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Global hunger has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but conflict and climate shocks are beginning to reverse these gains, an annual global hunger index said on Thursday. Nearly half of the 119 countries surveyed had “serious”, “alarming” or “extremely alarming” hunger levels between 2012 and 2016, with war-torn Central African Republic worst affected, […]
The country has earned about 307.5 million dollars from the export of sesame in the past fiscal year- the lowest in five years. Hoping there will be no further decline, the Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources (MoANR) plans to uplift the revenue from the export of sesame by 16pc in the current fiscal year. […]
Zimbabwe is facing a serious fertiliser shortage, amid revelations that an additional US$60 million is required for importation of raw materials to manufacture adequate stocks outside the US$56 million the country recently secured through an arrangement with the African Import and Export Bank (Afreximbank), an industry representative has revealed. Last week, the Reserve Bank of […]
As the pressure continue mounting on the future of tobacco following the growing ant-smoking campaign at global level that has led to declining revenues to farmers, most of Malawi’s tobacco growers, as a survival mechanism, are now slowly abandoning growing of the crop in favor of other crops such as soya beans, sorghum, and groundnuts. […]
A number of incoming governors are taking steps to revive the once rosy pyrethrum sector even as more firms seek the regulator’s permit to set up operations in Kenya. Leading are Nakuru and Nyandarua, whose governments pledge to encourage more farmers to go back to the crop. Nyandarua governor Francis Kimemia has assured investors that […]
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and Africa Lead is building the capacity of Women in Nigeria through training in entrepreneurial skills to develop long-term activities to strengthen institution as a way to increased agricultural productivity along the value chain. Speaking in Abuja during the graduation of agribusiness and entrepreneurship development short course […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has banned export of unprocessed milk as part of efforts geared at streamlining the sector’s value chain. The ban is mainly targeting cattle keepers in the Western Province districts of Rubavu, Rutsiro, Nyabihu and Ngororero, and provides tough measures against those that will contravene the new guidelines on milk trade in […]
A Brazilian company plans to invest in the mining and agriculture sectors in Malawi. Costa Negócios, a Brazilian company working in commercial exporting, agribusiness and industrial building disclosed this through its Chief Executive Officer responsible for Africa, Danilo Danelucci, on the sidelines of an audience the company had with President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika at […]
The government and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have signed two agreements aimed at supporting farmers on issues related to climate change and improve competitiveness in rice farming, particularly in Iringa Region. The agreements were signed in Dar es Salaam yesterday between the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock […]
Kenya will refashion its partnership with UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to inject vitality in food production systems against the backdrop of rising hunger, malnutrition and environmental risks, official said on Thursday. Willy Bett, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, said that a robust engagement with FAO in diverse areas like agronomy, […]
—Nigeria to create 45m jobs needed in Africa Business mogul, Aliko Dangote told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa […]
Government has come up with a $20 million loan facility to benefit small scale tobacco growers and ensure auction floors remain functional. This follows realisation that the bulk of flue-cured tobacco was being grown under the contract system. Few farmers were now selling through auction floors. Addressing farmers at Howgate Farm in Murehwa yesterday, Agriculture, […]
Coffee farmers must invest in technologies that will add value to their coffee if they are to earn more money from the cash crop. According to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) executive director, Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, most Ugandans are selling raw berries which fetch lower price than when a little value was added to […]
An estimated 60-90 million quintals of crop produce is lost annually in Ethiopia owing to poor post-harvest handling, researches indicate. The amount accounts 20-30 percent of the total production. To put it into an understandable perspective, the stated produce could feed over 20 million people for about a year. Currently, Non-for-profit organizations in partnership with […]
Africa’s biggest hatchery and feed mill constructed by Olam Grains Nigeria was inaugurated Tuesday in Kaduna. The company, constructed at$ 150 million, consists of feed mill, hatchery and breeder farm, Olam’s Business Head, Vinod Mishra, has said. Mishra told journalists that the company would process 180,000 tonnes of corn and 75,000 tonnes of soya beans […]