Fire consumes several tons of cotton in northeast Benin
MTA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Fire has consumed several tons of cotton in a market at Nallou, commune of Nikki, in the northeast of Benin, reports [...] Full text...
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Kenyan state agencies intensify fight against desert locust outbreak
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A locust outbreak affecting 17 percent of the Kenyan territory is continuing to pose a major food security threat, Kenya's newly-appointed [...] Full text...
Cape Verde to host workshop on agricultural research, development in Africa
BBA Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - A regional workshop on research, innovation and technology transfer for the sustainable development of the agricultural sector in West and [...] Full text...
Congo to sink 100 billion CFA francs in bamboo industrial development project
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The National Development Fund of Congo (FNDC) will fund an industrial bamboo project in the country to make the plant a pillar [...] Full text...
Rwandan vet expert warns against "Rift Valley fever" - new disease that passes from animals to humans
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Chairperson of the Rwanda Council of Veterinary Doctors, Dr. Charles Nkuranga, on Sunday stressed the need to increase public awareness [...] Full text...
Togo to host 12th edition of National Peasant Forum
KND Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Forum for the Togolese Peasant, intended to promote the agricultural sector, will be held from January 23 to 25 [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe Govt alerts citizens of huge agriculture scam
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has alerted its citizens of a scam that is robbing unsuspecting individuals of their money for the promise [...] Full text...
Senegal: Sonacos finally starts collecting peanuts in the south of the country
MTA Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The first truckloads of peanuts have begun arriving at the Intermediate Reception Centre (CRI) in Kolda, southern Senegal, set up by [...] Full text...
Fish production in Niger estimated at 40,000 tonnes per year
KND Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Fish production in Niger is estimated at around 40,000 tonnes with a turnover of 40 billion CFA francs per year, the [...] Full text...
Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020: UN food relief agency
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP) forecast of global hunger hotspots revealed [...] Full text...
Malian gov't to invest 282 billion CFAF to improve 70,000 ha of land
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government is investing 282 billion CFAF to improve 70,000 hectares of land over the period 2019-2023. (US$1=CFAF600)
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Niger officially launches national campaign for free vaccination of livestock
KND Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien minister in charge of Livestock, Mohamed Boucha Monday launched the national campaign of free vaccination of livestock 2019-2020 edition in [...] Full text...
Benin's President salutes the country's agricultural performance in 2019
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin’s President Patrice Talon has praised the performance of country's agriculture in 2019 in his traditional message on the state of [...] Full text...
Togo bans Glyphosate Herbicide
BBA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese authorities have banned the use of Glyphosate herbicide in the West African country with effect from 19 December to [...] Full text...
Ivorian 2019/20 coffee season opens
BBA Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Coffee and Cocoa Board on Monday announced the opening of the 2019/20 coffee season with the price of 700 [...] Full text...
Kenya approves commercial production of genetically modified cotton seeds
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Cabinet has approved the commercial farming of Biotechnologically modified (BT) cotton hybrids, the office of President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on [...] Full text...
Congo holds agricultural fair
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Minister of State of Agriculture, Livestock and Aquaculture, Henri Djombo, opened an agriculture fair in Brazzaville on Wednesday with the [...] Full text...
Somalia desert locust outbreak threatens food security in Horn of Africa
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in a quarter of a century with the risk of spreading to Djibouti, Ethiopia [...] Full text...
Nearly 2 million will face severe food insecurity in Niger by August 2020
KND Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger has been hard hit this year by the effects of climate change, particularly the drought that followed floods, President Issoufou [...] Full text...
Nigeria inaugurate panel to implement $90 million agricultural projects in nine southern States
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has inaugurated a 13-man Steering Committee for the implementation of Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises [...] Full text...
Benin reorganizes management of animal transhumance
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has just demarcated animal transhumance corridors to end the agro-pastoral crisis which kills several animals each year, according [...] Full text...
Burundi allocates US$14.9 million to national network of cooperative societies
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some US$14.9 million has been allocated to the national network of cooperative societies at the forefront of the development of the [...] Full text...
Training session on sustainable agriculture held at University of Ziguinchor, Senegal
MTA Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The University of Ziguinchor in southern Senegal hosted a three-day training session on promoting sustainable agriculture to address climate change, PANA [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe’s only castor oil firm seeks more land to produce biodiesel
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Oil Castor Zimbabwe wants more land for castor bean farmers to produce biodiesel to end the country's rampant fuel crisis.
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FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday launched a three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to scale up efforts [...] Full text...
