Zimbabwe: Scurvy 'Hits' Zimbabwe's Psychiatric Hospital Amid 'Poor Nutrition'

Zimbabwe

Authorities in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo say they've sent a team to investigate reports that scurvy has broken out in a hospital there.

Zimbabwe: Armyworm Outbreak - Fears Zim's Maize Crops May Be 'Completely' Wiped Out

Maize

Zimbabwe's maize crops could be "completely wiped out" following an outbreak of armyworms in the southern African country, reports say.

Kano produced over 1.5m tons of rice in 2016 – Ganduje

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has revealed that farmers in Kano State have produced 1,551,720 tons of rice in 2016 as against the 692,481 tons produced in 2015.

Simple motorized weeders demonstrate the imperatives of cassava mechanization

IITA modified simple motorized weeders being used on a field in Ibadan

Gasoline powered simple weeders adapted for weeding in cassava farms hold promise and may take off the burden of weeding faced by small-scale farmers in Africa.

Tanzania: We Have Enough Food - Ministry

Tanzania

Despite food shortage reports in some parts of the country, preliminary food production forecast for 2015/2016 indicates that the country has a surplus of more than 3 million metric tonnes.

Rwandan Farmers Push for Affordable Irish Potato Seeds

Irish potato

The Soaring prices of Irish potato seeds has left smallholder farmers lamenting, triggering efforts by different stakeholders to a seek remedy.

Ethiopia Gets Really Serious About Feeding Children

Feeding Children

The Ministry of Health and stakeholders from various ministries Thursday launched a 1.14 billion USD nutrition programme running 2016 -2020.

AgraME set to bring global players in agriculture to the Middle East

AgraME

AgraME, the foremost Agricultural trade exhibition of the Middle Eastern and North African countries is set to hold its 2017 edition.

Editorial- Caution against long-term land lease to international farmers

Prof Yemi Osinbajo

This editorial became necessary against the background of recent invitations extended, first to German businessmen by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and, second to Chinese businessmen by the minister of state, agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri to the effect that investors should invest in agricultural production in Nigeria, for export to other parts of the globe.

Press Release- Minister of Agric inaugurates Committee on National Farmers’ Day

Chief Audu Ogbeh

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has inaugurated a committee to plan and organize the first ever National Farmers’ Day celebration in Nigeria.