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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released their annual Food Outlook report which provides [...] Full text...
Tanzanian farmers clear more land to expand coffee plantations
26 may 2025 - 12:59:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's coffee sector is poised for expansion, with cultivated areas projected to grow from [...] Full text...
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Is Artificial Intelligence the future of farming? Exploring opportunities and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Regional Director for Sustainable Development, West and Central Africa, World Bank
13 march 2025 - 07:33:43Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet revolution is underway. Smallholder farmers are increasingly leveraging Artificial [...] Full text...
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Agricultural value chains, a major potential for Africa's development.
14 february 2025 - 17:06:36Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Agricultural value chains hold great potential for the development of the African continent, according to the [...] Full text...
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As heat records fall, experts call for reductions in this often-overlooked greenhouse gas
17 january 2025 - 08:30:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Last week, several prominent scientific organisations confirmed what had been predicted for months: 2024 was the [...] Full text...
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33 million people could face hunger in Nigeria next year
13 november 2024 - 05:26:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for lifesaving support in Nigeria, where record inflation, climate shocks [...] Full text...
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Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns
16 october 2024 - 21:28:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cattle-rearing generates more global warming greenhouse gases, as measured in CO2 equivalent, than transportation, and smarter [...] Full text...
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In plain view: Solutions to turbocharge the agrifood system transition: World Bank Blog By Sergiy Zorya, Joshua Gill, Alexandra Horst and Francis Addeah Darko
07 october 2024 - 07:17:30Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Momentum is growing for real food systems change at a scale never seen before. [...] Full text...
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Expensive farm inputs, insecurity in producing regions, high transport costs impact grain yields in Nigeria
04 october 2024 - 08:26:34Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Imports of wheat, rice, and maize marketing in year 2024/25 are estimated to increase as the [...] Full text...
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Mozambican farmers get $2 million fertilizer financing boost
19 july 2024 - 06:27:16Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - With the planting season fast approaching, Mozambican farmers are busy preparing their fields. Fertilizer is crucial for [...] Full text...
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AfDB, Ethiopia launch $94 million project to boost Climate Resilient Wheat
13 june 2024 - 12:10:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the government of Ethiopia, in partnership with the [...] Full text...
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Africa fertilizer financing Mechanism to launch fertilizer financing scheme in Mozambique
13 june 2024 - 10:22:22Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will launch the Fertilizer Financing for Sustainable Agriculture Management Project on [...] Full text...
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Russia to continue supplying arms to Burkina Faso
05 june 2024 - 16:02:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At the end of a working visit to Ouagadougou, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of [...] Full text...
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Kenyan farmers get fertilizer boost with $2 million from AfDB
27 april 2024 - 10:00:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a significant step to advance food security in Kenya, the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism has [...] Full text...
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Eswatini looks forward to increased sugar exports from improved cane production
18 april 2024 - 13:07:24Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries [...] Full text...
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AfDB signs US$75 million loan agreement to boost fertilizer production in Nigeria
29 march 2024 - 13:17:05Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a US$75 million loan agreement with Nigeria’s Indorama [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa coastline braces for marine disaster after sinking of UK-flagged ship
07 march 2024 - 14:27:59Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The Eastern Africa region is likely to suffer from a protracted environmental pollution whose effects could [...] Full text...
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New seeds, better seeds? World Bank Blog By Sergio Puerto, Ph.D. candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University
17 december 2023 - 12:55:59Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Imagine you are a scientist in charge of deciding which new crop variety to [...] Full text...
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Building resilient communities together in Burundi: World Bank Blog By Åsa Giertz and Dario Zanardi
10 november 2023 - 18:10:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Sometimes people have to go through periods of hardship in their lives, like natural disasters, unemployment, [...] Full text...
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Uganda: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism to boost Ugandan farmers’ access to fertilizers
13 october 2023 - 08:35:48Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a project to [...] Full text...
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Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism extended to Mozambique
13 october 2023 - 08:32:16Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will extend a US$2 million partial trade credit guarantee and [...] Full text...
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OCP Group, World Bank join forces to boost food security, agricultural developt in West Africa
11 october 2023 - 14:17:33Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank and the OCP Group on Wednesday announced a game changing partnership to support [...] Full text...
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Bank of Tanzania starts gold purchase to bolster foreign reserves
28 september 2023 - 12:21:27Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Bank of Tanzania has announced the commencement of its Domestic Gold Purchasing programme, [...] Full text...
