Panic As Mysterious Disease Affect Cloves
Daily News
A mysterious disease is affecting growth of cloves, Zanzibar's major export crop causing panic among farmers in Unguja and Pemba. Read more »
AfDB Earmarks $28m for Fertilizer Financing to Small Holder Farmers in 2023
This Day
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $11.7 million budgetary allocation to the African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) for its 2023… Read more »
Grain SA CEO - Poorly Regulated Coal Mining Is a Threat to Food Security [analysis]
Daily Maverick
South Africa's coal mining sector, much of it opaque and shabbily regulated, is not just an environmental hazard. It is also a serious threat to food security as it mangles… Read more »
Lindi Farmers Eye Commercial Cassava Farming
Daily News
FARMERS in Lindi Region are planning to start commercial cassava farming by using improved varieties to generate more profit from their farms. Read more »
Over Seven Million Children Under 5 Years Remain Malnourished Across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
Unicef
UNICEF calls for investment in sustainable, resilient systems across the region to protect children and communities from future crises Read more »
EU-GAP to Rehabilitate Busa Irrigation System - Project Manager, Awmp
Ghanaian Times
The Project Manager of the Agricultural Water Management Project (AWMP) under the European Union, Ghana Agricultural Programme (EU-GAP), Mr Stephen Maclean, has hinted of plans by… Read more »
Over 89,000 Improved Seed Varieties Available for Planting in 2023 Cropping Season - Abubakar
This Day
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar has announced that the Revised National Agricultural Seed Policy (RNASP) 2022 has enabled the availability… Read more »
New Cassava Varieties Attract More Farmers
Daily News
FARMERS in Lindi region plan to embark on cassava farming businesses to generate more profit. Read more »
Agric Ministry to Introduce New Input Credit System for Farmers Under Planting for Foods and Jobs
GhanaToday
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is to launch a new initiative to enhance food production in the country and ensure food security for the next five years. Read more »
Govt Participates in the High-Level Meeting of ASARECA [press release]
Shabait
Eritrea participated in the high-level meeting of the Association of Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) that was held in Kampala, Uganda, between 17 and… Read more »
East Cape's Small Farms Catch Bird Flu
Scrolla
Small poultry farmers in the Eastern Cape are scrambling for solutions to the outbreak of bird flu, aka avian influenza. Read more »
Can African Farmers Still Feed the World?
IPS
Less than a decade ago, Africa was home to 60-65% of the world's uncultivated arable land and 10% of renewable freshwater resources, as reported by the African Union in 2016, while… Read more »
Governments Are Changing Fisheries Management for the Better, but More Action Is Still Needed [opinion]
IPS
Global fisheries are worth more than US$140 billion each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. But this hefty sum does not capture… Read more »
Tunisia's Date Exports Down By 2.3% in Volume and 4.4% in Value
Tunis Afrique Presse
Exports of Tunisian dates have decreased by 2.3% in volume to 100,100 tonnes and by 4.4% in value to TND 599,400 million, from the beginning of the season until the end of April… Read more »
How Uber Eats Is Transforming Online Food Delivery Business in Kenya
Capital FM
Sitted at home or in the office and feeling hungry. Worry no more as you can order food online and get delivered on your doorstep. Read more »