Nigeria targets 7m tonnes of rice production in 2018
Rice farmers in Nigeria Nigeria is inching closer to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production as the present administration targets seven ...
Tag: Food Security
‘Invest in small holder farmers to save the planet’ – Experts
A Maize farmer in Mali (PHOTO: FAO) BONN, Germany (PAMACC News) - Investors have been beckoned to turn attention to ...
Cocoa farmers expect abundant harvest as weather improves in Côte d’Ivoire
Cocoa harvesting The size and quality of Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa main crop would be boosted by last week’s mixture of ...
Nigerian groups ask court to declare GMO permits illegal
Maize varieties across the world amidst existential threat by GMO 17 non-governmental organizations in Nigeria have dragged the country's government ...
FAO issues alert over poor rains and worsening hunger in East Africa
A livestock owner in Kenya with his remaining cattle after drought killed two-thirds of his herd. (PHOTO: FAO) Poor rains ...
With innovative technology and renewable energy, Africa can rewrite her climate story – UNDP
Solar Ship aircraft. Image taken from Solar Ship. Experts on Thursday urged African governments to innovate with advanced and cheap ...
Adesina’s commitment to driving change in African agriculture earned him the prize – Amb Quinn
Akinwumi Adesina with Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation The World Food Prize Foundation has explained ...
AfDB president clinches $250k world food prize
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina during an interview with members of the Pan African Media Alliance for Climate Change (PAMACC) (PHOTO: ...
Food crisis imminent in Nigeria, UN warns
Food distribution in an IDP camp in North-East Nigeria The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that malnutrition, thirst ...
GM food and Nigerian promoters
The judges conclude that Monsanto has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the ...
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