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'Don’t let wastewater opportunities flow down the drain'
27 august 2023 - 05:58:47New York, US (PANA) - Wastewater, long seen as an environmental and health hazard, possesses untapped potential as an alternative [...] Full text...
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New farmed seaweed markets could reach $11.8 billion by 2030: WB report
17 august 2023 - 07:21:16Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A new World Bank report estimates that 10 emerging global seaweed markets have a potential [...] Full text...
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Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices: FAO
04 august 2023 - 18:11:08Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices rose for the first time in months following the collapse of the landmark agreement to [...] Full text...
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AfDB VP tours Export Trade Group in southern Africa
03 august 2023 - 09:55:15Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Solomon Quaynor, has concluded a [...] Full text...
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Global food systems ‘broken’, says UN chief
25 july 2023 - 05:37:53Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday highlighted the need to address global hunger, promote cooperation between [...] Full text...
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IMF approves a US$271 million arrangement under the ECF for Burundi
18 july 2023 - 11:44:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 38-month arrangement under [...] Full text...
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World Bank responds to rising global food insecurity
18 july 2023 - 07:19:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, says the latest update of the [...] Full text...
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Top Libyan officials meet to monitor cereal production in southern Libya
20 june 2023 - 17:41:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, held a meeting Wednesday [...] Full text...
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AfDB 2022 report shows strong performance, commitment to African countries
14 june 2023 - 16:27:38Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has released its 2022 Annual Report showing solid performance [...] Full text...
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Tanzania’s coffee yields set to rise 21 percent in 2023/24
25 may 2023 - 05:29:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s coffee output in the new season is forecast to increase by 21 percent [...] Full text...
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Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres
23 may 2023 - 17:53:24New York, US (PANA) - The world is failing to live up to its commitment to protect civilians during wartime, [...] Full text...
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Good rains shower recovery on Kenya’s coffee plantations
20 may 2023 - 10:27:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s marketing year (MY) 2023/24 coffee production is forecast to increase by 6.7 percent to 800,000 [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $11.7 million to facilitate access to fertilizers for African farmers
18 may 2023 - 18:38:44Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$11.7 million [...] Full text...
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Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD
09 may 2023 - 07:23:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, [...] Full text...
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Burundi to receive support from AfDB Group in key development sectors
13 april 2023 - 19:31:27Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB)Group will mobilize close to US$4 million to help Burundi urgently [...] Full text...
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Slow global recovery poses challenges for world's poor: IMF chief
11 april 2023 - 14:25:37Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A robust recovercy of the global economy remains elusive as a rapid transition to higher [...] Full text...
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Burundian state imposes rigour in management of public funds
08 april 2023 - 19:50:58Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The economic highlight of the week that is drawing to a close was the referral to [...] Full text...
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New WFP chief Cindy McCain warns of funding crunch in fight against hunger
06 april 2023 - 07:07:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Cindy McCain of the United States takes the helm of the UN emergency food relief agency [...] Full text...
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IMF staff reaches deal on first review of Policy Coordination Instrument with Rwanda
04 april 2023 - 17:27:14Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rising food prices, linked to the weak agriculture performance due to unfavourable weather conditions and strong [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$80.77 million in emergency financing support to Burkina Faso
28 march 2023 - 09:59:20Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$80.77 [...] Full text...
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Africa experiencing surging food price inflation: WB
28 march 2023 - 06:33:57Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, according to the latest Food [...] Full text...
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Armyworm outbreaks, drought, high fertiliser prices affect grain production in Tanzania
23 march 2023 - 08:16:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s maize production in marketing year 2023/24 is anticipated to increase 3% to 6.1 [...] Full text...
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FAO rolls out its "Soil Doctors" programme in Burkina Faso
16 march 2023 - 17:59:55Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is running its global "Soil [...] Full text...
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Exhibition showcases millets as ‘smart food’, rich in heritage and full of potential
16 february 2023 - 06:06:26New York, US (PANA) - A new exhibition highlighting the crucial role millets play in boosting global food and nutrition [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s GDP on positive growth despite challenges in oil sector: IMF
09 february 2023 - 10:56:25Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Nigeria’s economy has recouped output losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic supported by favourable oil [...] Full text...
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Continued urgent action needed to prevent food and nutrition crisis from worsening
09 february 2023 - 06:14:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As millions worldwide continue to go hungry, leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade organisations [...] Full text...
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African heads of state pledge to make food sovereignty a priority
25 january 2023 - 20:02:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - African heads of state and government pledged on Wednesday in Dakar to make food sovereignty a [...] Full text...
