Farm Radio Trust, a long-term partner of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi, is using radio and other channels such as a dedicated hotline and texting, to share weather information and agricultural advisories with smallholder farmers
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FAO gains in fight against Desert Locusts in East Africa and Yemen
The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu, said that significant gains had been made in the fight against the desert locust upsurge in East Africa and Yemen
Edo State to focus on agriculture post COVID-19
Post COVID-19, the Edo State government will focus on developing human capital in agriculture, agribusiness, agro-processing and allied fields to groom and harness knowledge and skillsets of its teeming youth population for an agriculture-based economy
Olam Nigeria helps to Ondo State cocoa farmers
Olam Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Singapore-based leading food and agri-business Olam International, is training more than 8,000 cocoa farmers in Ondo State to help them improve cocoa crop yields
Alwan Ali Hassan is acting managing director at Nigeria’s Bank of Agriculture
Alwan Ali Hassan, a banker and businessman, has been appointed as the acting managing director of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), the Nigerian government-owned bank that provides credit to large and small-scale farmers in the country
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