adminBayer releases maize seed hybrid varieties
Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Bayer, a crop protection products provider, has launched maize seed hybrid varieties tailor-made for different agronomic regions in Zimbabwe. The DEKALB maize varieties: DKC 80-33, DK…
Government of Tanzania to Improve Plant Health Surveillance with Support from EU and FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania through the Ministry Agriculture…
Promoting Health and Food Security in Rwanda by Reducing Aflatoxin in Crops
To help farmers and grain traders reduce the prevalence of aflatoxins in crops and grains in Rwanda, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Kigali-based…
2021 ReSAKSS Conference concludes on a high note with renewed commitment to continental goals
AKADEMIYA2063 (www.AKADEMIYA2063.org) has concluded the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) Annual Conference, with renewed stakeholder commitment to promoting evidence-based dialogue and action towards policy options to ensure…
Madagascar: Solidarity Urgently Needed as the Climate Crisis Threatens the Lives of People in the Grand Sud
The Humanitarian Coordinator for Madagascar, Issa Sanogo, today called on the international community to urgently increase its support to people facing severe hunger in the Grand Sud of the country…
High-level UN Delegation to Visit Farmers and Review Progress of Rural Development Projects in Egypt
Egypt is IFAD’s largest recipient of financial assistance in Near East and North Africa, and was one of the first countries to receive the Fund’s financing; the IFAD delegation will…
United Kingdom Contributes £3 Million to Help Malagasy Families get through Drought and Food Crisis
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of £3 million (US$4.1 million, equivalent to 15 trillion Malagasy ariary) from the United Kingdom towards its assistance to people…
African Union Urged to Address the Threat of Congo Forest Logging Driving Extreme Weather across Sub-Saharan Africa
Industrial logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may severely disturb rainfall patterns across sub-Saharan Africa and bring about more extreme weather, including intense droughts and flash floods. In…
Madagascar: Severe Drought could Spur World’s First Climate Change Famine
More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine caused by climate change, according to the World Food Programme (WFP) The…
‘I see change in the lives of the people’: King Letsie III of Lesotho commends FAO work in Lesotho
His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho, FAO Special Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition, toured several project sites in Lesotho’s Mafeteng and Thaba-Tseka districts where the Food and Agriculture Organization of…