Morocco and IFAD invest in smallholder farmers’ climate change resilience
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) – A new €82.6 million agricultural development project financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Morocco [...] Full text...
Tanzania’s agriculture sector offers potential for poverty reduction: WB Report
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The agriculture sector in Tanzania offers fresh opportunities for poverty reduction, the World Bank says in a report.
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Tunis to host FAO Regional Conference on improving water productivity in agriculture
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A regional conference on improving water productivity in agriculture will be held from 4-6 December in Tunis, on the initiative of [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire hosts 4th African Agricultural Extension Week
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - More than 600 experts from African, Asian and European countries are attending the 4th African Week of Agricultural Extension which [...] Full text...
Buhari says Nigerian farmers helped save billions of dollars annually from food importation
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended Nigerian farmers for “saving us billions of dollars yearly which would have been spent [...] Full text...
Speculative practices increase price of subsidised agricultural fertilisers in Burundi
MTA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The subsidized price of a 50 kg bag of fertilizer has recently risen from 29,000 Burundian francs (US$15.6) to more than [...] Full text...
Experts explore new ways to boost food fortification in The Gambia
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A two-day forum on rice fortification, organise by World Food Program in collaboration with National Nutrition Agency, opened here Thursday.
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EU, French development agency support Beninese private sector
MSA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The European Union and the French Development Agency (AFD) will give Benin 6.9 billion CFAF to finance the support project for [...] Full text...
IFAD, Ethiopia seal climate change shocks mitigating deal
DJ Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ethiopia and the International Fund for Agriculture have sealed a deal that help most vulnerable people dapt to climate change shocks,
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IFAD, Ethiopia sign deal to help families adapt to climate shocks
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - Half a million of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable families are set to benefit from a new US$451 million project to increase their [...] Full text...
Securing seafood for the future (Opinion Piece by Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and Member of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy)
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - Our dependence on the great, global ocean cannot be overstated. It sustains and benefits us all by providing jobs and livelihoods, [...] Full text...
'Ocean could be key to future food security' - Fisheries experts
MA Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new scientific paper written for the High Level Panel a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that, with better management and technological innovation, the [...] Full text...
Kenya to revamp fish stock in Lake Victoria
DJ Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock is putting in place measures aimed at reversing the dwindling fish stocks in Lake [...] Full text...
Cotonou hosts international meeting on food security
MSA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cotonou Wednesday began hosting an international technical conference on the “Efficient Approaches to fight against Malnutrition and scale-up Potential” within the [...] Full text...
Togo set to market 78,000 tonnes of soybeans for 2019-2020 season
KND Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo is counting on 78,000 tons of soybeans for the 2019-2020 marketing year, PANA learnt from the Ministry of Agriculture on [...] Full text...
Chinese donkey skin harvesting: A threat to traditional draught power and food security
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Chinese harvesting of donkey skins in Botswana and in some parts of Africa poses a big threat to the existence [...] Full text...
Agribusiness: Africa’s New Investment Frontier (An AfDB Feature)
VAO Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave [...] Full text...
American businessmen to invest in Congo's agro-pastoral sector
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Businessmen from the US Eagle Business Solutions Company have expressed their desire to develop Congo's agro-pastoral sector after a meeting with Prime [...] Full text...
Niger starts largest hydro-agricultural rehabilitation works
KND Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Issoufou Mahamadou, on Monday kicked off work to rehabilitate the Birni N'Konni irrigated area (420 km east of Niamey) [...] Full text...
Japan gives Congo 1 billion CFAF for rice project
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Japan has made available 1.1 billion CFA francs to Congo for a rice project in the country, following an agreement signed [...] Full text...
UN agencies, partners seek US$89.5m to assist people affected by food insecurity in Zambia
AR Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The UN and inter-governmental organizations (INGOs) are seeking US$89.5 million to provide immediate humanitarian assistance and early recovery support for people [...] Full text...
Tunisia: AfDB to hold a seminar on the use of drones in agriculture
KND Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will organize a seminar in Tunis on Wednesday to complete the pilot project on using drones [...] Full text...
UN to provide technical assistance to farmers in Southern Africa
T Z New York, USA (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, says the international body’s different organs are working to provide farmers in [...] Full text...
Tunisia to produce 340,000 tonnes of dates this year
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 340,000 tonnes of dates will be produced this year in Tunisia, up from 289,000 tonnes in 2018 and [...] Full text...
FAO holds first regional conference on improving water production in Middle East and North Africa
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced here Friday it would hold its first regional conference on improving water production [...] Full text...