Ethiopia: Booming ICT Networks Foster Multidimensional Growth

ICT

A range of activities whether undertaken indoor or outdoor, knowledge transfers and other related human tasks have been facilitated by ICT and other ongoing technology-born devices. Apart from playing an unmatched role in disseminating information, easing communication challenges, keeping quality and expanding education, ICT has also become one of human job creation opportunities. This dynamic science-born new technology utility is not confined to specific purposes but it as well is used for enhancing multidimensional growth. 

CASSAVA : Foundation advocates new approach to increased yield

cassava

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has noted that the continuous low yields of cassava in some cassava growing nations of Africa may confine the continent to a poor status if new a approach is not promptly embraced.

Survival of Women Owned Businesses: NEPC holds interactive session in Lagos

NEPC

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has organized an interactive session on Women in Export, which will enable the setting up of national strategies and policies that would enable women achieve their potentials in international trade.

CHECKING DESERT ENCROACHMENT : Kaduna State Govt. To Plant 10m Trees

Soil

The Kaduna State Government is to plant 10 million trees as part of measures to check desert encroachment in the state.

Antibiotic Growth Promoters: A Double-edged Sword of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence

Food Tank had the opportunity to interview Dr. Byeonghwa Jeon about foodborne pathogens and antibiotic resistance.

Dr. Byeonghwa Jeon is an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta in Canada. He teaches courses on Food Safety and One Health, and his research focuses on foodborne pathogens and antibiotic resistance. Dr. Jeon has written numerous articles on food safety and antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Ebonyi Empowers 3500 Farmers on Cassava Value Chain

cassava

Over 3,500 farmers in Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State have benefited from an empowerment and enlightenment program where they were taught how to produce cassava chips, biscuits, bread, flour, Fofo, tea, among other derivatives, they were also enlightened on the benefits and needs of biofortified Vitamin A cassava in the life and health of people.

From North to South, African Farmers are Putting Great Technology to Work

Charles Maina

Charles Maina has been working on Gorge Farm for 17 years – so it is hardly surprising that the farm has long since become more than a workplace for the Kenyan. The Gorge Farm outside Naivasha in Kenya ... uses GE’s Jenbacher gas engines to pump power back into the community’s inconsistent electricity grid. 

 

Agriculture has played a vital role in the growth of civilisations and industry in Africa. The ancient Egyptians were able to make cultural and technological strides in large part due to the fertile soils of the Nile, optimising farming patterns around the flooding of the great river and developing the first known irrigation system to ensure a steady supply of food and raw materials. But in modern times, agriculture is too often seen as a backward sector, particularly where small-scale farmers are involved.

Price Of Bread will be high soon- Bakers

Bread

Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, said “there would be a hike in the price of bread to enable bakers to remain in business.

Philadelphia Passes Soda Tax

Philadelphia’s City Council passed a controversial tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, making it the first major U.S. city to do so.

Philadelphia is the first major United States city to pass a tax on sugar-sweetened and artificially-sweetened beverages. The Philadelphia City Council approved the controversial US$0.15 per ounce tax, which will go into effect on January 1, 2017, by a vote of 13-4.

Federal Ministry of Agriculture Associate With China To Train Personnel

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The Nigerian Government in association with the Chinese Government has commenced a five day agricultural technical training programme for forty members of staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.