Nanono who gave the assurance along with the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shekuri, during their maiden meeting with staff at the sector at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, said will be his major focus for the next four years. According
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday donated agricultural equipment to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to enhance agricultural development in the country. The items are laboratory coats, seed trays, personal protective equipment, digital grain moisture analyzer, tarpaulins, weighing scale and sampling
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) have revealed that it is working with partners in various countries to ensure that farmers have access to drought and flood-tolerant seeds. This move became necessary following the rising effects of climate change which has a
Zimbabwe and Russia have signed multi-billion dollar cooperation agreements, the Zimbabwean information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said on August 20. New deals concern key sectors such as energy, mining, tourism, health, agriculture, and media. Six of the agreements target the mutual protection of classified information, cooperation
A delegation of Israeli government officials visited the central African nation of Chad this month to discuss bilateral economic ties. The delegation to Chad—a Muslim-majority nation—was led by Economy and Industry Ministry Foreign Trade Administration export-policy director Itai Melchior, as well as other officials from
According to him, the AGRF 2019 will particularly identify and catalyze the enabling policies, programs, and investments to leverage digital transformation to drive sustainable food systems in Africa. Addressing the media at a press briefing, Mr. Foster Boateng said: “Given the unprecedented growth and adoption
Adesina made this comment while addressing over 1,000 delegates at the opening ceremony of the 39th Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Summit. This year’s Summit is themed on ‘A Conducive Environment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, Increased Intra-trade and Job Creation’. Tanzanian President John
Great strides have been made in developing energy, infrastructure and trade routes in Southern Africa, the African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said. This has been helped greatly by the African Development Bank’s $13bn investment in the region since 2012, Adesina told the 39th
Farming rabbits could be a way for small scale South African farmers to get into exports for just R35,000 in startup costs. This is according to Pertunia Setumo, agricultural economist at First National Bank’s business unit, who believes investing in rabbit farms could provide food
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is coming under fire after calling for the central bank to stop providing the foreign currency needed to pay the country’s vast food import bill. Mr Buhari this week “directed” the central bank to cease providing dollars and other currencies to