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 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:04:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZ2fXGlJAYb1BhSCv31NykC [UMP] Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7N6 avian flu that began at the end of May have led to the loss of about a quarter of South Africa's poultry, with layer farms hit hardest, according to a poultry industry official quoted in a South African agriculture publication.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:26:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZ2fXGlJAYb1BhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYTDtoSjaxu1koy9CZgXDJO [Govt of SA] South Africa is currently dealing with a number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 and H7 outbreaks. Up to 21 September 2023, a total of fifty (50) HPAI H7 outbreaks and ten (10) HPAI H5 outbreaks were reported.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:49:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYTDtoSjaxu1koy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbC3mevEHHneVLv-B9hV9S2 [ANGOP] Viana -- At least 23 tonnes of food products were exported Thursday for the first time from Angola to the United States of America by the Angolan food processing company Food Care, under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:04:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbC3mevEHHneVLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEas5va1kbKAJCRFMxTa8z4W [New Times] Theofrida Maginga, a PhD candidate at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) at the University of Rwanda (UR) specializing in Embedded Computing Systems is in advanced stages of developing a ChatGPT-powered Swahili chatbot that will help smallholder farmers detect crop diseases quickly and easily.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:17:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEas5va1kbKAJCRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaJb5icisVkXkZPHFZJLI3I [Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR: MOROGORO and Tanga may be having more cloves and spices than Zanzibar, a status that prompted farmers from the two regions to collaborate with their counterparts from the Isles in search for markets for their produce.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:58:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaJb5icisVkXkZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbpiZjgKgNQPwC0qH-r7xlT [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyan poultry farmers are grappling with high losses amid an increase in illegal hatcheries and breeder farms that have resulted in an increase in the mortality rate of day-old chicks.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:56:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbpiZjgKgNQPwC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaW-ecgdMa53FyOSYGFl6uu [Daily News] BETWEEN 8 and 22 September, a delegation made up of technical staff from the World Food Programme (WFP) Centre of Excellence against Hunger Brazil, the Federal University of Campina Grande and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC, in Portuguese) conducted a technical mission to Tanzania.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:41:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaW-ecgdMa53FyOSYGFl6uu https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaBK5WIiFfchnOFESPuQWsX [ANGOP] Soyo -- A new seafood processing plant has been inaugurated on Saturday in the coastal town of Soyo, Angolan Zaire province, by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Carmen of Sacramento Neto.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:23:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaBK5WIiFfchnOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb7E7Uw2L0iG67VFky8BpXO [SciDev.Net] New Delhi -- An Indian export ban on non-basmati rice has spurred calls to pursue greater self-sufficiency among rice-consuming countries and expand rice production to new areas such as Africa for increased food resiliency.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:42:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb7E7Uw2L0iG67VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYZMHQFJ7_JtHMq2h3ehXEp [Botswana Daily News] Lobatse -- Botswana and Angola can strengthen trade relations through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in agriculture, says Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Mr Molebatsi Molebatsi.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:10:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYZMHQFJ7_JtHMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa4XTFLV3c81nMq2h3ehXEp [VOA] Nairobi -- About 76% of farmers are worried about the future impact of climate change, while 71% say it already has had an impact on their farms and incomes, a recent survey by life science company Bayer Group found.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 10:50:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa4XTFLV3c81nMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEazqMY8laLuDRKeetMRuZbW [UN News] Although small island States are the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, the scope of those impacted is much wider, the President of the UN General Assembly warned on Thursday.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:56:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEazqMY8laLuDRKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYU5uDMM4i0-um6srrLMsqK [AFSA] 21 September 2023 - Local communities impacted by the operations of Belgium's SIAT Group are rising up in unity against land and human rights abuses. From Ghana to Nigeria and Ivory Coast, these communities seek an end to a decade-long conflict tied to SIAT's extensive plantations.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:09:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYU5uDMM4i0-um6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYU5uDMM4i0-uifqJurszLU [FAO] Bolstering Nigeria's booming catfish sector to help feed Africa's most populous country]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:01:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYU5uDMM4i0-uifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEar6aD7jzQ_qIeLGixeGJZp [allAfrica] Harare -- The executive of the European Union announced on September 19 that humanitarian aid payments to Somalia had been "temporarily suspended" following a U.N. investigation that revealed rampant theft and abuse of money intended to prevent starvation, Reuters reports.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:10:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEar6aD7jzQ_qIeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEahWmEL2eLyA6gHTd9OkkKt [State Department] New York City, New York -- SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. So we're, what, about halfway through High-Level Week, I think - (laughter) - which is known at the department basically as speed-dating for diplomats. And we have lots of events, lots of meetings, lots of gatherings. But I have to tell you I was really looking forward to this particular meeting, this particular gathering, and I'll tell you why in a few minutes.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:57:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEahWmEL2eLyA6gHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZdPsxt7jqlnqvLeqE6yv18 [Atlantic Council] Online Event Tue, September 19, 2023 · 9:30 am ET - On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the Atlantic Council hosts global leaders taking on the world's most pressing issues and shaping its future.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:38:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZdPsxt7jqlnqvLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZdPsxt7jqlnoMOI2eu70Rg [IPS] Nairobi, Kenya -- Despite the dominance of the "Big Three" cereal crops and a steady rise in meat consumption, an overlooked food sector is projected to become ever more central to Africa's food security and rural economic growth between now and 2050.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:30:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZdPsxt7jqlnoMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZcD8vODNkg_HMq2h3ehXEp [Parliament of South Africa] The residents of the Western Cape Province's Cape Winelands District expressed their full support for the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land (PDAL) Bill during public hearings that were conducted by the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the Bill yesterday at Van Huyssteem Avenue Indoor Sports Centre in Worcester.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:02:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZcD8vODNkg_HMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaJ2SIZtmE4Jy1Ly282xAAw [Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan is upbeat about the newly launched 280bn/- Kilwa Masoko Fishing Port project in driving Tanzania's ambitious blue economy agenda.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:37:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaJ2SIZtmE4Jy1Ly282xAAw