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Kenya to end US$300 million bailouto Kenya Airways in 2023
20 january 2023 - 18:07:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in [...] Full text...
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US Global Food Security envoy to visit Zambia. Malawi, UK
14 january 2023 - 05:46:18Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Global Food Security, Dr. Cary Fowler will [...] Full text...
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2022 Year In Review: As conflicts rage, international dialogue remains ‘the only hope’ for peace
29 december 2022 - 05:39:00New York, US (PANA) - With wars, conflicts, and unrests blighting all parts of the world in 2022, the UN [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board approves US$71 million for Guinea
23 december 2022 - 10:57:51Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a disbursement of SDR [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn again of record hunger next year in West and Central Africa
09 december 2022 - 05:23:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The number of hungry people in West and Central Africa could reach a record high of [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves $20 million grant to Ghana to help bridge unexpected financing gap
08 december 2022 - 11:53:03Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday approved $20 million in supplementary funds for [...] Full text...
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Malian armed forces claim arrest of several suspected terrorists in central Mali
07 december 2022 - 19:09:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) said they arrested 26 suspected terrorists last Saturday during an air-land [...] Full text...
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‘Intense diplomatic efforts’ continue to ensure food and fertilizers reach those in need
30 november 2022 - 07:33:52New York, US (PANA) - The first shipment of fertilizer donated by Russian producers to countries hit hard by rising [...] Full text...
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IMF staff reaches deal with Guinea on food assistance through Rapid Credit Facility
24 november 2022 - 05:57:54Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to receive up to [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board Approves US$88.3 Million in Emergency Financing Support to Malawi
22 november 2022 - 07:18:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved a disbursement of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria’s output growth expected to pick up in 2023: IMF staff
19 november 2022 - 07:54:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – For Nigeria to ensure macroeconomic stability, it requires tightening across all policy levers, and stronger revenue [...] Full text...
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Economic crisis threatens peace and security, says Senegalese President Macky Sall
24 october 2022 - 21:23:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The current economic crisis is a threat to peace and security, Senegalese head of state Macky [...] Full text...
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Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres
15 october 2022 - 06:42:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...
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Danish humanitarian charity, WFP agree to advance school-feeding in Rwanda, Uganda
10 october 2022 - 12:15:06Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) – A Danish humanitarian charity and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have sealed a partnership to further [...] Full text...
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Join forces to prevent ‘food availability crisis’ urges FAO chief
28 september 2022 - 18:57:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the war in Ukraine stokes a crisis for countries who are struggling just to access [...] Full text...
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Famine looms in Somalia, many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble: UN Agencies warn
21 september 2022 - 18:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise [...] Full text...
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Leaders’ Summit on Global Food Security to act on situation with urgency
21 september 2022 - 05:59:29New York, US (PANA) - The leaders of several countries and organisations have flagged the critical global food security situation [...] Full text...
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UN chief tells world leadrrs: This year’s General Debate must be about providing hope
14 september 2022 - 17:39:22New York, US (PANA) - As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for [...] Full text...
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UN officials see progress as global food prices drop amid ongoing Black Sea grain deal shipments
14 september 2022 - 06:16:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two vital objectives of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey [...] Full text...
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UN chief oversees departure of two ships involved in Black Sea Grain Initiative for Horn of Africa
20 august 2022 - 19:59:04Istanbul, Türkiye (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres on Saturday oversaw the departure of two ships involved in the Black [...] Full text...
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US to provide Mali with 20.5 billion CFA francs for food security
04 august 2022 - 18:43:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Mali with US$32 million or 20.5 [...] Full text...
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Japan provides further support to provide food in Zimbabwe
31 july 2022 - 05:36:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Government of Japan has made an additional contribution of US$500,000 to the World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $3.5 million for Gambia rice project
24 july 2022 - 07:20:02Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a grant [...] Full text...
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UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis
19 july 2022 - 05:18:20New York, US (PANA) - Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants $8.1 million to support food production in South Sudan
17 july 2022 - 12:58:49Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of [...] Full text...
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
06 july 2022 - 16:49:55Rome/New York, UN (PANA) - The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards [...] Full text...
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UN requests $68.4 million to help CAR where 2.2 million are acutely food insecure
05 july 2022 - 18:45:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the already dire humanitarian situation in [...] Full text...
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Conflict, drought, dwindling food support, threaten lives of 20 million in Ethiopia
23 june 2022 - 18:54:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict [...] Full text...
