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West Africa: Bringing Dry Land in the Sahel Back to Life
Photo FAO/Giulio Napolitano/Dry land in the Sahel Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN ...
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Egypt: PM Follows Up On Situation of Nitrogen Fertilizers System
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli presided over a meeting Thursday 20/1/2022 to follow up on the situation related to the nitrogen fertilizers system and ways to meet the needs of farmers and increase crop yields. At the beginning of the meeting, attended by a host of ministers, Mabdouli said that the move comes as part of ...West Africa: Bringing Dry Land in the Sahel Back to Life
Photo FAO/Giulio Napolitano/Dry land in the Sahel Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa’s Sahel region, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is showing that traditional knowledge, combined with the latest technology, can turn arid ground back into fertile soil. Those trying to grow crops in ...Ministers of Agriculture launch common agenda for farmers
Ministers of Agriculture of Africa and the Americas have promised their commitment to work together, to develop a cooperation agenda, to address common challenges and opportunities with respect to transforming their agrifood systems for sustainability and inclusiveness. The agreement was reached during the First High-Level Roundtable between Africa and the Americas, convened and organised by ...Bringing degraded African land back to life
The Delfino plough creates half-moon shapes across the landscape to catch water for planting seedlings and restoring land © FAO/Giulio Napolitano Farming in the Sahel region of Africa isn’t easy. It’s an area that suffers from degraded soils,erratic rainfall and is often subject to long periods of drought. For that reason, farmland is often very ...South Africa: MEC Ivan Meyer Welcomes Introduction of Agricultural Subjects At Pelican Park High School
The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, has welcomed the decision to expand Pelican Park High School’s curriculum to include agricultural subjects such as agricultural management science and agricultural technology. Minister Meyer: “Structured education, training and research is one of my Ministerial priorities. I have therefore been advocating for the establishment of more ...Drought hits maize supply, prices in Dar
Drought and poor harvest have disrupted Tanzania’s supply of maize, pushing up the price of the commodity. According to December 2021 reports by the Ministry of Agriculture, prices for maize grains are fluctuating and are fetching different prices at local markets across the country. The National Bureau of Statistics shows that a 100-kg bag of ...
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