06/22/2023 SOURCE: businessfightspoverty.org
An estimated 140 million people in Africa are facing acute food insecurity[1], yet, in Kenya alone, 50% of all productive soil is badly degraded. Worse still, because of record droughts, half of Kenya
Women Smallholders Will Drive Africa’s Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
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06/18/2023 SOURCE: www.efeedlink.com
The Provincial Veterinary (ProVet) of Antique, the Philippines, has warned local hog raisers against errant traders offering to buy their hogs at a lower price due to a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) that was reported in the municipality of Hamtic.
Antique, Philippines, warns of dubious traders seeking to buy hogs at lower prices following ASF outbreak
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06/18/2023 SOURCE: www.efeedlink.com
Izaak Breitenbach, general manager of the South African Poultry Association (Sapa), said that the latest highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the Western Cape resulted in 550 000 chickens culled and many eggs destroyed to contain the disease, Moneyweb reported.
550,000 chickens culled in bird flu outbreak at Western Cape, South Africa
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06/18/2023 SOURCE: theconversation.com
South Africa’s agriculture could do even better but is held back by power cuts and poor infrastructure
Farming in South Africa is being hobbled by power cuts and poor roads. Rural towns are being hit hardest
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06/16/2023 SOURCE: newsinvasion24.com
MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Saki Mokoena, handed over ten (10) expectant female cows and one bull to Tshepiso Matobako
Free State Young Matobako ditches Microphone study for Agriculture
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06/16/2023 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
Key African states stressed the need for grain imports to tackle food insecurity as Russian President Vladimir Putin gears up to discuss with continent's leaders the fate of Black Sea exports.
Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks
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06/16/2023 SOURCE: theconversation.com
Nigeria can produce more rice to feed its burgeoning population by harnessing its wastewater.
Nigeria is Africa's leading rice producer, but still needs more - reusing wastewater for irrigation would boost farming
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06/15/2023 SOURCE: news.yahoo.com
Jane Barlow/PA Wire/Press Association via AP ImagesThe landlocked country of Malawi, in southeast Africa, is home to just 19.1 million people. According to the U.N., more than 2.8 million of these people—nearly 15 percent of the entire population—currently face starvation. Much of the reason, unsurprisingly, is climate-related: The country’s Ministry of Agriculture has stated that the production of corn—the country’s main staple food—dropped by 14 percent the previous year, as a result of severe
This African Nation’s Surprise Plan for Farming Through Climate Disaster
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06/15/2023 SOURCE: businessday.ng
Cocoa beans, sesamum seeds, cashew, and seven others top the list of agricultural commodities Nigeria exported in the first quarter of 2023, generating
Nigeria’s top 10 agric exports in Q1 2023
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