Kenya: Tea Farmers Get Sh42 Billion Bonus After 2-Day Delay

Tea Farmers

Small-scale tea farmers started receiving Sh42 billion payment popularly known as bonus Tuesday following a two-day delay occasioned by impromptu holidays last week.

Malawi Needs an Urgent Shift From Relief to Resilience - Chilima

food

Vice President Saulos Chilima says it is high time Malawi breaks the circle of food insecurity arising due to weather shocks by urgently transiting from relief to resilience paradigm.

Pyrethrum or Sun Flower Farming

Pyrethrum Farming

Pyrethrum is a cash crop grown for its natural pyrethrins which are used in formulating insecticides. The flowers are pulverized and the active components, called pyrethrins, contained in the seed cases, are extracted and sold in the form of an oleoresin. Pyrethrins attack the nervous systems of all insects .

Rwf260 Billion Earmarked for Research in Agric Transformation

Agric Transformation

Agriculture performance and food security are expected to improve further, thanks to a new Rwf260 billion agriculture transformation scheme.

FG officials storm Fed. College Agric, Ibadan today

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Government (FG) has yesterday sent out its fresh team to the College of Agriculture (FCA), Moorplantation, Ibadan to put under control the violent activities that has led to halting people and destruction of properties of the school and individuals. All this happened during a peaceful demonstration that turned to be violent due to the policemen approach.

USAID Release: Nigeria to benefit in US food security plan.

Reduce Hunger, Malnutrition & Poverty

The United States (US) has targeted twelve countries of the world including Nigeria to reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition using the Global Food Security Act as strategies to achieve this as plans are already under way. This was contained in a statement signed by Jana.T Sweeny, Development Outreach and Communication specialist.

KDC Ag’s Technology is Taking Food Waste From Fork to Farm

Taking Food Waste From Fork to Farm

Kamine Development Corporation’s agriculture division (KDC Ag) has developed a technology with California Safe Soil that converts more than 30 tons of fresh food waste into fertilizer and animal feed in just three hours.

Tanzania: Livestock Activists Condemn Govt for Burning Chicks

Livestock

Veterinarians have condemned government's decision to burn 6,400 chicks which were illegally imported from Kenya.

Breaking news: Tension at Fed. College of Agric after FMARD visits

Victim

·       Police attacks, two in hospital

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development (FMARD) fact finding officials sent to the College of Agriculture located at the Moorplantation, Ibadan may have resulted to heating up the peaceful atmosphere as students are presently protesting with two or more casualties recorded as a result of sporadic shooting by the police.

Campbell: “Goal of bringing more plant-based foods to consumers”

Goal of bringing more plant-based foods to consumers”

The Campbell Soup Company announces it is joining the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), the only trade group in the United States that represents the plant-based food sector. Campbell is the first major food company to join PBFA.