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  Home Agriculture Tingo plans to address food insecurity with 20m farmers Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha Oct 24, 2022 Food stall   Share Tingo Mobile Plc has sealed a deal with the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), to aggregate over 20 million farmers across Nigeria. Speaking while signing a memorandum of Agreement with the association, Chris Cleverly President of Tingo, said the development will see Tingo provide inputs to farmers, especially Fertilizer, tractors, chemicals, seeds, sprinklers, loans and smart phones devices. He said the move is aimed at addressing growing challenges of food insecurity in Nigeria, adding that there was a need to support rural farmers with initiatives that would boost their output. According to him, the development will also address unemployment and enable small scale farmers to contribute meaningful to economic growth. Tingo incorporation is a leading Agri-Fintech company, which has for decades transformed rural farming communities by providing conne

  UNICEF calls for funding to support conflict, drought-affected children in Ethiopia Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2022-10-30 00:25:15     ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called the donor community for funding to provide lifesaving support to conflict and drought affected children in Ethiopia. The UN Children's Fund, in its latest Ethiopia Humanitarian Situation Report issued Saturday, said its Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) 2022 currently requires 532.3 million U.S. dollars to meet the critical humanitarian needs of children, adolescents, women, and men in Ethiopia. It said the requirements represents an increase of over 281 million U.S. dollars from 2021, primarily due to the expanding conflict in northern Ethiopia, increased needs due to climatic shocks including severe drought, failed harvests, public health emergencies, and deepening food insecurity across the country. To date, 201.6 million U.S. dollars has