WB approves $300 million to help Togo's agribusiness
13 june 2025 - 10:05:32Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has approved $300 million to help Togo position itself as a [...] Full text...
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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has approved $300 million to help Togo position itself as a [...] Full text...
Benin effects nearly 16% increase in agriculture budget
19 december 2023 - 15:25:42Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - From 99.7 billion CFA francs for the current year, the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, [...] Full text...
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Realising Nigeria’s economic potential requires a stronger focus on women farmers: World Bank Blog By Abhilasha Sahay and Amy Geist
26 october 2023 - 12:08:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unequal public investment in women and men is perpetuating gender inequality in Nigeria, which continues to [...] 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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Nigeria: Bandits lay siege on Armed Forces Command and Staff College in north central Kaduna
14 april 2021 - 19:22:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits in Kaduna State, northcentral Nigeria on Wednesday laid siege around the premises of the sprawling [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army, Air Force foil bid by bandits to kidnap 307 Kaduna students
14 march 2021 - 19:56:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Troops of the Nigerian Army have foiled bid by bandits to kidnap 307 students of the [...] Full text...
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New Burkinabe govt. announces reconciliation and land reforms
11 january 2021 - 17:04:08Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Christophe Marie Joseph Dabiré, on Monday announced that national [...] Full text...
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Africa Free Trade agreement to boost agriculture
21 december 2020 - 13:35:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be [...] Full text...
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IFAD gives Congo 500.000 USD for small cassava producers
14 october 2020 - 21:32:27Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide 500,000 US dollars to support a new [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President stresses urgency of modernizing country’s agriculture
24 september 2020 - 16:19:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese head of state, Macky Sall, has stressed the urgency to intensify a sustained mechanization [...] Full text...
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Togolese farmers receive 72 tractors from government to start new farming season
05 may 2020 - 15:51:15Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese farmers last week received 72 tractors worth 1.8 billion CFA francs from the government to [...] Full text...
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Malian President validates 2020 agricultural campaign plan
21 march 2020 - 16:31:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on Friday approved the 2020 agricultural campaign plan at the end [...] Full text...
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India moves to increase bilateral trade with Kenya
22 february 2020 - 13:17:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – India plans to build a stronger bilateral partnership with Kenya through the promotion of trade and [...] Full text...
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Togo to host 12th edition of National Peasant Forum
09 january 2020 - 00:28:08Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Forum for the Togolese Peasant, intended to promote the agricultural sector, will be held [...] 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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Congo to employ nearly 2,000 teachers in 2020
18 december 2019 - 07:07:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Nearly 2,000 teachers graduating from teacher training colleges will be integrated into the civil service in [...] Full text...
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’ Land is a tool for empowerment in Africa’ - ECA chief Vera Songwe
15 december 2019 - 12:01:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Land is an asset for empowerment in Africa, according to Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso President hands over 400 tractors to farm producers
29 november 2019 - 15:40:37Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Friday presided over a ceremony in Bobo-Dioulasso [...] Full text...
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Gold panning in North Niger: A growth lever but also source of problems - study
18 october 2019 - 22:27:50Agadez, Niger (PANA) - The boom in gold panning in the desert north of Niger, former home of armed rebellions, [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Minister of Agriculture announces project to support 150,000 young people
14 october 2019 - 19:06:39Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Moussa Baldé, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Senegal, has announced an ambitious agricultural [...] Full text...
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Turkey-Gambia Joint Business Council discusses areas of mutual interests
10 october 2019 - 17:56:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Members of the joint Turkey-Gambia Business Council have discussed various areas of mutual interests to both [...] Full text...
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Tunisia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal sign agricultural deals
26 september 2019 - 20:45:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia, Niger, Burkina Faso and Senegal Thursday signed three cooperation conventions in line with the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Congo: Eco-Oil energy, Chinese Camaco sign agric partnership agreement
12 september 2019 - 17:36:10Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese company, Eco-Oil Energy, and the Chinese Camaco on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement to [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Miners Federation, gov't plan annual general meeting to improve artisanal mining
20 august 2019 - 19:42:17Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), in conjunction with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development,is organising an [...] Full text...
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IFAD to increase financial allocation to Mali
02 july 2019 - 11:51:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo, on Monday announced [...] Full text...
