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...

IFAD, GCF scale-up action to improve life for millions, restore ecosystems in Africa’s Great Green Wall

11 january 2021 - 14:07:20 AR

Paris, France (PANA) – Millions of poor farmers living in the world’s most climate-impacted parts of the Sahel have cause for hope today because of [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Madagascar faces severe food security and nutrition crisis

23 december 2020 - 18:46:38 AR

Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Following three consecutive years of drought, the Grand Sud of Madagascar is facing a severe food security and nutrition crisis, the [...] Full text...

Mali, Germany sign 56 billion Fcfa deals to support priority development projects

22 december 2020 - 15:51:51 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and Germany on Monday in Bamako signed five finance  agreements for about  56 billion CFA francs to support Mali in [...] Full text...

ECOWAS produces only 60% of its rice needs

22 december 2020 - 13:00:07 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Local rice production accounts for only 60% of the needs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the [...] Full text...

Fruits, vegetables crucial for healthy lives, sustainable world: Guterres

22 december 2020 - 07:03:18 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, spotlighting their vital role in human [...] Full text...

Africa Free Trade agreement to boost agriculture

21 december 2020 - 13:35:30 AO

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be a watershed for African regional [...] Full text...

Mauritian PM encourages local production of food crops

17 december 2020 - 12:33:17 NA

Moka, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister Pravin Jugnauth on Thursday urged the population to work for agricultural self-sufficiency by encouraging the local production [...] Full text...

World Bank supports Morocco’s Green Generation Strategy

16 december 2020 - 16:07:49 AR

Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Board has approved a US$250 million (EUR 214.2 million) programme to support Morocco’s agriculture sector’s Green Generation [...] Full text...

Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions in Horn of Africa: FAO

16 december 2020 - 11:52:06 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - New Desert Locust swarms are forming in the Horn of Africa, threatening agricultural livelihoods and food security of millions of people, [...] Full text...

IFAD joins partners to build resilience, boost development in the Sahel

10 december 2020 - 18:45:45 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme [...] Full text...

WFP chief uses Nobel speech as call for action to avert ‘hunger pandemic’

10 december 2020 - 17:05:30 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) called for greater action to avert a [...] Full text...

Eliminating poverty and hunger tops global agenda as countries pledge funds to IFAD

08 december 2020 - 13:39:39 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) – As hunger and poverty increase due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the world’s poorest countries are the first [...] Full text...

South African steak receives highest world rating

08 december 2020 - 12:31:38 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A cut of South African Wagyu ribeye meat has received the highest rating in the world for its quality. Prime [...] Full text...

Benin recorded lower sorghum, millet and gari prices in mid-November

08 december 2020 - 11:20:14 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Sorghum, millet and gari, grated cassava flour, which staple foods in Benin, were cheaper on the markets in mid-November, according to [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Germany avails €27.3 million to IFAD to help avert a pandemic food crisis

07 december 2020 - 13:16:24 AR

Rome,  Italy (PANA)- In view of a looming food crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany has committed €27.3 million to the UN’s International Fund [...] Full text...

Global food commodity prices rose to a nearly six-year high in November - FAO

03 december 2020 - 14:21:22 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, according to a benchmark United [...] Full text...

Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’, urges FAO chief

26 november 2020 - 20:39:04 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortage and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency [...] Full text...

Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO

24 november 2020 - 15:09:45 AR

Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO   Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Desert Locust crisis which struck the greater Horn of Africa [...] Full text...

Kenya faces risk of second locust invasion, warns FAO

22 november 2020 - 15:14:27 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sunday warned that Kenya faced an imminent second wave of locust invasion, an official source [...] Full text...

Netherlands donates $1million to help Tunisian small farmers cope with COVID-19 crisis

20 november 2020 - 17:46:43 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A grant agreement, worth US$ 1 million, was signed on Friday between the Tunisian Union of Social Solidarity (UTSS) and the [...] Full text...

New desert locust swarms spreading across southern Somalia: FAO

20 november 2020 - 10:36:17 AO

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday that large populations of Desert Locust in Somalia have moved towards southern [...] Full text...

Second IFAD credit rating to help increase investments against poverty, hunger

19 november 2020 - 12:56:55 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The prospect of eradicating hunger and poverty received a boost on Thursday as the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) [...] Full text...

Four Congolese organisations get 390.5 million CFAF for development of commercial agriculture

18 november 2020 - 11:28:57 BBA

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Commercial Agriculture Development Support Project (PDAC) on Tuesday signed partnership agreements with four public organsations totalling 390.5 million CFA Francs [...] Full text...