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, 22 Mar 2023 12:41:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEatXlJa3DacRVw3HFUzDTIP [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's capital city Addis Abeba is hit by unprecedented price hike coupled with chronic shortage of Teff, Ethiopia's staple grain. But for political actors and activists supporting and opposing the ruling Prosperity Party (PP), the issue is not a mere supply-demand market malfunction. Critiques of the ruling Oromo Prosperity Party have overcrowded several media outlets crying foul about Amhara Teff farmers and traders being "systematically sidelined" from the market system in Addis Abeba, whereas offic]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:08:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEatXlJa3DacRVw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb9E3GR5MJH3cqq6eZJzUh9 [The Conversation Africa] Across the arid landscape of northern Kenya, roadside signs proclaim projects aimed at creating "resilience" among pastoralist communities. This is a region where frequent droughts, animal disease, insecurity and structural exclusion all affect pastoral livelihoods.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 06:43:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEb9E3GR5MJH3cqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaWRn5tleRYp9KEpFgimKzx [The Conversation Africa] Climate change affects all spheres of life, particularly those aspects that depend on the environment. Farming communities are a case in point.]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 06:41:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaWRn5tleRYp9KEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaztBjaJALomt3hDS9njgCr [SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Appolinaire Djikeng promises to strengthen research and innovation to improve the health of farmed animals as he becomes the first African to head the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:09:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaztBjaJALomt3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYOG--uKKIjpWFk24e89-qg [UN News] Forests are often called the lungs of the planet, because they absorb harmful carbon dioxide and produce life-giving oxygen so it's no exaggeration to equate healthy forests with healthy people, the theme of this year's International Day of Forests.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:53:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEYOG--uKKIjpWFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbQkNBeR0XHfpONpYks2fGs [Global Press Journal] Bundibugyo, Uganda -- Many of Uganda's small-scale farmers rely on someone else to dry their beans, a practice that keeps them in a cycle of poverty. A new processing factory aims to change that.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:39:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbQkNBeR0XHfpONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbQkNBeR0XHfrb9ICM-PHur [The Conversation Africa] The beans known as oloyin in Yoruba, or as cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), are a favourite food among Nigerians, who eat them in a variety of dishes including soups and stews or as a standalone side dish.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:38:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbQkNBeR0XHfrb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbX-usexWg-TkFW8UNEQjUn [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Solomon Soka, member of the House of Representatives for Konso Nation and director general of Information Network Security Administration (INSA), requested urgent attention to the people of Konso who are exposed to severe damage due to drought.]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:10:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbX-usexWg-TkFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbmDZUiJDGzl3tuT6pSmY81 [Namibia Economist] The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Hon Calle Schlettwein called for intensified collaboration among sectors to ensure sustainable water supply and to safeguard the country's freshwater resources.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:26:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbmDZUiJDGzl3tuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbmDZUiJDGzlxtLdxSOwF-n [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Do 90% eat 3 meals day? Yes just after harvest. But 7 months post-harvest 90% won't eat 3 meals.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:23:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbmDZUiJDGzlxtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbmDZUiJDGzl-4sICfMfkNm [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Labour has succeeded in negotiating a reduction in the price of rice for workers of the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:12:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbmDZUiJDGzl-4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEadrYIYLHteJoeLGixeGJZp [Ghanaian Times] An Entrepreneur­ship Incubation Training Pro­gramme to help address the gap in seed produc­tion in the country was on Monday launched at the University of Gha­na (UG) in Accra.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEadrYIYLHteJoeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbr7-oMeDlP2rb9ICM-PHur [ANGOP] Saurimo -- At least 60,000 hectares of land have been identified, in the eastern Lunda Sul Province, for the start of the National Plan for Promotion of Grain Production (PLANAGRÃO), in 2024.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:25:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbr7-oMeDlP2rb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaI1_NQgeOUtmhamfNIiY2W [New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe continues to lead the 10 countries with the highest food price rise globally despite a significant drop in its year-on-year food inflation, a World Bank report has revealed.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:07:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEaI1_NQgeOUtmhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa0-mXlimAhk8qq6eZJzUh9 [The Point] Demba Sabally, the minister of Agriculture, has told lawmakers that The Gambia is expected to be rice self-sufficient by 2025/26.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:44:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa0-mXlimAhk8qq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa0-mXlimAhkyxhxzpi7FpJ [The Point] The world has perhaps never seen this level of simultaneous agricultural disruption, according to agriculture executives, industry analysts, farmers and economists interviewed by Reuters, meaning it may take years to return to global food security.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:43:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEa0-mXlimAhkyxhxzpi7FpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbdt8tq_6VXeN5ZnUTwRGH7 [Concord] The Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) on Thursday,2nd March, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Food Programme (WFP), to roll out School Feeding support to three districts in Sierra Leone (Bonthe, Kerena, and Kenema). The ceremony took place at the Ministry's Conference Room, First Floor, Youyi Building in Freetown.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:24:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEbdt8tq_6VXeN5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEY6QTRoy0Ma7jErtZyObPkc [FAO] FAO's Global Soils Doctors Programme trains farmers to diagnose and heal soils]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:43:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEY6QTRoy0Ma7jErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZjfNr-gDWQrmsGk81fO-bN [Egypt Online] Minister of Irrigation Hani Suweilam said that Egypt succeeded in putting the water issue in the heart of the climate action via launching an initiative on adaptation in the water sector.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:03:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZjfNr-gDWQrmsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZtT97EN7NZuEQqW5gBv7mX [Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- An information day on the launch of the Culinary Route of Sfax Olive Oil project was organised by Tunisia Olive Association, under the project "Tounes Wijhatouna," funded by the German cooperation GIZ up to TND 153 thousand.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 06:59:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/y6RXibJTWEZtT97EN7NZuEQqW5gBv7mX