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Ghana’s Seed Sector at a Crossroads: Calls for Policy Overhaul to Avert Food Crisis
30 Jan 2025 13:53 GMT
Ghana’s seed industry, a linchpin for agricultural sustainability and food security, is teetering on the brink of collapse, warns the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NaSTAG).
With a potential market value exceeding $500 million, the sector …
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Tinubu urged to fund CBN-trained farmers to avert food crisis
18 Jan 2025 09:07 GMT
… capacity to feed itself and export surplus food to Africa … farmers has worsened the current food crisis, noting that food prices … Hunger warned about this looming food crisis years ago. Unfortunately, our … produce surplus food for export to Africa and Europe …
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The West's Role In The Global Food Crisis
16 Jan 2025 22:11 GMT
… has fuelled, including the food crisis that looms over vulnerable populations … total bans on the export of both food and … done to avert a catastrophic food crisis.
Any optimism arising from … recognises the urgency of the food crisis.
Contrary to the Kremlin…
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Food crisis imminent in Volta River Basin —ASRA research finding
09 Jan 2025 14:15 GMT
An imminent food crisis is looming over the Volta … could import maize to serve as a buffer against the food crisis,for …
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Forex: Food crisis likely as northern farmers opt for export
08 Jan 2025 01:29 GMT
The average cost of basic food items in Nigeria may reach an unprecedented level of price surge in the coming months, exacerbating the already challenging economic conditions, fresh findings by The PUNCH on Tuesday indicated.
This projection is based on …
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FOOD CRISIS: PLAYING WITH HUNGER
05 Jan 2025 23:59 GMT
… the implementation of the import duty waiver programme on … 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities … a general problem, the food crisis is more pronounced in the … various regions are sparking growing food crisis. The situation is compounded …
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Zimbabwe's food crisis set to worsen
05 Jan 2025 18:27 GMT
Zimbabwe is grappling with worsening food shortages as more than half the population faces hunger due to delayed rains and the ongoing effects of drought. The situation is expected to persist during the lean season, with most areas receiving below-average …
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Food crisis: 5 months after, FG yet to implement duty waiver
03 Jan 2025 07:50 GMT
Five months after the federal government announced a 150-day window for free importation of food items, the policy is yet to be implemented, Daily Trust learnt.
The government had on July 8, 2024, announced the duty-free import window for food commodities …
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Zim’s food crisis set to worsen
03 Jan 2025 04:37 GMT
The Meteorological Services Department has predicted that Zimbabwe will record normal to above normal rains during the current farming season. File Pic
THE food shortages affecting more than half of the country’s population will continue during the lean …
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DLP leader: Scarcity of food
08 Feb 2025 13:56 GMT
… are suffering”.
“There is a food crisis. There is a crisis in … with we now having to import milk and a fear that …