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The government of Burkina Faso has initiated a comprehensive nationwide tour of agricultural regions to evaluate the 2026–2027 farming season, inspect key infrastructure projects, and address primary production challenges across the agriculture, livestock, water, and fisheries sectors.
On the instructions of President Ibrahim Traoré, Burkinabe Minister of State for Agriculture Ismaël Sombié announced a new government initiative to subsidize the construction of boreholes for agro-pastoral producers to support the 2026-2027 dry-season farming campaign.
Burkina Faso’s Minister of State for Agriculture, Ismael Sombie is calling on the private sector to increase investment in the agricultural, livestock, and fisheries sectors.
Lifting of the import ban only applies to red meat and pork products originating from abattoirs approved by South African and Lesotho veterinary authorities.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the gender gap in Nigeria’s agricultural productivity costs the country $2.3 billion annually, about 2 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Adin Yéton Bloukounon Goubalan conducted an extensive nationwide assessment tour across key production zones from September 9 to 12, 2026, evaluating crop conditions for the 2026-2027 agricultural campaign.
Zambia’s Muchinga province on alert amid anthrax outbreak scare across three districts, with reports 11 people may also have been affected.
Representatives of the West African Economic and Monetary Union gathered in Bamako on Monday, September 7, for the 40th extraordinary session of the union’s Inter-Parliamentary Committee to address critical challenges surrounding agricultural inputs and veterinary medicine regulations.
Chapo says Mozambique will reserve 10 percent of all agricultural development projects for veterans of the country’s liberation struggle.
The Federal Government of Nigeria/International Fund for Agricultural Development Value Chain Development Programme (FGN/IFAD-VCDP) says that supporting women farmers is not a favour, but an investment in development, food security, stronger families, stronger communities and stronger nations.