oceans, Seychelles' President Tells Continent's Leaders

Seychelles News Agency

The Seychelles' president, Danny Faure, urged African leaders to adopt a more proactive and collective strategy to address the rising maritime security challenges at the summit for… Read more »

Swine Disease Outbreak Hits Gisagara Pig Farms

New Times

Between July 20 and August 10, 2019 Emile Iradukunda lost 44 pigs valued at Rwf700,000 in monetary value. Read more »

President Akufo-Addo Presents Equipment to Wulensi Agric Mechanisation Centre [press release]

Ghana Govt.

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented agricultural equipment to the Agricultural Mechanisation Centre at Wulensi, in the Northern Region. Read more »

20 Children Killed By Acute Malnutrition in Nasarawa

This Day

No less than 20 children were reportedly killed by suspected severe acute malnutrition in Nasarawa State due to non-availability of malnutritional food supplements in… Read more »

New Report Highlights Agricultural Financing Challenges in Rwanda

New Times

RWANDA Agriculture Finance Year Book 2018 has highlighted the lack of data on farmers' operations and limited knowledge on climate-smart agriculture techniques, lack of… Read more »