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The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS)

Sunday, 9 July 2017

Zimbabwe: Agro Processors' Meeting Set for Tomorrow

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Agro Processors'
Food fortification, Grain Marketing Board commercial activities and fertiliser availability are issues high on the agenda of the agro processors meeting to be held tomorrow.

Saturday, 8 July 2017

Ghana: Fishermen Agree to Put a Stop to Light Fishing

Fishermen carrying their fishing nets off a boat at Jamestown, Accra.
press release
 
Fishermen in the coastal regions of the country have agreed to put a stop to light fishing as a measure of arresting the consistent decline in the stocks of fish within the coastal waters.

Sudan: Drinking Water, Bread Shortage in White Nile and North Kordofan

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water
A severe drinking water crisis has gripped El Gezira Aba in White Nile state, in south-east Sudan. A bread shortage in El Obeid is causing long queues in front of bakeries.

Friday, 7 July 2017

Malawi, Unicef Launch Humanitarian Drone Testing Corridor - the First Project of Its Kind in Africa


Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has launched Africa's first air corridor to test the use of drones in humanitarian missions.

FG to compensate 136 poultry farmers who lost their birds to flu

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Chicken
The Federal Ministry of Finance will soon commence the payment of N438 million compensation to 136 poultry farmers, in 22 local councils, who lost their birds to avian influenza in Kano.

Food Security in the Niger Delta


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food Stuff


The Superhighway project has been controversial from the day it was first announced publicly for many reasons. First, it was routed without regard to the negative impacts it would have on the Cross River National Park (CRNP) and a number of community forests in its path.

PRESS RELEASE -FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO END FARMERS/HERDSMEN CLASHES­­­­­­­­­-INAUGURATES LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.


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Chief Audu Ogbeh
The Federal Government in her determination to end the regular clashes between Farmers/Herdsmen which result in huge loss of lives, crops and properties has inaugurated a Local Organizing Committee.

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Agriculture Group: Drought Has Cost Italian Farmers 1 Billion Euros


Drought
Soaring temperatures and a lack of rainfall across Italy have cost farmers 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) so far this year, the national agricultural association said on Friday.

FG Restates Commitment To Job Creation Through Agriculture


Senator Heineken Lokpobiri
The Federal government through the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has again expressed the political will and commitment to creating business employment in agriculture.

Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Zimbabwe: Fortification Debate Rages

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grain milling industry
The grain milling industry has appealed to Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Mike Bimha to engage Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa to rescind his decision to impose a mandatory fortification programme citing lack of adequate consultation on the matter, among other reasons.