She decried the alarming 40% post-harvest loss rate recorded by Nigerian farmers due to the failure to put threshing machines to use, which could enhance their harvest and economic livelihoods.

Niger is on track to record its best cereal crop harvest in 20 years, the government said on Tuesday, after the West African country was crippled by food shortages last year.

Niall Tierney writes Concern Worldwide and hunger in Niger: “Concern launched an early, groundbreaking response using “short-harvest” seed varieties, mobile phone technology and cash, and emergency ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger needs more international assistance to help it confront a looming food crisis compounded by an influx of refugees fleeing attacks by Boko Haram Islamist fighters in ...

Drought and a plague of locusts gobbled up last year's harvest in Niger and other countries across the Sahara region, which are also at risk. World. As Aid Arrives, Niger Crisis May Worsen.

Niger's farmers produced 26 percent less food during the 2009/10 harvest than they did the year before, official statistics showed, but the government has launched plans to stock and distribute ...

This week, Western Growers selected 13 innovators for the inaugural cohort of its Global Harvest Automation Initiative (GHAI), a project that aims to automate 50% of specialty crop harvest within ...

Additionally, the lecture highlights the importance of global cooperation and policy changes to ensure sustainable food production in the future. The lecture, which begins at 3 p.m., will take place ...