Coronavirus: South African citrus industry not seriously impacted by pandemic

22 june 2021 - 10:02:27 AR

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The production of South African citrus, mainly new orange varieties, lemons and limes, is estimated to continue its strong growth [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches and National Food System Dialogue

18 june 2021 - 07:01:08 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday launched the Partnership for Action on Green Recovery Fund project (PAGE) and the National Food System Dialogue. These will [...] Full text...

IFC and AfDB launch programme to support women farmers in Côte d’Ivoire

17 june 2021 - 15:46:24 AR

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – In a bid to boost the professional capacities, incomes and access to finance of thousands of Ivorian women smallholder farmers [...] Full text...

Sudan, FAO and WFP call for investment in agriculture

14 june 2021 - 17:42:44 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme [...] Full text...

World Food Safety Day: Innovative systems needed to raise productivity

06 june 2021 - 10:42:20 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Member States of the United Nations on Monday celebrate  this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD) underlining food safety [...] Full text...

WHO,FAO mark World Food Safety Day June 7

04 june 2021 - 21:54:27 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Food Safety Day (WFSD), which falls on 7 June, aims to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect [...] Full text...

Avian Flu outbreak reported in South Africa

22 may 2021 - 09:58:08 AR

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – An outbreak of Avian Influenza in South Africa will derail export expansion plans by the country’s poultry industry through the [...] Full text...

Sugar producer unveils $238.5 million investment in Tanzania’s industry expansion

20 may 2021 - 07:07:10 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Kilombero Sugar Company (KSC) has announced a new investment of $238.5 million (Tsh 571.6 billion) in a modern factory [...] Full text...

Nigeria struggles to attain self-sufficiency in sugar production

11 may 2021 - 10:41:32 AR

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s sugar industry is facing serious challenges despite efforts by the government to create self-sufficiency in sugar production and reduce raw [...] Full text...

Free up ‘bottlenecks’ stifling Africa’s agri-food sector, urges FAO chief

11 may 2021 - 06:24:46 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted food insecurity and was hampering the [...] Full text...

Improved agronomic practices, favourable weather raise Kenya’s sugar output

07 may 2021 - 06:37:21 AR

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase in marketing year 2021/22 due to good weather, better agronomic and harvesting practices, and [...] Full text...

Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high, warns Global Report on Food Crises

05 may 2021 - 10:49:32 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) – The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in [...] Full text...

Young people key to transforming world’s food systems: UN officials

05 may 2021 - 05:23:23 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Young people are taking a leading role in shaping fair and equitable food systems around the world, senior UN officials [...] Full text...

Development banks, partners pledge over $17 billion to increase food security in Africa

30 april 2021 - 17:14:36 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in financing to address rising hunger [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso: The purchase price of seed cotton to increase by 13%

30 april 2021 - 16:42:18 KND

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The purchase price of first choice seed cotton is set at 270 CFAF per kilogramme while the second choice is [...] Full text...

AfDB, IFAD and partners redouble efforts to stop hunger in Africa

29 april 2021 - 19:47:16 VAO

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural [...] Full text...

Egypt’s apex business body holds “African Agriculture Day”

28 april 2021 - 20:24:32 MLJ

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Cairo-based apex business body, Egyptian African Businessmen Association (EABA), Tuesday organized the maiden edition of “African Agriculture Day 2021”, official [...] Full text...

New reports from AfDB, FAO and CGIAR showcase digital agriculture for Africa

26 april 2021 - 13:11:21 AR

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) -  Drones, satellites, geographic information systems, weather stations and advanced analytics are among promising technologies for providing solutions to Africa’s agricultural [...] Full text...

Mali to mobilise CFAF 20 billion for cotton growers cooperative societies

23 april 2021 - 15:48:42 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An agreement aiming to mobilise at least 20 billion CFAF for the benefit of around 8,000 cooperative societies of cotton growers [...] Full text...

African Union proposes industrial scale agro-processing to boost trade

21 april 2021 - 14:24:21 AO

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union plans to facilitate supply chain improvements in Africa through the construction of industrial parks to improve the [...] Full text...

Benin's cotton production goes up 2% to 728,000 tonnes in 2020-2021 season

17 april 2021 - 12:08:16 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin produced some 728,000 tonnes of cotton during the 2020-2021 season, up by two percent, or 714,714 tonnes, in the the previous [...] Full text...

Mauritius encourages the population to grow their own vegetables

16 april 2021 - 07:13:47 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Faced with the shortage of vegetables in the local market due to the containment in force in the island since a [...] Full text...

FAO, AU launch new framework to boost agricultural trade between African nations

16 april 2021 - 05:26:36 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with the African Union (AU) Commission, launched a new continent-wide framework on Thursday, [...] Full text...

Mali Transition president maintains 15 pc national budget allocation to agricultural sector

31 march 2021 - 17:19:54 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Transition  President Bah N'Daw has reaffirmed his commitment to allocate the rural development sector with adequate resources, 15 percent of [...] Full text...

Tunis hosts 11th international fair of organic products

30 march 2021 - 16:20:58 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 11th international fair of organic farm produce will be held in Tunis from April 1 to 3, a source close [...] Full text...

