Sudan Executive Director undertakes familiarization mission

African Development Bank’s Executive Director (ED) for Sudan

On Friday, September 23, 2016, the African Development Bank’s Executive Director (ED) for Sudan, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari, concluded a three-day familiarization mission to Sudan. ED Oku-Afari represents a constituency of five countries at the Bank, comprising Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Gambia. This mission sought to acquaint him with firsthand knowledge of developments in Sudan as well as the state of the Bank’s development operations in the country.

African Export Import Bank : Afreximbank Board Members visit Dangote’s Lagos refinery, fertilizer plants

Afreximbank

Members of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), led by Bank President Dr. Benedict Oramah, today toured the petroleum refinery and fertilizer plant under construction by Dangote Industries Limited in the Lekki Free Trade Zone of Lagos, Nigeria.

From farmer to chef: Developing the African cuisine value chain- by Emanuela Gregorio

African cuisine value chain

New innovations in the food industry, one of the world’s oldest and largest industries, are creating attractive opportunities on the African continent. With unusual blends of spices and bold flavors, ingredients and techniques from African regions have emerged as the new gastronomic trend in kitchens around the world.

Will white farmers in Zambia feed Zimbabwe?

drought

The El Niño drought has hit southern Africa hard. Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and seven provinces in South Africa have announced emergencies.

Focus on the agricultural value chain and food security of Indénié-Djuablin in Côte d’Ivoire

Friday, September 18, 2015 will be remembered as a landmark date in Côte d’Ivoire for the state visit paid by the Ivorian President and a truly special Council of Ministers held in Abengourou (in Indénié-Djuablin region, in the centre-east of the country). What’s more, the meeting approved a progress report on implementation of the project to support agricultural infrastructure in the Indénié-Djuablin region (PAIA-ID).

GMO Response

DG of BIOTECT .Lucy Ogbadu

Most people are just unnecessarily agitated for what supposes to be pure responsibility of plants/animals breeder scientists.

Flour Mills of Nigeria : These two companies are justifying the CBN’s “made-in-Nigeria” policies

Flour Mills of Nigeria :

Nigeria's economic downturn this year has elicited some, some would say, haphazard policies from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The CBN's decision to ban several import items from accessing the official forex, and then the devaluation of the naira were seen by many as misinformed and wrong. However, there seem to be at least two local manufacturing companies in Nigeria benefiting from the policies.

Crop Progress Report

 Crop Progress

For the week ending September 25, 2016, temperatures averaged nine degrees above normal across eastern Nebraska and six degrees above normal across western areas, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Good to very good crops and pasture production expected for the 2016-2017 cropping season

crops and pasture production

Participants in the regional technical consultation on agricultural and food prospects in the Sahel and West Africa, held from 19 to 21 September 2016, in Lomé, Togo, draw the following conclusions:

Superbug in Chicken: Scientists Discover New MRSA Strain

chicken

A potentially lethal superbug in chicken shouldn’t be on your mind as you whip up evening dinner, but maybe it should be. A study published in Clinical Infection Diseases finds people are now contracting MRSA from handling and eating chicken at home.