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Mali's Transitional President hands out tractors to Malian farmers
22 june 2022 - 13:49:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, Tuesday handed over 225 tractors to [...] Full text...
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IMF staff mission discusses reform plans, economic developments in Ethiopia
22 june 2022 - 10:24:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Multiple shocks hitting the Ethiopian economy have dampened growth, further increased inflation and created fiscal [...] Full text...
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Coffee output drops in Tanzania due to low yields, high fertiliser cost, drought
15 june 2022 - 11:13:37Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s coffee production in marketing year 2022/23 is forecast to decrease 4% to 1.15 [...] Full text...
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World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: FAO
10 june 2022 - 04:50:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - Countries are expected to spend a staggering $1.8 trillion importing food they need this year. This would be a [...] Full text...
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Food exports must keep flowing worldwide, FAO chief urges
09 june 2022 - 06:04:14Rome, Italy (PANA) - As part of ongoing international efforts to address growing concerns over global food security linked to the [...] Full text...
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Act now to end food, energy, finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders
09 june 2022 - 05:06:31New York, US (PANA) - Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost of living crisis [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State, AUC chairman discuss effects of Russian invasion on global food security
08 june 2022 - 06:35:38Washington, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Tuesday spoke with African Union Commission Chairperson (AUC) Moussa Faki [...] Full text...
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Africa provides a ‘home for hope’, despite new challenges: UN chief
25 may 2022 - 05:08:55New York, US (PANA) - On Africa Day, the world celebrates the diverse and dynamic continent’s “enormous promise and potential”, [...] Full text...
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AfDB Board approves US$1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis in Africa
20 may 2022 - 21:08:37Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on Friday approved a US$1.5 billion facility [...] Full text...
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Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts
20 may 2022 - 05:40:41New York, US (PANA) - “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on [...] Full text...
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Ukraine conflict highlights urgent need to build resilient food systems with people at their heart - WFP
19 may 2022 - 12:08:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on Thursday calling for a massive expansion [...] Full text...
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Nations must ‘act together urgently' to end crisis of food insecurity: UN chief
19 may 2022 - 05:17:24New York, US (PANA) - Hunger levels around the world are at “a new high”, the UN chief warned on [...] Full text...
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IMF team, Niger reach staff level agreement
18 may 2022 - 07:02:25Washington, DC, US (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the Niger government have reached a staff-level agreement which would [...] Full text...
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Mali intends to inject 456 billion CFA francs into 2022-2023 agricultural season
12 may 2022 - 16:27:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will inject 456 billion CFA francs into the 2022-2023 agricultural season, the Malian Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe gov't allocates more than 72 billion CFA francs to subsidise cotton growing
07 may 2022 - 15:17:40Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Faced with soaring fertiliser prices due to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, the Burkinabe [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed
06 may 2022 - 05:10:48New York, US (PANA) - A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray [...] Full text...
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International agencies seek urgent measures to arrest global food crisis
13 april 2022 - 22:41:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent steps are required, including addressing the supply of fertilizers, financial support to countries and investment [...] Full text...
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Mali launches 12th edition of High Council for Agriculture
13 april 2022 - 16:50:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, Wednesday launched the 12th edition of [...] Full text...
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Afreximbank launches $4 billion Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa
06 april 2022 - 12:44:27Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and [...] Full text...
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Food Price Index hit record high in February, says FAO
05 march 2022 - 05:28:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported [...] Full text...
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WFP warns 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
08 november 2021 - 05:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on [...] Full text...
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Land is Africa's greatest heritage, says ECA
07 november 2021 - 18:05:24Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is highlighting the importance of land to Africa [...] Full text...
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Development partners’ support crucial for addressing humanitarian situation in Malawi: IMF Team
06 november 2021 - 07:40:18Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – As Malawi faces urgent needs to address the humanitarian situation, strengthen public sector governance, restore debt [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: USAID announce 32 winners of $4 million USAID/Nigeria COVID-19 Food Security Challenge
27 october 2021 - 19:40:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - USAID/Nigeria on Wednesday announced the selection of 32 winners of their COVID-19 Food Security Challenge. The winning small [...] Full text...
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'Restoration of Algeria-Morocco relations vital to Africa’s free trade ambition'
30 september 2021 - 12:15:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the diplomatic spat between Algeria and Morocco widened last week with the banning of [...] Full text...
