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 Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:28:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZzk14R7o-X593hDS9njgCr [The Conversation Africa] For most agricultural subsectors, South Africa is emerging from one of the best years. The 2020/21 season saw bumper harvests for grains, oilseeds and some fruits. These boosted export earnings and improved farm incomes, especially for grains where the large harvest coincided with higher crop prices.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:26:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZzk14R7o-X593hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEY9ib9CccDhtyVCAQLB0bf5 [Ghanaian Times] Tema -- The Ghana Unity Association of Maryland in the United States of America on Wednesday presented food items worth about $1000 to the Tetteh Ocloo State School for the Deaf in Tema.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:58:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEY9ib9CccDhtyVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEY9ib9CccDht-4DA87rvhPr [Premium Times] It is time to evolve towards more modern entrepreneurship in the Nigerian agricultural sector.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:50:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEY9ib9CccDht-4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZa3OZgmPBLxYfjc6hd5eWF [Egypt Online] Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli presided over a meeting Thursday 20/1/2022 to follow up on the situation related to the nitrogen fertilizers system and ways to meet the needs of farmers and increase crop yields.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:29:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZa3OZgmPBLxYfjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa03I2OVMalpmhamfNIiY2W [This Day] According to a report conducted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), extreme poverty in Western Africa increased by nearly three per cent, noting that the proportion of people in the region living with less than $1.90 a day increased from 2.3 per cent in 2020 to 2.9 per cent in 2021.]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa03I2OVMalpmhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbrBtKQurUPzFhGNgNo2_0q [Daily Maverick] Will the South African government publish much-needed legislation to restrict the marketing and advertising of unhealthy food to children this year? In Part Two of #Food Justice's mini-series on the subject, we investigate why the process has stalled and the meaning of industry 'self-regulation' (in the near-absence of government enforcement).]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:43:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbrBtKQurUPzFhGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaWO8U4ZTMpgGW0GqTRQSgk [New Dawn] President George Manneh Weah has re-nominated Madam Emma Metieh Glassco and Mr. Augustine S. Manoballah as Director-General and Deputy Director-General for Administration, respectively of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA).]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:08:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaWO8U4ZTMpgGW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaWO8U4ZTMpgOifqJurszLU [New Dawn] The National Standards Laboratory of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently held a one-day inception meeting and workshop of the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) activities under the Cassava Transformation Project (CASTRAP) in Monrovia.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:08:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaWO8U4ZTMpgOifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa2hkKo327L2IMOI2eu70Rg [Vanguard] Akure -- Enconiums were showered on the lawmaker representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo for empowering 350 farmers in his constituency with motorcycles to boost agricultural activities.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:21:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa2hkKo327L2IMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbYP571EuESL3CrAHWlao0B [The Herald] Farmers have planted more than 1,4 million hectares of major crops as rains continue in most parts of the country.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:35:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbYP571EuESL3CrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYIh4UAf7vj327fhEn5oRuR [Premium Times] The N1.4 billion will be used to procure equipment and agricultural inputs for the National Youth Farmers' Scheme.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:21:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYIh4UAf7vj327fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb_ijv68ZYSR27fhEn5oRuR [Namibian] AN air of uncertainty and desperation continues to loom large among northern communal farmers whose livelihoods generally depend on crop production.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:46:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb_ijv68ZYSR27fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb_ijv68ZYSR6vLeqE6yv18 [New Era] Author, life coach and radio DJ Otto Kapuka is continuing efforts to help others and is now running a garden at Onangombe in the Omusati region to provide employment to youth and produce affordable fruit and vegetables.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:41:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb_ijv68ZYSR6vLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZwCYu_kODDPnMq2h3ehXEp [Foroyaa] All these days bakers who spoke to Foroyaa have insisted that they will only sell a loaf of 'tapalapa' bread at D10 and that if the government insists that they sell it at D7 they will close their bakeries and invest in another business.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:11:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZwCYu_kODDPnMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZwCYu_kODDPn-fx8LWuXng [Foroyaa] A press release from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE) to the media on Friday 14th January 2022, stated that shortage in flour which culminated in the scarcity of bread in the country, was due to shortage of production encountered simultaneously by the two producer Companies of the product operating in the country, and is a rare occurrence in the history of the sector. The two Companies according to the release, are GMC Corporation and Nessim Company Ltd.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:11:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZwCYu_kODDPn-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbgA2j9G65hrgm0QkxGtqLL [FrontPageAfrica] Sinyea -- After two years of poor harvests the Sumo family was nervous this year. Rain had been unpredictable. The sun felt hotter. The soil on their five-hectare plot here was dry. They planted bitter ball, pumpkin, pepper, corn, okra and rice and followed the rules they had followed their whole lives as subsistence farmers.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:04:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbgA2j9G65hrgm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYtm-5VxHSPQ0QqW5gBv7mX [The Herald] A local trade union, Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers Union of Zimbabwe (PAAWUZ) has condemned the violation of the Child Labour Act by some farms in Mazowe District.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:10:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYtm-5VxHSPQ0QqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYBluYKLWjm3kFW8UNEQjUn [New Times] Soybean and sunflower farmers have appealed for financial and technical support from the government to help boost their production and offset the high prices of cooking oil.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:43:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYBluYKLWjm3kFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYrrP5lbx0SbheIF_fEM9tn [AIM] One of the main food processing companies in Mozambique, Companhia Industrial de Matola (CIM), has announced an 11 per cent increase in the price of wheat flour, leading to fears that the price of bread will now rise, reports the independent newssheet "Mediafax" on 12 January.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:00:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYrrP5lbx0SbheIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa5ydLY7oOqUt3hDS9njgCr [Leadership] For President Muhammadu Buhari, the commissioning of rice pyramids in Abuja yesterday is an indication that Nigeria is making steady and assured progress towards self-sufficiency in food production.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:50:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa5ydLY7oOqUt3hDS9njgCr