Food Evolution Video

Rick is joined by journalist, author and Genetic Literacy Project executive director Jon Entine in interviewing Academy Award nominated Scott Hamilton Kennedy, director of the provocative new documentary Food Evolution, narrated by astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson.

RC Sets Target to Boost Coffee Production in Mara

Coffee

MARA Regional Commissioner (RC) Mr Adam Malima has set plans seeking to boost production of Arabica coffee from 2,000 to 10,000 tonnes per year.

Farmers’ Day: PS debunk N400m rumor

Permanent Secretary (FMARD) Dr. Bukar Hassan

·     May 8, 2018 a new date

The Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Dr. Bukar Hassan has debunked the 400 million naira making the round as being shared among the government officials, saying it was a rumor and the new date for the event is now May 8^th, 2018.

Bank of Kigali Start-Up BK Techouse Launches Push Agricultural Platform With 500,000 Farmers Already On - Disrupting From Within

Farmers

Rwanda's largest bank decided to disrupt things from within by launching its own Fintech start-up BK TecHouse.

A Five-Point Plan to Make Buhari's Council On Food Security a Success

President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has established a National Food Security Council to address challenges in the country's food and agriculture sectors. Food security is a huge problem in Nigeria. It ranks 84th out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index, coming in just below the Republic of Congo.

Fadama III AF and Implementation uniqueness

World Bank Task team leader of Fadama 111-AF, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe 

The constant supervision mission component of the programme has impacted positively on the project delivery, by way of identifying challenges and ability to proffer quick- win  solutions towards achieving its mandate with evidence in all the states in terms of bumper harvesting at all levels.

FADAMA III AF, Activities and Successes in the Nation’s Food Security

The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh after an interface with World Bank team in his office

Introduction

The story of crops and livestock production in the last decade will not be completed without making reference to Federal Government (FG)-World Banking Assisted Fadama Project I, II, and III which has now been extended to Additional Financing (AF) which is tailored to the present administration’s economic diversification of eco-system agribusiness commercialization to empower and create wealth to rural dwellers.

Pictures speak at the recently held Experience sharing and advocacy strategies review technical session on Agricultural seed, Organized by the Partnership to Engage Reform and Learning (PERL)

Pictures speak at the recently held Experience sharing and advocacy strategies review technical session on Agricultural seed, Organized by the Partnership to Engage Reform and Learning (PERL)

IAR&T REFILs for 2018: Pictures speak as the best farmer from South West was honored with an award of excellence along with Prof. Oluwatosin for excellent performance as immediate past Refils coordinator. Here, Agric Commissioner, Ekiti state Hon. Odebunmi presents the award to Mr. Adekunle Adeniji, an illustrious son of Omuo Ekiti accompanied by his wife as best farmer. Others are pictures from the event.

IAR&T REFILs for 2018: Pictures speak as the best farmer from South West was honored with an award of excellence along with Prof. Oluwatosin for excellent performance as immediate past Refils coordinator. Here, Agric Commissioner, Ekiti state Hon. Odebunmi presents the award to Mr. Adekunle Adeniji, an illustrious son of Omuo Ekiti
accompanied by his wife as best farmer. Others are pictures from the event.

Pictures speak at the recently visit of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Board Members to the Institute's new facilities. the members report back the achievement to Deji of Akure, as they urged the kabiyese to support the college against land grabbers

Pictures speak at the recently visit of  Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Board Members to the Institute's new facilities. the members report back the achievement  to Deji of Akure, as they urged the kabiyese to support the college against land grabbers

Livestock: Minister asks NAPRI for a proposal

Group Picture

The business relationship between the National Animals Production Research Institute (NAPRI) with Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) today has deepened as the Minister of State, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar met with the team and demanded a proposal that would hasten business partnership towards a modern farm model for animals and other livestock productivity using standard methods for local consumption and export.

Africa needs to more than double cassava production by 2050, says NGO boss

R-L-- GCP21 Director Designate, Prof. Malachy Akoroda; GCP21 Conference Communication Coordinator, Godwin Atser; GCP21 Director, Dr Claude Fauquet; and journalists during the exhibition of cassava products in Lagos.

·        * 300 researchers, policy makers to attend mega cassava meeting in Cotonou

Africa needs to double her cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, says the Director for the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21^st Century (GCP21), Dr. Claude Fauquet in Lagos.

Organisations task governments on adequate nutrition available to the public

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva

A call has gone out to governments to persuade food industry partners to provide consumers with better access to healthier diets.

Sunflower Association alerts FG on foreigners posing as tourists to exploit farmers

Kebbi State Governor, Sen. Abubakar Badugu

·       *Kebbi Governor cautions on distortion

Stakeholders at the meeting of Sunflower Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria have alerted and called on the government to curb the influx of foreigners who came in the guise of tourists but only to end up buying agricultural produce at exploitative prices from the farmers.