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Zambia produces its largest maize crop on raised efficiency by smallholder farmers
18 august 2021 - 13:18:31Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia produced its largest maize crop on record in the 2021/22 marketing year. This bumper crop [...] Full text...
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IFAD reaches 123 million people in fight against hunger, poverty and exclusion
29 july 2021 - 13:41:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world pushing millions more people into hunger and poverty, [...] Full text...
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New economic analysis calls for affordable ICT for youth, women, and rural communities in Malawi
25 june 2021 - 16:05:42Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s low levels of electricity access, high internet prices, unpredictable connectivity, high cost of smart devices, [...] Full text...
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Free up ‘bottlenecks’ stifling Africa’s agri-food sector, urges FAO chief
11 may 2021 - 06:24:46Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN agriculture chief warned on Monday that severe underfunding of Africa’s agri-food sector has boosted [...] Full text...
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New reports from AfDB, FAO and CGIAR showcase digital agriculture for Africa
26 april 2021 - 13:11:21Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Drones, satellites, geographic information systems, weather stations and advanced analytics are among promising technologies for [...] Full text...
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Mali Transition president maintains 15 pc national budget allocation to agricultural sector
31 march 2021 - 17:19:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Transition President Bah N'Daw has reaffirmed his commitment to allocate the rural development sector with [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Morocco sign US$1.3 billion chemical platform agreement
26 march 2021 - 10:03:06Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and Nigeria on Thursday signed a US$1.3 billion agreement to develop a platform of basic [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Morocco to execute joint gas pipeline, fertilizer production plant projects
01 february 2021 - 18:52:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and the Moroccan leader, King Mohammed V1, on Sunday had a [...] Full text...
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IFAD backs Nigerian small-scale farmers to improve food security, combat poverty
28 january 2021 - 14:37:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS produces only 60% of its rice needs
22 december 2020 - 13:00:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Local rice production accounts for only 60% of the needs of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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FAO emphasises women's role in African agriculture
29 october 2020 - 23:48:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Women in Africa are the backbone of their households, communities and rural economies, as food producers, [...] Full text...
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Niger govt. removes subsidy on fertilizers
17 september 2020 - 17:36:42Niamey, Niger (PANA) - After several years of subsidizing the price of fertilizer, the Nigerien government has withdrawn subsidies on [...] Full text...
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Buhari directs CBN to implement zero allocation of forex for importation of food items and fertilizer
10 september 2020 - 18:43:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the Federal Government rolls out the Economic Sustainability Plan and sets goal for National Food [...] Full text...
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South Africa’s Backsaver Farming Equipment helps plant crops across Africa
07 september 2020 - 12:59:37Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South African farmer and inventor Michris Janse van Rensburg has supplied hand planters to more [...] Full text...
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AfDB project triples incomes of rural producers and traders in Tanzania
08 july 2020 - 03:41:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An African Development Bank (AfDB) project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Govt. encourages production and use of organic compost
03 july 2020 - 16:42:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Environment Minister, Kavi Ramano, on Friday distributed compost bins and tools to members of Non-Governmental [...] Full text...
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Togo avails over 120,000 tonnes of inputs for farmers in 2020-21 crop season
24 june 2020 - 15:56:16Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has made more than 120,000 tonnes of agricultural inputs available to farmers for the 2020-2021 [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso expects to produce 550,000 tonnes of seed cotton in 2020/21 season
28 may 2020 - 09:31:58Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso expects a production of 550,000 tonnes of seed cotton for the 2020-2021 season, [...] Full text...
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Barrow urges Gambians to be proactive, take appropriate strategies
23 may 2020 - 17:56:46Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has urged Gambians to be proactive and realistic enough to squarely redefine their [...] Full text...
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World Bank announces $500 million to fight locusts in Africa, Middle East
21 may 2020 - 17:08:45Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday approved a US$500 million programme to help countries in Africa [...] Full text...
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Turkey-Africa Partnership panel discusses trade and stimulus to cushion the economic fallout of COVID-19
19 may 2020 - 18:19:08Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe government moves to contain COVID-19
31 march 2020 - 16:11:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is currently under a 21-day lockdown that began on Monday to minimize the spread of [...] Full text...
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AFFM launches US$2.2m project in Nigeria to boost fertilizer supply to 200,000 farmers
13 march 2020 - 22:03:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a US$2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers [...] Full text...
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Congo holds agricultural fair
19 december 2019 - 10:05:29Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Minister of State of Agriculture, Livestock and Aquaculture, Henri Djombo, opened an agriculture fair in [...] Full text...
