The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Talensi-Nabdam, Mr. Anabila Nabia, has stated that the best way to develop agriculture, in the district, was through the construction of more dams.
The Ohlthaver and List Group's planned super dairy farm at the Hardap Irrigation Scheme will accommodate 1520 cows, according to new details released by the government.
International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has warned that cocoa beans which do not comply with the Minimum Residual Level (MRL) of chemicals and insecticides would be rejected from September 1, 2008.
The Horn of Africa is rapidly sliding into a humanitarian emergency, with more than 14 million people requiring urgent food aid and other assistance over the coming months.
A team of experts from the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, MINEPAT, have released a report confirming that twin trawling along Cameroon's coastline has caused regrettable damage to the fish population.
LONG-AWAITED changes to the baskets of goods and services that Statistics SA uses to calculate inflation have sparked a flurry of excited research from the country's analyst community.
Prices of food in Kenya, which have already risen by 50 percent since the start of 2008, could increase further following a new government regulation, a consumer watch group has warned.
Three parched years in a row have drained Lesotho's water sources and thousands of people that are already facing chronic food insecurity risk losing access to water, the spread of disease and death.
THE next phase of the agriculture mechanisation programme would focus on irrigation development, the Minister of Agricultural Engineering, Mechanisation and Irrigation Cde Joseph Made has said.
THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources will step up its information campaign about aquaculture or fish farming in Namibia in order to increase food security and employment creation.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has trained no fewer than 13,000 youths on various vocational skills in the last two years in Sokoto with a view to making them self-reliant and useful to the society.
Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Professor Daniel Vershima Uza, has advocated for the setting up of a National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), for farmers access to boost food production in the country.
THE widespread shortage of sugar that battered the country recently may be over in many areas, but the underlying factors that gave birth to the shortage are still begging for answers.
Discarding of fish at sea was one of the topics at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Marine Fisheries Ministerial conference on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, with delegates seeking the establishment of mechanisms to stop such activities in
At least 37 cattle-raising co-operatives from the six districts of the southern Cunene province received micro-credits, since early this year, granted by the Savings and Credit Bank (BPC), ANGOP learnt.
A water project which will see advanced water treatment, water recycling and improved sanitation technologies is set to improve the lives of people living in the province's rural areas.
The decision by the Defence and National Service and Home Affairs ministries to work together to stamp out rustling in Mara Region is welcome, though belated.