World Bank grants US $ 100 million to Guinea for commercial farming

30 march 2021 - 14:51:31 KND

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government and the World Bank Group on Monday signed an agreement on financing  the Commercial Agriculture Development Project in [...] Full text...

Tunisia to host 11th Organic Farming Fair from 1 to 3 April

23 march 2021 - 16:43:53 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 11th International Exhibition of Organic Farming and Food Industries will be held in Tunis from 1 to 3 April. Representatives of [...] Full text...

Natural disasters occurring three times more often than 50 years ago: FAO

19 march 2021 - 05:39:47 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - New and unprecedented forms of natural disasters are most heavily felt in the agricultural industry, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on [...] Full text...

Italy sets the stage for UN Food Systems Summit in July 2021

17 march 2021 - 16:42:27 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced Wednesday that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit [...] Full text...

New FAO project targets small Beninese farmers

14 march 2021 - 18:20:51 MSA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the Beninese government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a [...] Full text...

Nigeria, Benin Republic meet on ways to end rice importation, revive local production

09 march 2021 - 20:24:25 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Republic of Benin on Tuesday agreed to work together to end the importation of rice through that country. Towards this, [...] Full text...

Libyan appointed Middle-East North Africa Permanent Representative to FAO

24 february 2021 - 23:41:52 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Abdelhakim Al-Waer has been appointed deputy Managing Director, Permanent Representative of the Middle-East and North Africa to the UN Food [...] Full text...

IFC boosts Mali's top mango processor

19 february 2021 - 18:28:24 DJ

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on Friday announced the recent disbursement of a loan to support expansion at [...] Full text...

UN involves millions of rural people in 2021 Food Systems Summit

18 february 2021 - 12:39:36 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) – An unprecedented commitment to ensure that the voices and opinions of millions of the world’s most remote rural people are at [...] Full text...

World leaders call for greater cooperation to tackle hunger, poverty at IFAD global meeting

17 february 2021 - 18:46:17 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) – The fate of the world’s poorest and wealthiest nations are interconnected, and eradicating poverty and hunger will be impossible without urgent and [...] Full text...

Governing Council reappoints Gilbert F. Houngbo President of IFAD

17 february 2021 - 18:29:18 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - In a strong show of support and recognition for the leader who has successfully showcased the importance of long-term rural development [...] Full text...

‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO

17 february 2021 - 18:07:50 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threatening 2.6 million people, the UN agriculture [...] Full text...

Togolese producers to get 65,000 tons of seeds from government

14 february 2021 - 11:45:05 MTA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese producers will receive 65,000 tons of seeds from the government for the new agricultural season, PANA learned on Sunday from [...] Full text...

IFAD provides 20.7 million euros to Mali for response to Covid-19 challenges

14 february 2021 - 11:33:21 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a financing agreement for 20.7 million euros,  under the Joint [...] Full text...

UN highlights importance of pulses for diets and food security

10 february 2021 - 13:42:56 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking World Pulses Day on Wednesday, highlighting their importance not only as a vital source of nutrition, [...] Full text...

Regional rice value chain development project launched in the Gambia

04 february 2021 - 19:35:57 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government, in collaboration with some partners, on Thursday launched a Regional Rice Value Chain Development Project (RRVCDP) meant to [...] Full text...

AfDB, FAO, South Sudan ink protocols for $14 million grant to boost agricultural markets

04 february 2021 - 14:11:51 AR

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank on Wednesday signed protocols to disburse a $14 million grant to South Sudan for boosting agricultural [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches Centralised Digital Land bank to boost food security

03 february 2021 - 09:26:45 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development minister, Renganaden Padayachy, on Tuesday said the first phase of the Centralised Digital Land bank [...] Full text...

IFAD backs Nigerian small-scale farmers to improve food security, combat poverty

28 january 2021 - 14:37:06 AR

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) are working together to [...] Full text...

Mali's Prime Minister launches 2020-2021 livestock vaccination campaign

25 january 2021 - 12:50:19 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouané on Sunday launched  in Kati Drall, about 20 km from Bamako, the 2020-2021 livestock vaccination campaign [...] Full text...

Somalia's fisheries sector set for major expansion

21 january 2021 - 10:11:04 AO

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A project to create new jobs in Somalia's fisheries industry has been launched with the aim of increasing and diversifying livelihoods [...] Full text...

East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’: FAO

20 january 2021 - 06:06:44 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding [...] Full text...

Malian PM inaugurates threshold of Kourouba dam to achieve food self-sufficiency

16 january 2021 - 16:51:31 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian prime minister, Moctar Ouane, accompanied by several members of his government, inaugurated Friday the hydro-agricultural dam of the Kourouba [...] Full text...

UN reports major progress towards eradicating sheep and goat plague

14 january 2021 - 05:30:54 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world is moving closer to stamping out a highly contagious disease that affects sheep and goats, but also the livelihoods of millions [...] Full text...

AfDB pledges to mobilise $6.5 billion in support of the Great Green Wall Initiative

11 january 2021 - 15:42:04 AR

Paris, France (PANA) - The Sahel region's Great Green Wall Initiative received a major boost from the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday, during a [...] Full text...