Kenya: Worrying Scenario As Bigger National Food Crunch Looms

armyworm

There is a bigger national food crunch than was projected or anticipated due to drought and the armyworm invasion.This is already being reflected in the upward surge of prices of many basic foods.

Uganda: Vicious Circle of Poverty and Food Insecurity

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

A poor household is usually malnourished, and vulnerable to disease and other evils. Uganda is known to be well endowed with fertile soil and bi-annual rainfall. Yet we have thousands of households that are too poor to produce enough food for their nutritional requirements or to produce anything to generate income.

Nigeria: How Displaced Families in N/E Nigeria Tackle Food Insecurity- Sola Ogundipe

FAO

For almost a decade, conflict spearheaded by the Boko Haram insurgency sparked off large-scale violence and insecurity in the northeastern region of Nigeria, resulting in one of the largest humanitarian crises in Africa.

FG /states to collaborate for turnaround of economy, says- Lokpobiri

Heineken Lokpobiri

The Federal Government is collaborating with interested states through the Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP-3) as vehicle to actualize the speedy turnaround of our economy. This was made known in a press release issued by Deputy Director, Information, in the ministry, Mrs. A.B. Lere-Adams,

Zimbabwe: Tobacco Sales Up 44 Percent

Tobacco farmers at auction floor

Over 20 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth $52,5 million have been sold so far across the country's auction and contract floors, according to statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB).

Zimbabwe: Zim's Fertile Farm Land Lying Idle

Zim's Fertile farm

MORE than half of Zimbabwe's irrigable land is underutilised due to dilapidated state-owned irrigation equipment, posing a threat to the country's food security, a study by the Auditor-General has revealed.

Lack of capital, skills block farmers’ access to benefits-Kwara governor

Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah  Ahmed

Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah  Ahmed   has identified lack of capital, relevant skills  and the absence of adequate information as factors hindering farmer abilities to derive greater benefits from animal production.

Agric College staffs, students accuse provost of mismanagement

College Mechanized Farm

*My accusers are malicious, says provost

 Few days to the 98th anniversary of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moore Plantation, Ibadan, there has been disquiet between the college provost, staffs and students. While the accusers allege that since the arrival of the provost, Engr. (Dr) B.A Adelekan the college had been in deplorable condition, as most of the college’s businesses,  facilities and structures such as the college garri processing unit, the bakery, fisheries unit, amongst others, have become rundown due to poor management of the college by inexperienced hands.

Kenya: Uhuru Orders Disbursement of Sh1.2 Billion to Miraa Sector

President Uhuru Kenyatta receives the Miraa Task Force report from its chairman Geoffrey Nchooro M'mwenda at State House, Nairobi on April 4, 2017.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the government to release Sh1.2 billion to implement recommendations made by a taskforce towards recovery of the miraa farming sector.

Edo state to create 1,000 jobs through Agriculture

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki

In a bid to tackle unemployment in the state through agriculture, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has launched 1, 000 hectares of cleared field for maize production in Sobe Farm Settlement  in Owan West Local government of the state.