Tag: Africa Food Security
Nigeria: Food and Nutrition Insecurity becomes severe
Statistics given by The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), say that about 14.4 million Nigerians face food and nutrition insecurity.
A breakdown of the statistics...
Zimbabwe Signs Lucrative Citrus Export Deal With China
A seven-year negotiation process for Zimbabwe to export fresh citrus fruits to China ended Wednesday with senior government officials from the two countries concluding...
Food security: Agricorp Int’l invests N4bn to boost poultry production
Agricorp International, Nigeria’s fast-growing agriculture producing, processing, and the export company has invested N4 billion into acquiring poultry production facilities across three states in...
Kenyan Cane farmers welcome Sh1.5bn stimulus package for sugar sector
Cane farmers in Kenya have welcomed the allocation of Sh1.5 billion by the government to offset debts in a move to revive the sugar...
LIBERIA: FAO And Japanese Embassy Sign An Agreement On Fisheries/Agriculture
The Director-General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority NaFAA has expressed appreciation for the signing of the funding agreement between the Food and...
IFAD Equips 116 Nigerian Extension Agents with Agronomic Practices, Data Management
No less than 116 Nigerian extension agents have been equipped with good agronomic practices and data management by the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
CAP-F Partners Pledge Support for Private Sector Agribusiness Investments in Nigeria
Food Security is essential to achieve the SDG 2, attaining Food sufficiency by 2030 is the goal to achieving zero hunger.
The food situation in...
Zambian smallholders to benefit from EUR 30 Million agriculture investment initiative...
First targeted European Investment Bank support for sustainable agriculture investment in Zambia; Initiative to increase access to finance, support job creation and enhance agricultural...
AFAN hails NALDA’s integrated farm projects to attain food security
Following predictions of food crisis in the country due to some factors, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Monday, hailed move by the National...
Uganda Partners With EU To Improve Exports
The Uganda government has resolved to introduce a program dubbed “farming for exports” through which farmers are to be sensitized on how to produce...