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Gambian Govt spokesman says he is not 'too small' to receive protesters' petition
17 december 2019 - 10:10:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Ebrima Sankareh, Gambia government’s spokesman, on Tuesday dismissed claims that his office was “too small to [...] Full text...
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Nigerian, Russian firms sign agreement for purchase of potash for fertilizer production in Nigeria
02 december 2019 - 18:28:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government and Russia on Monday signed an agreement for the supply of potash, [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigerian farmers helped save billions of dollars annually from food importation
23 november 2019 - 18:17:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended Nigerian farmers for “saving us billions of dollars yearly [...] Full text...
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Speculative practices increase price of subsidised agricultural fertilisers in Burundi
21 november 2019 - 23:50:40Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The subsidized price of a 50 kg bag of fertilizer has recently risen from 29,000 Burundian [...] Full text...
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ITFC, OCP Africa sign agreement to increase African farmers' incomes
21 october 2019 - 22:13:02Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and OCP Africa Monday signed a memorandum of [...] Full text...
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Seven Malian soldiers killed in ambush in central Mali
27 september 2019 - 14:04:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven Malian soldiers were killed when a mission of the armed forces came across an ambush [...] Full text...
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AfDB, partners organize West Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum in Abidjan
23 september 2019 - 19:57:47Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) and the West Africa [...] Full text...
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‘Invisible’ crisis of water quality threatens human and environmental well-being: Report
21 august 2019 - 05:56:21New York, US (PANA) - Deteriorating water quality worldwide is slashing the economic potential of heavily polluted areas, according to [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Burundi ends importation of fertilizers
13 august 2019 - 15:36:44Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has announced a halt to the importation of agricultural fertilizers this year, saying the ban [...] Full text...
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Niger plans to reform the fertilizer sector
09 august 2019 - 14:01:21Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Agriculture, Albadé Abouba, on Friday urged the Nigerien Association of Fertilizer Importers and [...] Full text...
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37 killed by armed bandits in Northwest Nigeria as Buhari vows to respond "fiercely"
21 july 2019 - 07:49:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The violence in Nigeria’s Northwest region continues as President Muhammadu Buhari “strongly condemns” the killing of [...] Full text...
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Lucara Botswana hosts diamond naming competition
04 june 2019 - 19:52:43Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Lucara Diamond Corp Botswana, a diamond mining company, is hosting a diamond naming competition to find [...] Full text...
thread Economy
IMF says Zimbabwe's 2019 economic prospects remain bleak
01 june 2019 - 17:05:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Staff Monitored Program will likely need to be recalibrated [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains disrupt cargo handling operations at Mombasa Port
24 may 2019 - 19:38:16Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - The operations at the Port of Mombasa have slowed down for the last two days following [...] Full text...
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Corruption hindering development in Botswana’s horticulture industry
07 may 2019 - 13:14:37Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)- Corrupt practices by some business people, who supply the Botswana government with goods, are said to be [...] Full text...
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Cotton prices go up in Burkina Faso
15 april 2019 - 17:02:08Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso cotton interprofessional Association (AICB) has announced new cotton prices for the 2019-2020 [...] Full text...
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World Bank foresees economic growth decline in Kenya
09 april 2019 - 17:30:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has foreseen a marginal economic growth deceleration in Kenya, from 5.8% in 2018 [...] Full text...
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Maliian gov't, potato sector stakeholders agree on a price cap for producers and consumers
30 march 2019 - 20:02:18Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In April, the potato will be bought at the producer price of 150 CFA F/kg and [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai: NGO calls for investigations into allegations of looting of relief aid in Zimbabwe
29 march 2019 - 06:35:43Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Non-governmental organisation, Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA), has called for government to urgently investigate allegations [...] Full text...
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Burundi unveils fertilizer plant capacity for 120,000 tons per year
14 march 2019 - 19:21:10Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The first-ever local factory of "Organo-Mineral Industrial Fertilizers" (Fomi, that roduces 120,000 tons per year) has [...] Full text...
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US$20 million facility for Meridian’s soft commodity value-chain operations in Southern Africa
04 december 2018 - 13:08:06Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Trade Finance operations, has signed a US$20 million facility [...] Full text...
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Africa Investment Forum 2018: a new bold vision tilts capital flows into Africa
15 november 2018 - 13:30:06Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” according to a popular [...] Full text...
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Gambian farmers call for empowerment
13 november 2018 - 10:47:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian farmers in Nuimi District on Tuesday insisted that the new constitution in the making should [...] Full text...
