Water Scarcity Needs 'Urgent and Massive Response' in North Africa and Near East

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*Sustainable water use for agriculture requires transforming food systems and diets.

Access to water is a fundamental need for food security, human health and agriculture, and its looming scarcity in the North Africa and Middle East region is a huge challenge requiring an "urgent and massive response," FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said in Cairo.

FG vows to jail fish smugglers --Lokpobiri

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri

* Association of indigenous seafood task custom to step up board surveillance

                                 

The minister of state for agriculture Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has re-assured Nigerians of Federal Government’s readiness to slam fish smugglers with five years imprisonment or pay fine of $250,000 and in addition destroy the vessel and its products through further clampdown on cold rooms stocked with illegally imported frozen fish across the country. He disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja.

Kenya: Govt Sets Aside Sh154mn to Mitigate Drought Effects in Schools

Uhuru Kenyatta

The government has set aside Sh154 million to be disbursed to various institutions to bolster the school feeding program in parts of the country experiencing drought.

Eight Die in Zambia Food Stampede

Food Stampede

Some 35,000 people turned up to the event organized by a church group in Lusaka. Droughts across southern Africa have caused a sharp uptick in food prices in a nation where poverty is already rampant.

Milk Prices in Uganda Shoot Up As Supply Drops Due to Drought

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The ongoing drought experienced in many parts of Uganda has hit milk supplies hard, pushing up prices.

Industry players say supplies have dropped by as much as a quarter and that rising farm gate prices are forcing processors of milk and milk products to mark up their own prices.

Somalia: Antonio Guterres Raises Alarm As Hunger Crisis Worsens

As governments in the horn of Africa and other parts of the continent declare famine, the question is whether the world has learnt from previous droughts.
In 2014 hundreds of people lost their lives and livestock due to the untimely response…

The UN chief has urged international support to alleviate Somalia's worsening hunger crisis during an emergency visit to the country.

Famine Declared in Parts of South Sudan

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Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this past weekend hoping to receive emergency deliveries of food.

FLASHBACK- African Green Revolution Forum 2016 Commitments Press Conference

African Green Revolution Forum 2016 Commitments Press Conference

Kenya: U.S. Envoy Robert Godec Challenges State to End Food Insecurity

Robert Godec

US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec has challenged the government to come up with a permanent solution to drought-related disasters.

Early Generation Seed Poses Challenges to Nigerian Green Revolution

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*Stakeholders Cry over scarcity of breeders, condemn seed importation.

Scientists and other stakeholders have identified early generation seeds as serious challenge to agricultural development in Nigeria, just as scarcity of breeders in research institutes was spotted with condemnation to seed importation.