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Benin sets up National Agency for Agricultural Mechanization
13 april 2019 - 18:35:58Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has set up a National Agency for Agricultural Mechanization (ANAMA), as approved by the last [...] Full text...
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Experts agree project to improve agricultural production in West,Central Africa
22 march 2019 - 05:32:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Experts from the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) and the [...] Full text...
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Burundi sets out to modernise agriculture
21 march 2019 - 08:44:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – With agriculture being the mainstay of the Burundian economy, the government has set out modernise the [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone and IFAD boost food security and incomes in rural areas
04 march 2019 - 16:13:41Rome, Italy (PANA) – About 34,000 vulnerable rural households in Sierra Leone will benefit from a new US$72.6 million project [...] 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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Gambian leader welcomes France's investment in farming
17 october 2018 - 18:55:16Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has lauded the initiative of the French government to invest massively in agricultural [...] Full text...
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Boosting farm productivity in Africa through the sustainable use of machines (Feature by FAO)
08 october 2018 - 03:48:00Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the African Union have launched a new framework [...] Full text...
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Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe’s tomorrow brighter than yesterday
26 august 2018 - 15:58:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Declaring the end of Zimbabwe’s election on Sunday, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa said he has been [...] Full text...
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Rwanda fires senior civil servants for mismanagement of funds
13 april 2018 - 20:38:59Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Prime Minister (PM), Edouard Ngirente, has ordered the "disengagement" of several senior civil servants for [...] Full text...
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AfDB supports Namibia’s Agriculture Sector
05 december 2017 - 12:53:00Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is supporting Namibia’s Agriculture Sector with the approval of One [...] Full text...
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US: Improving agribusiness competitiveness can boost food security in Africa
20 september 2017 - 20:02:36Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Strategic investments can help unlock potential for agribusiness growth in African nations with low agribusiness [...] Full text...
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Niger: Niger puts 172,800 ha under irrigation farming
10 september 2017 - 14:10:12Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger intends to produce 700,000 tons of cereals under an irrigation programme due to be launched [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: African Green Revolution Forum begins in Côte d'Ivoire
04 september 2017 - 16:52:02Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The seventh edition of the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) began on Monday in [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe donates 300 cattle to AUF for auctioning
17 may 2017 - 13:49:14Gweru, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Union Foundation (AUF), the institution charged with promoting domestic resource mobilisation for African development, [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Sustainanble mechanization key to bolstering sub-Saharan Africa agric
29 september 2016 - 10:52:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian officials to hold talks on China-Africa economic cooperation in Beijing
24 july 2016 - 14:01:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian delegation will leave for Beijing, China on Monday for the Coordinators’ Meeting on the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: AUC, FAO determined to promote agricultural mechanization in Africa
01 july 2016 - 13:48:39Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Cameroon seeks 1,500 billion CFAF to modernize agriculture
30 june 2015 - 21:11:45Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, will on 16-17 September host an international conference dubbed "Business Meeting" to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Sugar production slides in Mauritius
15 february 2015 - 15:27:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – According to the figures compiled by the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture, sugar production for the 2014 [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Minister says despite today's challenges Mauritian sugar has good future
03 february 2015 - 16:38:06Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Despite numerous challenges facing the production of cane sugar in Mauritius, the industry still has [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO says agriculture key to eradicating hunger in Africa
29 january 2014 - 23:01:39New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Jose Graziano da Silva, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) [...] Full text...
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Benin to build agricultural machine assembly factory to be built
15 january 2013 - 21:16:03Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin plans to build in the coming months an agricultural machine assembly factory with a view [...] Full text...
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Benin president rallies country to become 'real agricultural power'
01 august 2011 - 22:17:35Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin's president Boni Yayi on Monday rallied his country to increase agricultural production saying the West [...] Full text...
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Ghana's VP to visit Brazil
05 april 2010 - 09:29:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's Vice President John Dramani Mahama leaves Accra Mo nday for a four-day visit to Brazil [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoiret celebrates two decades of â?School Lunch Roomâ? programme
02 december 2009 - 21:32:00Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) â" Cote d'Ivoire on -Wednesday launched the 20th a nniversary of its School Lunch Room programme [...] Full text...
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EU, FAO distribute seeds, fertilizers to 176,000 Zimbabwe farmers
14 september 2009 - 16:03:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- FAO has started a major operation in support of small-sc ale farmers in Zimbabwe as part [...] Full text...
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