Libya: War, coronavirus and scare of food shortages among Libyans (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

03 april 2020 - 00:05:12 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s decade of a deadly armed conflict and the 4 April Tripoli war have thrown the country into insecurity and chaos, [...] Full text...

AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts East and Horn of Africa

02 april 2020 - 10:35:59 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist [...] Full text...

UNAMID supports Sudan's combat of desert locusts

01 april 2020 - 17:33:16 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Peace keeping mission in Darfur has donated 10 off-road vehicles to the Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, to [...] Full text...

Congo budgets 12.669 billion CFAF for 782 business plans

30 march 2020 - 17:59:29 KND

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The business plan validation committee for the Commercial Agriculture Development Support Project (Pdac) has validated 782 new business plans in Brazzaville [...] Full text...

Mali needs 56,000 tonnes of cereals to build its food security stock

25 march 2020 - 10:25:47 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali needs 56,000 tonnes of cereals, 16,000 tonnes of livestock feed and a few hundred tonnes of seeds worth 22 billion [...] Full text...

Malian President validates 2020 agricultural campaign plan

21 march 2020 - 16:31:41 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on Friday approved the 2020 agricultural campaign plan at the end of the 10th session of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Mauritius to increase local food production in the face of virus

18 march 2020 - 13:00:15 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin, on Wednesday, said that despite no case of Covid-19 (coronavirus) has been reported [...] Full text...

AfDB to help Sierra Leone build resilient economy, restore self-sufficiency in rice production

13 march 2020 - 22:16:09 VAO

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to stimulate agribusiness development in the country with a focus [...] Full text...

AFFM launches US$2.2m project in Nigeria to boost fertilizer supply to 200,000 farmers

13 march 2020 - 22:03:23 VAO

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a US$2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers in Nigeria with financial support [...] Full text...

Green Climate Fund approves US$26.6 million grant for vulnerable smallholder Zimbabwean farmers

12 march 2020 - 12:35:07 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a US$26.6 million grant for Zimbabwe to support local vulnerable smallholder farmers build climate resilient [...] Full text...

IFAD gives Guinea Bissau more than 65 million dollars for agricultural diversification

04 march 2020 - 21:38:34 MSA

Paris, France (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Guinea Bissau’s government on Monday signed a financing deal of about US$ [...] Full text...

Forum on peaceful transborder migration of livestock in the ECOWAS region opens in Niamey

03 march 2020 - 14:07:05 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A forum on responsible and peaceful transhumance in  the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened on Tuesday in Niamey, [...] Full text...

Togo to host international West Africa livestock, meat fair in May

02 march 2020 - 22:54:31 MSA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese capital, Lomé, will from 7-10 May host the international West Africa livestock and meat fair (SIBVAO), reliable sources told [...] Full text...

Niamey to host the International millet festival

02 march 2020 - 21:17:09 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An international millet festival (FESTIMIL) opens on Tuesday at the Niamey Academy of the Arts, aimed at achieving the goal of [...] Full text...

Niamey hosts agriculture, environment and livestock fair

02 march 2020 - 20:43:40 MTA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Since Sunday, Niamey has been hosting the 6th edition of the Agriculture, Technical, Environment and Livestock Show (SAHEL-Niger 2020), under the [...] Full text...

Locust plague spells catastrophe for millions in East Africa, warns humanitarian charity

28 february 2020 - 05:15:10 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A humanitarian charity has added its voice to warnings that grossly underfunded humanitarian responses across East Africa are tipping towards breaking [...] Full text...

Gabonese farmers trained in the practice of crop planting

27 february 2020 - 17:11:53 KND

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese farmers are taking part in practical training on planting crops in Essassa, an agricultural town located about 20 km from [...] Full text...

German Development Bank gives Tunisia 27.5 million euros

26 february 2020 - 09:33:56 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian government and the German Development Bank on Tuesday signed a financing agreement to implement the components of the second [...] Full text...

More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’ - UN officials

26 february 2020 - 05:37:39 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces a hunger threat from desert [...] Full text...

Tunisia at the Paris International Agricultural Show

23 february 2020 - 14:11:56 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is participating in the 57th Paris International Agricultural Show which started on Saturday and will end on 1 March. The Tunisian [...] Full text...

Cote d'Ivoire to host 8th General Assembly of Coalition for Development of Rice Cultivation in Africa

22 february 2020 - 17:45:53 KND

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The eighth General Assembly of the Coalition for the Development of Rice Cultivation in Africa (CARD) will be held from [...] Full text...

Rwanda bans import of tilapia fingerlings

22 february 2020 - 14:17:53 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda has banned the importation of tilapia fingerlings after the detection in neighbouring countries of highly a contagious disease spreading among [...] Full text...

Burundi govt takes over coffee sector again

22 february 2020 - 13:31:20 BBA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi authorities have increased the producer price cherry coffee during the 2020-2021 season by 10%, as government fully takes over [...] Full text...

EU to fund new project for 2.6 billion CFAF to improve agricultural productivity in Mali

21 february 2020 - 22:55:12 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The European Union Friday granted Mali 2.6 billion CFAF to fund a new project to be implemented by the international institute [...] Full text...

Tunisia earns US$423 million from olive oil exports

21 february 2020 - 08:40:27 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources Minister Samir Taieb announced on Thursday that Tunisia exported 63,000 tonnes of olive oil between [...] Full text...

