Bam, a province Burkina Faso, was once a migration source due to land degradation. This is changing thanks to soil and water conservation projects. flickr/ Ollivier Girard/ CIFOR Elisabeth Ilboudo-Nébié, Columbia University January 22, 2020//-In the Sahel of West Africa – which covers Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad – land degradation has […]
Nairobi, Kenya, January 20, 2020/ — Despite control efforts, Desert Locusts are spreading to new areas of Ethiopia in vast numbers.
Nairobi, Kenya, January 20, 2020/ — Desert Locust swarms in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – already unprecedented in their size and destructive potential could swell exponentially and spill over into more countries in East Africa if efforts to deal with the voracious pest are not massively scaled up across the region, FAO warned today.
Lusaka, Zambia, January 20, 2020//- Heavy rain and floods are threatening the already fragile food security situation in Zambia.
Harare, Zimbabwe//– A record 45 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure as the region enters the peak of the lean season.
January 16, 2020//-The efforts to impose Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) on Ghanaian farmers and consumers came to an end on 14th January 2020 when the government through the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto) indicated that, the nation has capable scientists who could use traditional breeding methods to produce high yielding varieties […]
Accra, Ghana, January 16, 2020//-Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board Joseph Boahen Aidoo has rubbished a claim by the western media that Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have formed a “cocoa cartel” to control the world cocoa price.
January 14, 2020//-A decision by a group of youthful farmers in the North Rift to venture into horticulture targeting local and export markets has begun to bear fruit.
January 13, 2020//-China has agreed to slash the duty levied on avocado exports from 30 percent to seven percent in a move that should ideally help Kenyan farmers benefit from the lucrative Asian market.
Accra, Ghana, January 10, 2020//-An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Clemence Y. Honyenuga has struck out an affidavit in opposition to a motion of perjury filed by former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni against the state’s third prosecution witness, Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah in the case of the Republic vs Dr Opuni and […]
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