Uganda: President Calls for Drip Irrigation As a Solution to Drought

Demonstration. President Museveni sets a plastic bottle for drip irrigation at the Presidential Demonstration Farm in Kityerera Sub-county, Mayuge District.

President Museveni has said that about half of the 122 million coffee seedlings distributed to farmers by the UPDF under the Operation Wealth Creation programme have dried up due to drought.

Kenya: Solar Boreholes, Irrigated Crops Throw Lifeline to Kenyan Herders

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Many Kenyan livestock keepers are losing their animals to drought - but some are staying afloat by using solar-powered pumps and growing vegetables.

Benin: Men and Women Farmers in Benin Are Responding Differently to Climate Change

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As climate change brings with it increased extreme weather events, one of the pressing issues for Africa's farmers will be how to address these challenges. One dimension to be factored in is that men and women farmers are responding to the pressures differently. The Conversation Africa's Samantha Spooner asked Grace Villamor about her research on gender-specific responses by farmers in Benin.

GES: Food prices expected to drop by mid April---Cellulant

Cellulant Nigeria

*Governments, development partners and private sector to collaborate.

There is high indication that food prices are expected to start going down as from middle of April 2017 just as a call went out to government and other relevant partners to collaborate in term of financial support for Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES).This was contained in a statement made available by Cellulant Nigeria Limited in Abuja.

Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES) 2016 Dry Season Report Released by Cellulant Nigeria.

Cellulant Nigeria.

The GES program which was launched in 2012 with the purpose of easing farmers access to farm impute resumed in 2016 after a year break in 2015. The FGN took the opportunity offered by the program to promote financial inclusion to farmers. Over 600,000 farmers were financially included and over 450,000 farmers received farm inputs across 30 states in 60 days.

PRESS RELEASE- FG TO BOOST NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW TO ATTRACT FOREIGNERS

President Mohammadu Buhari

The present administration of President Mohammadu Buhari has re -stated his vision and commitment to invest in agriculture to take the country out of the present economic recession using the National Agricultural Show as a step stone.

Zimbabwe: After Drought, Zimbabwe Contends With Fall Armyworm Invasion

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This reporting is part of a special project that explores the impact of climate change on the food security and livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe.

It was first detected in Africa barely a year ago, yet the fall armyworm, a type of caterpillar whose name derives from its tendency to maraud in vast numbers, has already infested hundreds of thousands of hectares of maize across more than a dozen countries on the continent, presenting a serious threat to food security.

Africa Needs Its Own Version of the Vertical Farm to Feed Growing Cities

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The Netherlands is building its first large-scale commercial vertical indoor farm. It's expected to serve Europe's largest supermarket chains with high quality, pesticide-free fresh cut lettuce.

East Africa: Why the Horn of Africa Is Starving Again

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The current drought in the Horn of Africa has caused an unprecedented food crisis that is quickly turning into a regional humanitarian disaster.

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.