Africa’s urban population is expanding rapidly, but concerns have been raised that many of its cities are not keeping up with the increasing demand for food
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FCTA plan to boost Nigerian potato farming
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has attempted to enhance food security and employment numbers for the region’s potato farmers, according the FCT Administration (FCTA) secretary for agriculture and rural development Olvadi Madayi
Crop rotation technology to aid Ghana's farmers
A technology able to address declining soil fertility in food production has been made available to smallholder farmers in Ghana
Nigerian government donates seeds to 7,000 farmers
As part of the Nigerian government’s plans to boost the country’s agricultural self-sufficiency, free sorghum seeds have been distributed to more than 7,000 farmers in Kudana State
New Nigerian crop hybrid tackles vitamin deficiency
Nigeria has formally released two new vitamin A-rich and high-yielding maize hybrids into its agricultural sector with the intention of reducing the West African nation’s vitamin A deficiency