Tag: food
COVID-19 informed new credit relations amongst traders – Professor Darkwah
Professor Akosua K. Darkwah, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, says the outbreak of the COVID-19 and related events have informed new credit...
‘We run hotel services, food and drinks; No swimmable services’
....Sakumono Serenity Resort lament police raid
The Management of the Serenity Beach Resort Hotel has lamented the unfortunate closure of their Hotel which is along...
‘Green Energy’ Means More Economic Misery for Africa
March 19, 2021
Gyude Moore, former Liberian Minister of Public Works, has published an superbly perceptive article on what the “green-decarbonization” of energy means for...
Feed your children with indigenous dishes – Nutritionist
In the olden days, according to Mrs. Patience Bortey a Nutritionist at Nungua, mothers taught their children how to cook indigenous food but “today’s...
China donates food to UNICEF to fight child malnutrition in South Sudan
The Chinese government has handed over 14,056 boxes of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to the UN children's agency, UNICEF to help in the fight...
Returning displaced persons find Tigray homes, infrastructure looted, damaged – UN
Displaced persons who are returning to Ethiopia's conflict-stricken Tigray region find their homes, government buildings and infrastructure looted and damaged or destroyed, UN humanitarians...
Needy running out of food, water in Ethiopia’s Tigray: UN
The needy people in Ethiopia's Tigray state reportedly are running out of food because of a lack of access for the United Nations and...
NPP’s Nana Yaw Boakye supports Asokwa Polling Station Executives with food
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party in the Asokwa Constituency; Dr. Nana Yaw Boakye has encouraged all polling station executives to be...
Be discerning about what you consume-FDA
The public should be more discerning about what they consume to avoid health implications, Mrs Nora Narkie Terlabie, Ashanti Regional Head, Food and Drugs...
Kenya donates food, medicine to victims of attacks in Mozambique
Kenyan government has donated 15 tons of food products and medicines to Mozambique in support of its people affected by the terrorist attacks in...
Food for All Africa organizes “Feeding Caravan” to commemorate UN World Food day
As a yearly ritual, today October, 16th 2020, marks UN World Food Day. Food is the essence of life and the bedrock of our...
Ghana Red Cross distributes food to the vulnerable in Ashaiman
The Greater Accra Regional Office of the Ghana Red Cross Society has distributed food items to 150 households with degrees of vulnerability in...
NORSAAC presents food, PPE to vulnerable groups
NORSAAC, a pro-marginalised and policy influencing non-governmental organisation, (NGO) has launched an initiative to provide food packages to vulnerable households in the Sagnarigu and...
Zimbabwe government to support 5.4 million food insecure rural dwellers
The Zimbabwe government says it has put in place an active response to food and nutrition insecurity in rural areas where it will...
FAO reports highlights need for reinforcing global food supply chains
Increasing trade between countries and developing markets are at the center of the development process, according to the latest edition of the State...
UN provides food for over 2,200 refugees in Libya
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday it provided more than 2,200 refugees with food packages this week.
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Brazilian government creates food bank network to combat waste
The Brazilian government announced on Friday that it has created the Brazilian Network of Food Banks to strengthen the performance of these institutions...
China donates 1 million USD to support UN agency’s food aid program in Gaza
China donated on Friday 1 million U.S. dollars in support of food assistance program in Gaza, according to an agreement with the UN Relief...
Floods kill 51 in southern Niger, destroy 26,000 homes – UN
Torrential rains battering Niger since June have claimed 51 lives and destroyed 26,000 homes, affecting 281,0000 people, the UN Office for the Coordination of...
Africa launches US$14 million program to shore up coffee sector amid COVID-19
The Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO) said on Wednesday it has jointly launched a 14.3 million U.S. dollar intervention program to alleviate the impact...
UNEP calls for adopting sustainable food systems in post COVID-19 pandemic
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Tuesday called for the global adoption of sustainable food systems in post COVID-19 pandemic.
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14 hospitalized over food poisoning in Mongolian capital
At least 14 people were hospitalized here on Friday night over suspected food poisoning, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said...
Namibia’s household food security improves following bumper harvest: report
Namibia's household food security has improved significantly following a good agricultural production this year, the latest crop prospects and food security situation report released...
EU, WFP support food insecure Zambians amid COVID-19
The European Union (EU) has given the World Food Programme (WFP) 5 million Euros to provide cash assistance to 655,000 food-insecure people, in urban...
Egypt’s annual exports likely to increase to US$100 billion in 3 years – analysts
By Marwa Yahya
Egypt is likely to succeed in its very ambitious plan to increase its exports to 100 billion U.S. dollars...
Ghana Adopts Food Safety Policy
Many food environments worldwide have transformed in the past few decades. Consumers are often in a dilemma on what they should eat, how, and...
July with no foreign tourists costs Italy over US$3.5 billion
July without foreign tourists cost Italy more than 3 billion euros (3.5 billion U.S. dollars) in lost revenue in the hospitality, food, transportation, entertainment...
Africa Food Show opens to strengthen food value chains amid COVID-19 pandemic
Africa Food Show opened on Monday to strengthen food value chains amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, the event's organizers said.
A press...
South Africa food & beverage sector could emerge from pandemic stronger than before
Businesses forced to pivot and innovate have the potential to drive surge of industry development
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced mindset changes and innovation...
Philanthropist donate food to the aged in Aduamoa
Mr Eric Ansong, popularly known as 'Japan Burgar', a philanthropist and a business man has donated food items worth Gh¢4,000.00 to the Aged Group,...