Ethiopia: Alarm As Drought Kills Two Million Livestock

Drought

Drought victims continue to live in fear and uncertainty as the recent severe drought has killed two million livestock so far, according to a report of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The primary reason for the death of the livestock is linked to a rise in drought affected areas and people.

Nigeria: How New Farming Initiative Is Transforming Lives in Nasarawa Community

Farmer

Gaate is about an hour drive away from the Abuja municipality. But this rural settlement along the Keffi-Akwanga road in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State could as well have been in another country. Blessed with vast arable land, majority of the residents are subsistent farmers and neither dream or feel the glitz of the Nigerian federal capital.

Sudan: Bread Shortage in Sudan's El Gedaref, Prices Soar in Darfur

Bread

 The capital of El Gedaref state has witnessed a severe bread shortage since Monday. A resident told Radio Dabanga that people must queue for hours at bakeries hoping to get some bread.

Mozambique: Over 400,000 US Dollars Needed for Grain Storage Silos Repairs

Silos

The Mozambique Commodity Exchange (BMM) says that it needs at least 25 million meticais (about 410,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate) to correct mistakes made during the construction of grain storage silos across the country.

Malawi: Climate Extremes, Policy Confuse Crop Choices for Malawi Farmers

Maize

Many farmers feel ill-equipped to decide how much of which crop to plant and when

Elias Kanyangale is ecstatic about his maize harvest. Balancing on a homemade ladder, the farmer retrieves cobs from a full granary, the bounty of this year's good rains, which broke three years of drought in Malawi.

PRESS RELEASE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMENDS THE IJEBU DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ON POVERTY REDUCTION AND ADVISES OTHER STATES TO EMULATE IN AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVES.

THE HON MINISTER OF STATE,AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT,SENATOR HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI WITH THE DELEGATION  OF  THE IJEBU DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ON POVERTY REDUCTION  LED BY THE CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INITIATIVE, PROF. OLANIPEKUN ALAUSA WHEN THE LATTTER PAID  A COURTESY VISIT  TO THE MINISTER IN ABUJA.

                                                   

The Federal Government has commended the Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction ( IDIPR) for contributing to fish production in the country and advised other states to emulate the community’s agricultural initiative.

South Africa: Western Cape Agriculture Confirms Presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Two Ostrich Farms in Heidelberg Area

Ostrich Farms

 press release
 

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI), type H5N8, in two ostrich farms in the Heidelberg area.

Tanzania: Ambitious New Plan Aims to Double Production of Coffee

Coffee

Coffee production in Tanzania could more than double in four years' time if an action programme to increase the competitiveness of small holder farmers is successfully implemented.

Botswana: Govt Supports Farming

farmer

President Lieutenant General Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama has reassured farmers that government's commitment towards agriculture will continue undiminished.

Nigeria: NDE Trains 400 Youths On Agricultural Skills

NDE

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in collaboration with C. Hassan Consultancy Ltd. has commenced a refresher training of 400 unemployed youths in Kaduna state on agricultural skills for gainful employment.