Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will be implementing a number of measures aimed at boosting output in the fisheries sector this year, sources [...] Full text...
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries and lead to an increase [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt’s cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales from MY2023/24, driven by a [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - While one-third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new [...] Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A workshop to build the capacity of maritime law enforcement agencies to optimise a governance system for the monitoring, control and [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Hussein al-Gatrani, has discussed with the French Ambassador to [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has called on the Ministry of Agriculture to support investment by farmers in rice production.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday launched an action plan to [...] Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved two new loans worth US$520 million, providing additional financing to address Tunisia’s food [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, has spoken about the importance of the use of Genetically Modified Organisms [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has been experiencing an outbreak of avian influenza since 13 January 2022, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Resources [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has been experiencing an outbreak of avian influenza since 13 January 2022, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Resources [...] Full text...
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - An initiative to rapidly develop villages in some of the most drought-prone and poorest rural areas of southern Madagascar could help [...] Full text...
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso has officially launched an African Development Bank (AfDB)-supported project to bolster food security in the [...] Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In January 2024, Nigeria approved the commercial release of four TELA maize varieties, which have been genetically engineered for improved insect-resistance [...] Full text...
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Maize production in South Africa is off to a reasonable start in marketing year 2023/24 after ample rainfall was recorded [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 3rd farmers' technology innovation exhibition opened on Monday in the southeast Mali town of Dioila bringing together farmers' organisations from [...] Full text...
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported on Friday that the Food Price Index ended the year just over 10 per [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The region of Ségou, in central Mali, is expected to produce around 1.3 million tonnes of cereals in the 2022-2023 winter [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has regained its position as Africa's leading cotton producer for the 2023-2024 season, with 690,000 tonnes, ahead of Benin with [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso produced 5,246,405 tonnes of cereals in 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday, adding that the cereals [...] Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - From 99.7 billion CFA francs for the current year, the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries will rise [...] Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s nexus of water, food and energy (NWFE) programme, launched a year ago to leverage partnerships and mobilise climate finance, is [...] Full text...
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Imagine you are a scientist in charge of deciding which new crop variety to make available to farmers in [...] Full text...
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a new International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$15 million to improve the competitiveness and [...] Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Labour markets in low- and middle-income countries are often organised via short-term informal spot contracts: in many cases, contracts last only [...] Full text...
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines of loss and damage linked [...] Full text...
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Eating healthily now costs well over four per cent more than in 2020, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)  warned on [...] Full text...
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - In agriculture, patience is a virtue. But people also need to eat. Coffee plants take several years to bear fruit and [...] Full text...
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world global food standards body marked its 60th anniversary on Monday at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation [...] Full text...
Expo City, Dubai (PANA) - It's a hot, scorching day. The earth beneath your feet is parched, and your once-green fields have turned into a [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister for Marine Resources in the Government of National Unity, Adel Sultan, is attending the first session of the [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aimed at developing the agricultural sector and [...] Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - One million farming households in war-torn Sudan have received seeds allowing them to grow food for up to 19 million people this [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has announced that The Gambia will receive about $12.3 million, which [...] Full text...
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Although current agrifood systems provide nourishment and sustain economies, they also impose huge hidden costs on health and the environment - [...] Full text...
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Pest and diseases are a global challenge when it comes to turning food and nutrition security into reality. Climate change has [...] Full text...
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Valuing ecosystem services –– the benefits humans obtain from earth’s many life-support systems –– is an important step in devising interventions [...] Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unequal public investment in women and men is perpetuating gender inequality in Nigeria, which continues to take a toll on both [...] Full text...
Kiambu, Kenya (PANA) – African countries are working together to launch an assault against the poisoning of the food systems mostly from the chemical spraying [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Heads of international organisations have urged countries to balance short-term urgent interventions with longer-term resilience efforts as they respond [...] Full text...
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a project to provide 60,000 metric tons of [...] Full text...
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will extend a US$2 million partial trade credit guarantee and US$877,980 grant to the African [...] Full text...
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank and the OCP Group on Wednesday announced a game changing partnership to support farmers in West Africa and [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia and African Development Bank Group efforts to boost rice output and uplift youth and women entrepreneurs is aimed at [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The 2023 Africa Food Systems Summit held recently in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, has called on African leaders to [...] Full text...
Khatroum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday launched an emergency response plan to provide essential support to communities in [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A new World Bank report estimates that 10 emerging global seaweed markets have a potential growth of up to $11.8 [...] Full text...
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is on track for record high rapeseed (locally called canola) crop production in marketing year (MY) 2023/24 driven [...] Full text...