As the February-May Belg season starts, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture is scaling up aerial and ground operations in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) regions – Belg crop-producing areas to control desert locusts
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the government of Nigeria, has held a meeting with stakeholders to discuss details around special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria
The global edible insects market is projected to achieve more than 47 per cent CAGR from 2020 to 2026, supported by rising consumer awareness about nutritional benefits of edible insects and willingness to explore new dietary trends, according to Global Market Insights
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is donating US$1.02mn to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to tackle massive desert locust infestation in East Africa
Edgars Rinkēvičs, minister of foreign affairs of Latvia, and Sameh Shoukry, foreign minister of Egypt, met on 16 February 2020 to discuss bilateral cooperation opportunities in a number of areas including agriculture and the IT sector
