According to the report, food safety deserves urgent attention because foodborne hazards account for 91 million acute illnesses and 137,000 deaths annually in Africa. The World Bank estimates show that each year unsafe food costs economies of low- and middle-income countries about US$110 billion in lost productivity and
In 2018, South Africa’s agricultural exports grew by 7% y/y to US$10.6 billion, a record level in a dataset starting from 2001. This was underpinned by increased exports of oranges, grapes, wine, maize, apples, wool, lemons, mandarins, and pears, amongst other products. Over the same
The demand was made by farmers at a programme organized by the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, with the theme: Regional Sensitisation for Smallholder Farmers in North-Central in collaboration with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA and supported by the United States Agency for International
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has disclosed that the country is losing a staggering sum of $9 billion annually due to poor investment in agribusiness. The minister said that Nigeria was also losing over 240 million metric tonnes of fish in
The National President of the Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN), Mr Rotimi Oloye, said the USA had banned Nigerian smoked fish from February 18, 2018, following the failure of the department to respond to no fewer than six letters written by
In 2018, the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe mentioned that about 30% – 40% of the foods produced in Nigeria is ultimately wasted. This means that the problems stem beyond the farming process as issues such as wastage can still hinder successful Agriculture.
The minister disclosed this at the First National Tomato Stakeholders Summit in Kano on Thursday. The cold rooms, he added, would be installed in about 15 locations in the state. “In addition to that, the government will also provide cold trucks to transport tomatoes from
Backed up by a pledge to buy Tanzania’s entire 2018 crop private buyers acting for processors in Vietnam and India refused to pay underscore the enduring problem for so many of Africa.s commodity producers. African farmers grow around 45percent of the world’s cashew nut, yet
Addressing agricultural and a security issue in Africa is critically not only to economic development across the continent but to the future of food production worldwide over the next generation Much progress has been made globally in terms of extreme poverty, According to the world bank the
As climate change makes rainfed agriculture an increasingly precarious venture, small-scale irrigation technology is key to ensuring smallholder farmers can adapt and manage risk. However, despite the gradual uptake of small-scale irrigation technologies, women farmers are at risk of being left behind. Overall, women are less likely