Lesotho: Bumper Harvest Forecast for Lesotho

Lesotho

LESOTHO faces a food security respite this year due to a marked upsurge in both the area planted and yields for maize, sorghum and wheat, a Bureau of Statistics (BOS) report has revealed.

Nigeria: Govt Trains Bee Farmers to Meet EU Honey Export

 Bee

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) have commenced quality guideline training of bee farmers across the country.

Liberia: Stakeholders Validate Draft Food Law and National Standard Act

farmers

A critical stakeholders' meeting was held over the weekend in Monrovia to validate the proposed draft food law and the national standard act to ensure that food and other goods released to the public are evaluated properly to meet international standards of quality and safety.

Tanzania: Govt Insists a Ban On Maize Export Won't Be Lifted

Maize Export

The government has reiterated that the ban on maize exports is here to stay and that those trying to go contrary to the directive may face the music.

Tanzania: Traders Defy Cereal Export Ban, But 104 Trucks Seized

Maize

Barely three days after Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa issued a directive banning export of food crops, the level of defiance among farmers and traders has remained astonishingly high as police in Kilimanjaro had, by yesterday, seized at least 104 trucks smuggling maize into neighboring Kenya.

Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Akinwunmi Adesina Won 2017 World Food Prize

AfDB president Akin Adesina.

The World Food Prize Foundation has explained why Akinwumi Adesina won the $250,000 2017 World Food Prize Laureate prize on Monday.

Nigeria: Govt to Provide Enough Fertiliser for Farmers in 2017

Fertiliser

The Federal Government said yesterday that adequate provision has been made for farmers across the country to have enough fertilize to grow food throughout the year.

Uganda: MPs Want Govt to Act On Sugar Prices

sugar

Parliament has poked holes in a statement by government explaining causes of the current sugar crisis characterized by high prices.

Uganda: Farmers Smuggle Animals Out of Quarantined Areas

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Authorities in Nakasongola District have admitted failure in the management and control of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) as some farmers smuggle animals out of from quarantined areas.

Uganda: GMO Bill Back in Parliament After Three Years On Shelf

A research maize field.

Parliament on Wednesday began scrutinizing the Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill 2012, which has been on the shelves for more than three years.