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Investment interest secured for 45 deals, worth US$32bn, at AIF
10 november 2018 - 11:39:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The first of its kind transaction-based Investment Forum in Africa, on Friday unveiled the conclusions [...] Full text...
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Africa agribusiness projected to reach US$1 trillion business by 2030
10 november 2018 - 10:58:40Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in [...] Full text...
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FAO helps Kenyan farmers rescue harvest from Fall Armyworm (Feature by FAO)
23 june 2018 - 06:26:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - ‘With a good harvest, we have enough maize for ourselves, and then some to sell. But [...] Full text...
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Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world's water - FAO
20 june 2018 - 08:37:46Rome, Italy (PANA) - Water pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices poses a serious risk to human health and the planet's [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president Buhari begins 2-day visit to Morocco
10 june 2018 - 14:37:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, left Abuja on Sunday for Morocco for a two-day visit. The President’s Senior [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Buhari's 3-year score-card: Info minister says Fed. Gov't delivering on campaign promises
28 may 2018 - 14:07:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Presenting the three-year scorecard of Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, to Nigerians, the Minister of Information and [...] Full text...
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FAPA Donors, AFAP sign deal in support of local supply, utilization of fertilizer in Africa
24 may 2018 - 13:12:56Busan, South Korea (PANA) - On the sidelines of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Busan, South Korea, [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves US$ 100 million for Nigerian company to double fertilizer production
18 may 2018 - 13:15:02Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$100 million loan for Nigerian firm, Indorama [...] Full text...
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FAO espouses agroecology for sustainable food systems (A FAO feature)
02 april 2018 - 09:35:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - More with less. This is the challenge and the mantra for our future. There will be [...] Full text...
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Africa must build digital infrastructure to compete in 4th Industrial Revolution, says AfDB's Adesina
27 march 2018 - 13:24:31Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - To compete at the accelerated pace of technological innovations and the 4th Industrial Revolution, Africa [...] Full text...
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African Green Revolution project targets 1.2 million farmers in West Africa
27 february 2018 - 16:19:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 1.2 million small-scale farmers in Burkina Faso and Ghana, are set to benefit from [...] Full text...
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'US$1.06 billion needed to help communities in 26 countries fight back against hunger'
08 february 2018 - 11:25:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - With conflict and climate-related shocks sending global hunger numbers marching back up after declining for decades, [...] Full text...
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Kenyans urged to upscale trade with Japan
07 february 2018 - 17:24:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Much as the number of Japanese firms investing in Kenya increased from 30 in 1913 to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria reveals how AfDB assisted in getting it out of recession
20 january 2018 - 07:09:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) provided a much-needed lifeline at a time when it was very [...] Full text...
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Gambia, ITFC ink US$210m financing deal for key economic sectors
16 january 2018 - 19:31:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Ava dominates media coverage in Mauritius
06 january 2018 - 14:05:34Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The New Year festivities were marked in Mauritius by the passage of tropical cyclone Ava, [...] Full text...
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Egyptian/Gambian Investor moves to revive Gambia’s cotton trade
31 december 2017 - 13:56:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Hatem Raslan, an Egyptian investor, has expressed readiness to revive Gambia’s cotton production and export. He made [...] Full text...
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New UN agency projects to boost farming practices, improve farm animal health
30 december 2017 - 04:30:16Vienna, Austria (PANA) – People around the world, especially poor farmers in developing Asian countries, will benefit through the use [...] Full text...
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FAO hails UN resolutions honouring family farmers, bees, camelids, fisheries
21 december 2017 - 09:48:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has welcomed the UN's decision to create a decade [...] Full text...
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FAO launches dry season emergency support in Northeast Nigeria
18 december 2017 - 14:11:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has launched its dry season [...] Full text...
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Gambian farmers adapt to climate change with new irrigation strategies (An FAO Feature)
17 december 2017 - 08:43:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Agriculture has a large role to play in reducing poverty in The Gambia. About 30 percent [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigeria to repatriate all stranded Nigerians in Libya, other areas
29 november 2017 - 15:38:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday night in Abidjan declared that all Nigerians stranded in Libya [...] Full text...
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UN roots for enhanced gender equality in agriculture in Rwanda
13 november 2017 - 11:30:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - UN agencies will avail financial resources and technical expertise to the Rwandan government in a move [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Maputo to host key regional Fertilizer conference
21 september 2017 - 15:01:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Over 300 people from 28 countries will join senior government figures and fertilizer and agribusiness [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: African leaders to accelerate Africa’s path to prosperity by growing economies, jobs through agriculture
06 september 2017 - 14:24:03Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Over 750 delegates and high-level dignitaries, including African Heads of States, Ministers, and key stakeholders [...] Full text...
