Follow AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-agriculture Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:03:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEav9OTvjEplXW0dX84dnP8Y [Times of Zambia] IT seems the trips being undertaken by President Hakainde Hichilema are bearing unimaginable results as evident by the many deals scored with the farmers now put under pressure not only to satisfy the local market but outside as well.]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:37:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEav9OTvjEplXW0dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEav9OTvjEplXe9WSSr4-0sP [Times of Zambia] The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) Director General, Douty Chibamba has noted the need to strengthen collaboration with other relevant authorities at points of entry in relation to Pesticides and Toxic Substances (PTS) control.]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:36:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEav9OTvjEplXe9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYEInb27z1xQ68qfTAM-Smm [UN News] At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and preservation of our seas.]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:28:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYEInb27z1xQ68qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYEInb27z1xQ67VFky8BpXO [Govt of SA] Employment and Labour calls for maximum labour laws compliance in the agriculture sector]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:17:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYEInb27z1xQ67VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYEInb27z1xQ6bel3Iu4GjH [Capital FM] Lisbon, Portugal -- President Uhuru Kenyatta will tomorrow, Monday, 27th June, co-chair the second United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon with his Portugal counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and UN Secretary General António Guterres.]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:14:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYEInb27z1xQ6bel3Iu4GjH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEauqzD4x3ZAHSoxzwoq1nFt [Daily News] FACTS stand as such that the new varieties of both Arabica and Robusta coffee seedlings invented at the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute (TaCRI) have helped a lot to improve the livelihood of farmers across the country.]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:29:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEauqzD4x3ZAHSoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZr2pcpY75HZNKEpFgimKzx [Ghanaian Times] Takoradi -- A 63 -year old farmer from Sefwi Akutuase in the Western North Region, Evelyn Andoh, emerged the ultimate winner of Gold in the Soil Award at the 4th Women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum (WOFAGRIC) held in Takoradi in the Western Region, on Thursday]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:26:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZr2pcpY75HZNKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEadGBccOew_-OifqJurszLU [Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to prevent famine in Somalia.]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:08:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEadGBccOew_-OifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYNWBm-js9jLnKSkciKEY1s [UN News] The island nation of Cabo Verde is facing record levels of food insecurity due to drought, the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, affecting some 181,000 people, or 32 per cent of the country, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:33:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYNWBm-js9jLnKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbjoCfN9X9miNaXKMm36c-X [Shabelle] Mogadishu -- MOGADISHU -- The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:22:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbjoCfN9X9miNaXKMm36c-X https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYcfr0SRdzVDgBC78OgjhDM [VOA] Nairobi -- Ukraine's foreign minister says Kyiv is ready to export much-needed grain to Africa as soon as Russia lifts its Black Sea blockade. In a U.S.-arranged online briefing to journalists Thursday, he blamed Russia for the global food crisis affecting millions of Africans and called for more African support against Moscow.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 13:06:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYcfr0SRdzVDgBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYbWTjXmp7TFVyOSYGFl6uu [VOA] New York -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an international conference on food security Friday that the world is facing the "real risk" of multiple famines this year and that 2023 could be even worse.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 12:39:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYbWTjXmp7TFVyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa3fvof6anhN2sGk81fO-bN [New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is facing an acute bread shortage after millers threatened to stop producing flour due to scarcity of wheat while bakers are pushing for permission to sell bread exclusively in US dollars.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:44:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa3fvof6anhN2sGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa3fvof6anhNx-xWH3zZqEA [Ayin English] Musa Ali, a baker in Bahri, North Khartoum, is not looking forward to working in the days ahead. "The price of bread will go up --my customers will not be happy--and [they] will blame me for something I cannot control."]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:44:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa3fvof6anhNx-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa3fvof6anhNxhSCv31NykC [Shabelle] The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it's seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December.]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:43:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa3fvof6anhNxhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbQ5azDSiECIZNaYRWadcX6 [Seychelles News Agency] New businesses are expected to enter the coco de mer value-added production sector while existing ones may get their permit renewed when a selection committee announces who has been successful with their proposals next week.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:12:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbQ5azDSiECIZNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbCsAkyZ6vafAX50KYzL9tX [Dabanga] Foro Baranga -- Dozens of people reportedly died of hunger in the Foro Baranga camp for the displaced in West Darfur in the past three months after international aid organisations stopped distributing goods in the camp.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:02:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbCsAkyZ6vafAX50KYzL9tX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbNIiaeTHKPP67VFky8BpXO [IPS] New Orleans -- When I first met Dr. Roland Bunch, I have to be honest--he scared me. As one of the most well-respected leaders on agronomy and resilient land management, he offers extremely prescient predictions on how famines take root when soils fail--and also has an admirably clear-eyed view of what we need to do better.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:50:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbNIiaeTHKPP67VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZTkZOp7iOmW3HnycKeoCpf [Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for increased investments in agriculture and its value chain by African states to help make the continent food sufficient and lift millions out of hunger.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:32:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZTkZOp7iOmW3HnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa1QpsKz-brxS3FFO_xyF25 [New Republic] A dozen farmers in Yarmein Administrative District, Nimba County have been presented with Public Land Sale Deeds in acknowledgement of their traditional land ownership.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:03:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa1QpsKz-brxS3FFO_xyF25