Drone to Monitor Crops in Rwanda's Northern Province

drone

The drone will serve 2,000 potato farmers from 20 potato cooperatives in the Imbaraga Cooperative Federation, located in Nyabihu, Burera and Musanze districts.

Bag of Rice Crashes to N8,000 in Ebonyi State

bags of rice

A 50kg bag of rice is now selling for N8,000 in Ebonyi state, eastern Nigeria.This contrasts markedly with the over N20,000 price tag for imported rice.

Livestock Minister Discusses With FAO Representative in Sudan Project of Cooperation Among Countries of South in Sudan

FAO

The Minister of Livestock Prof. Musa Tibin reviewed, at his office Wednesday, with the Regional Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Sudan Abdu Gamma the project of cooperation among the countries of the South in Sudan.

Malawi: Heavy Rains, Floods Cause Havoc in Mchinji - Maize Gardens Affected

maize

Heavy rains which resulted in flush floods washed away crops and destroyed houses in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlonyeni in Mchinji district on Monday.

Soil and Pulses: A Symbiosis for Life, Paper delivered to mark World Soil celebration day at ARCN , Abuja by PROF. LATEEF BAMIDELE TAIWO Institute of Agricultural Research & Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan

Soil and Pulses

Introduction

·         Nigeria’s biggest economic sector is agriculture

·         It accounts for 24% of GDP

·         Over 70% of informal sector jobs in the economy are related to rural agriculture (CBN).

·         One of the groups of crop that is commonly cultivated in Nigeria is the Pulses.

·         Pulses are annual leguminous crops yielding between 1 and 12 grains or seeds of variable sizes, shapes and colors within a pod

PRESS RELEASE- FG allays fear of famine, puts sufficient mechanisms to food security in the place

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Government (FG) has reversed its earlier prescribed famine to the nation saying strategic measures would be put in place to avert the food scarcity against next year.

Tanzania: We Need Industrial Parks, Women Food Processors Tell Govt

food processors

Women food processors have called on the government to establish areas for them to operate.

Sudan: Livestock Destroys Crops in North Darfur, Farmers Raped, Beaten

Livestock Destroys Crops in North Darfur

A large group of militant herders are grazing their livestock on farms in Tawila, Dar El Salam and El Fasher localities in North Darfur since Friday. A number of them raped a woman in the area of Shangil Tobaya on Wednesday. In El Fasher locality, they wounded seven women farmers on Tuesday.

400,000 Children At Risk of Famine

400,000 Children At Risk of Famine

Fati Adamu has not seen three of her six children nor her husband since Boko Haram fighters attacked her hometown in northeast Nigeria in a hail of gunfire.

Campaign to Increase Milk Consumption in Tanzania Begins

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The Tanzania Dairy Board (TDB) has said that it is implementing a plan to increase milk consumption from the current 47 litres per person annually to 60 litres in 2018 and 100 litre by2025.