Nigerien pastoralists again allowed to graze their cattle in Benin

20 february 2020 - 17:53:17 MTA

Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin is once again allowing Nigerien pastoralists to graze their livestock on its territory, according to a joint communiqué by the ministers [...] Full text...

Senegalese government intends to make cashew sector an economic lever for the country

19 february 2020 - 13:45:23 MTA

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government will further support players in the cashew sector, with a view to making it an important economic lever [...] Full text...

Tunisia's food trade balance in surplus in January 2020

18 february 2020 - 18:22:48 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's food trade balance has a surplus of 26.6 million dinars, or US$9.3 million in January 2020, against a deficit of [...] Full text...

Food security in West Africa at the centre of a high-level meeting in Niamey

18 february 2020 - 13:15:55 BBA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A high-level meeting on the food and nutrition situation of in the Sahel and West Africa opened on Tuesday in Niamey, [...] Full text...

Some 6 million people registered as food insecure in Niger

15 february 2020 - 18:46:09 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Some 6 million people are food insecure in Niger following a crop year of cereal deficit due to drought, pest attacks [...] Full text...

Tunisia wins 2020 'Malabo Declaration' award

14 february 2020 - 13:38:17 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian agriculture won the 'Malabo Declaration' award for 2020, presented by the African Union Commission at the last AU Summit in [...] Full text...

IFAD gives Mauritania 50 million dollars for agricultural development

13 february 2020 - 23:16:00 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will give Mauritania a 50m USD subsidy to boost agricultural production and support other [...] Full text...

World Food Programme refutes claim that one of its food trucks overturned in Zimbabwe

13 february 2020 - 19:27:03 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has refuted claims by Zimbabwe's Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary, Ndavaningi Mangwana, that one [...] Full text...

IFAD grants CFAF 10 billion to Mali to support farmers' organizations

12 february 2020 - 17:13:09 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - IFAD has announced the availability of US$ 20 million, about 10 billion CFA francs, to support development programmes of farmers' organizations [...] Full text...

Mauritius-EU: DeSIRA initiative to boost smart agriculture

11 february 2020 - 16:25:29 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and the European Union (EU) on Monday signed the Development-Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture Initiative (DeSIRA), developed by the [...] Full text...

Mali’s President calls for solidarity as food crisis escalates across Sahel

11 february 2020 - 15:42:36 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Against a backdrop of an escalating security crisis where 4.3 million women, men and children are at risk of increased food [...] Full text...

Malian president visits Rome

11 february 2020 - 13:05:32 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who arrived in Rome on Monday for a three-day visit to Italy, will address the General [...] Full text...

UN agencies call for action now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa

10 february 2020 - 21:30:29 MA

New York, US (PANA)  -  With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso to mark 2nd World Pulses Day on Monday

09 february 2020 - 12:55:49 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso is celebrating the 2nd World Pulses Day on 10 February 2020 in Réo, in the province of Sanguié, [...] Full text...

Foreign operators inject more than 100 billion CFA francs into Senegal peanut campaign

04 february 2020 - 07:12:25 MTA

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Two months into Senegal's peanut season, exporters have injected more than 100 billion CFA francs into the sector, the Senegalese Minister [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe's national maize supplies 'critically low'

03 february 2020 - 10:16:50 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's national maize supplies are “critically low” as a result of the poor 2019 harvest and limited ability for imports, the [...] Full text...

Zimbabwean NGO bemoans lagging government policies on production of ruminants

02 february 2020 - 13:07:16 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) has bemoaned the lagging of policy making concerning goat and pig production in the country . Government [...] Full text...

Sudan says efforts to combat desert locusts underway

30 january 2020 - 17:40:19 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan said it has spread an area of over 7,000 hectares in two states, north of Khartoum, as it continues to [...] Full text...

Burundi: Govt. takes over coffee sector from 4 unproductive private companies

30 january 2020 - 14:37:59 MTA

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Four private companies and corporate organizations have been evicted from the coffee sector for "insufficient yield", PANA learned on Thursday from [...] Full text...

New report shows Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa's 'Command Agricultural Programme' was a failure

28 january 2020 - 17:10:19 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local democracy activists, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'Command Agricultural Programme (CAP)' failed to achieve any of its [...] Full text...

Agricultural programme launched in Mauritania

28 january 2020 - 00:09:43 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani Monday presided over the launching of a large reorganization, construction and renovation programme for dams [...] Full text...

Kenya tea export earnings down by 16.4 percent in 2019

27 january 2020 - 13:55:34 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s tea export earnings dropped by 16.4 percent in 2019, contributing to US$1.17 billion towards the country’s GDP, according to the [...] Full text...

Burundi launches campaign on cashew cultivation

24 january 2020 - 08:01:52 KND

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Thursday launched a campaign for the cultivation of cashew as a new cash crop to support coffee, tea, cotton [...] Full text...

Nigeria: US agency award $8 million to boost crop, livestock farming in Northeast Nigeria

22 january 2020 - 16:44:44 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday said that it has awarded a three-year, $8 million Cooperative Agreement to [...] Full text...

FAO raises red flags again about potentially destructive locusts in East Africa

21 january 2020 - 07:02:25 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of “unprecedented size and destructive potential” that could spill over into [...] Full text...