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Cote d’Ivoire: AfDB wants greater focus on implementation of Africa's green revolution
30 august 2017 - 17:08:45Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ahead of the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi [...] Full text...
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Côte d’Ivoire: 2017 Africa Green Revolution Forum holds in Abidjan
06 july 2017 - 14:01:57Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The 2017 Africa Green Revolution Forum, which will hold 4-8 September in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB President, Adesina, wins 2017 World Food Prize
28 june 2017 - 13:11:14Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - For helping Africa get it right in agriculture and making it a key player of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: FAO distributes emergency seeds to combat hunger in north-east Nigeria
22 june 2017 - 11:37:51Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) - Seeds and fertilizer for more than one million people are being distributed by the UN Food [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves US$100m for soft commodity value chain operations in sub-Saharan Africa
15 june 2017 - 07:32:19Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$100 million facility to finance Export Trading [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Acting president lists gov't successes, vows to recover all stolen money
29 may 2017 - 09:13:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday highlighted the various achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: FAO-supported farmers expect good harvest in Northeast Nigeria
29 march 2017 - 13:40:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says farmers under its support programmes in Northeast Nigeria, the [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghana reiterates commitment to IMF programme
02 march 2017 - 17:59:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday said the government remains committed to extended credit facility [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Morocco makes pledge to bolster bilateral ties after AU re-admission
31 january 2017 - 16:06:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Morocco has pledged to avail its vast mineral resources to the benefit of African countries [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves US$ 20m for soft commodity value chain operations in Southern Africa
21 january 2017 - 12:11:21Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$ 20 million facility to finance Meridian’s [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Female researcher tops the list of African Women of the year 2016 in Agriculture
15 december 2016 - 14:43:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The current President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Dr. Agnes Kalibata [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari urges Nigerians to "grow what we eat and consume what we make"
14 december 2016 - 18:33:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to grow what they eat and consume what they [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban stresses need for healthy soils for sustainable food production
05 december 2016 - 15:48:47New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday stressed the importance of healthy soils, saying that "sustainable [...] Full text...
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Italy: World Soil Day hails symbiotic role of pulses to boost sustainable agriculture
05 december 2016 - 14:00:06Rome, Italy (PANA) - Soil and pulses can make major contributions to the challenge of feeding the world's growing population [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: NGO to introduce farming insurance through mobile banking in Africa
23 november 2016 - 13:41:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - While beneficiaries of farming insurance schemes in Africa still complain about the costs involved in the [...] Full text...
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Zambia: President Lungu warns of painful measures to grow the economy
18 august 2016 - 13:23:10Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s re-elected President Edgar Lungu says he will take more decisive action to grow the economy [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian govt arrests seven for diverting explosives, detonators
05 august 2016 - 10:41:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Federal Government says that five security operatives and other actors linked to incessant bombing [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO warns of dangers of ruminants virus
29 april 2016 - 11:28:44Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says a devastating livestock disease is continuing to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: IFAD-supported operations improve livelihoods of Nigeria's rural poor
07 april 2016 - 13:50:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Development projects supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Nigeria have been effective [...] Full text...
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Italy: Benin, IFAD sign deal to boost nutrition security, create jobs for young people
01 february 2016 - 18:19:48Rome, Italy (PANA) – Benin and the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement Monday [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Trade ministers making steady progress at WTO conference in Nairobi
17 december 2015 - 16:40:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Trade ministers from 163 countries are making steady progress in overcoming a deadlock which threatened to stall [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Egyptian start-up wins 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize
19 november 2015 - 11:48:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An Egyptian company has won the 2015 Orange African Social Venture prize, according to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: First major private oil refinery 'begins operation in 2018'
25 october 2015 - 12:06:05Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's efforts to end the importation of petroleum products for domestic consumption will get a boost [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO, WFP expand operations in Southern Africa to deal with food insecurity
19 october 2015 - 19:42:07New York, US (PANA) - An estimated 27.4 million people in Southern Africa face food insecurity in the next six [...] Full text...
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FAO: Two initiatives in Niger, Senegal win FAO awards
06 july 2015 - 12:00:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - Two Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects have earned awards in an EXPO 2015 competition aimed [...] Full text...
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