Rinder Pest

PRESS RELEASE AUDU OGBEH HONOURED WITH ZIK PRICE 2017 LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE

Chief Audu Ogbeh Awarded 

The Hon Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh CFR was on Sunday honored with the Public Service Outstanding Award along with 9 other notable Nigerians by the Public Research and Analysis Center - the body that institutionalized the Zik Leadership Award to recognize, appreciate and encourage distinguished Nigerians who have made significant contributions to the development of the nation.

FECA’s New Face: “no need of going to Songhai for training” Dr. Odedina

FCA students on practical farm with  the Provost in blue T-shirt Dr. Odedina, and in blue native, the Publisher, Foodfarmnews Ayeni Oladehinde,.

The last three years and months of the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA) under the present Provost, Dr. Samson A. Odedina has worn a new face worthy to be called Centre of Excellence in agricultural value chain training and transferring of improved technologies to farmers, both youths and women across the country; without necessarily going to Songhai towards ensuring food security and wealth creation.

Plant Drought Tolerant Crops - Agriculture Expert

Plants

Promotion the adoption of drought tolerant crop varieties is one of the best ways to address food insecurity challenges in areas that experience erratic weather conditions, an agricultural expert has said.

Merge Agric, Water ministries says Prof. Sani Miko Ahmed

From Left-Prof. Sani Miko Ahmed in discussion with the Director General/CEO NiMet Prof. Sani Abubakar Mashi

The Country Director Sasakawa Global 2000 ( SG2000)-Nigeria Prof. Sani Miko Ahmed has advocated for the merging of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and Water Resources Ministry together.

Cost of Living Index for Country 2018

World Map

You are looking at Cost of Living Index by country 2018. These indices are historical and they are published periodically.

Images Speak @ IAR Day two Cropping Scheme Last Wednesday.

The FMARD Minister Representative, Mr. Ime. S. Umoh, Former ED, NAERLS Prof.  Z. Abubakar, Prof Ado on day two of the Cropping Scheme.

Companies Secure Deal to Export Livestock to Egypt

Livestock

Three local livestock exporters signed a deal with Egyptian Trust for Trade & Transport Company for the supply of 354,000 livestock worth 2.4 billion Br.

New method to improve crops Technique using plant's own DNA could produce crops that are more resistant to drought and disease

Crop

A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new way to breed plants with better traits. By introducing a human protein into the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, researchers found that they could selectively activate silenced genes already present within the plant.

Industrial Agri-Food Labs Pilot Program Starts

Agri-Food Labs

Industrial agri-food labs pilot program has been commenced in areas where industrial parks' constructions are underway, and would start function when the parks enter production phase.

FMARD HOSTS U.S WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION, FG REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURE

Chief Audu Ogbeh,

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), is committed to developing agriculture with a view to attaining national food security and provide gainful employment for its teeming young population.

Sh250 Billion Fund to Lift Youth Out of Poverty

food

A business venture by a group of eleven youth in Katebe Village, Kamwenge district is thriving after they got a Shs 7.7 million interest free loan in 2015 from the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP); a Shs 256 billion program intended to create jobs for youth and lift them out of poverty.

Global Cassava Partnership for the 21 century holds world press conference and cassava exhibition in Lagos

Cassava 

The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21^st(GCP21) century will on 17 April 2018 hold a world press conference to announce the fourth International Cassava Conference billed to take place in Cotonou, Benin in 11-15 June 2018.

Tanzania moves to protect sugar firm

Sugar

Tanzania has announced that it will stop issuing new permits for importation of sugar effective June, to protect local manufacturers.

Pictures speak at the IAR 2018 Annual Research Review and Planting Meeting/North-West Zone REFILs Workshop today at Zaria.

Pictures speak at the IAR 2018 Annual Research Review and Planting Meeting/North-West Zone REFILs Workshop today at Zaria.

Pictures speak at the IAR 2018 Annual Research Review and Planting Meeting/North-West Zone REFILs Workshop today at Zaria.

Black Farmers Deserve State Support

Black Farmer

One of the self-serving myths about agriculture in South Africa is that this is such a difficult sector and only white Afrikaans farmers can thrive in it due to intergenerational farming and the hardiness of the group that runs the sector. This view is not supported by historical facts.

Scaling up Game-Changing Agricultural Innovations and Technologies in Africa

Agricultural Innovations and Technologies

The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), with the support of the World Bank, recently rolled out an initiative aimed at placing innovative climate-smart technologies in the hands of farmers so that they are better protected from the impacts of climate change. This is sorely needed.

The FAO Food Price Index rises for the second consecutive month

 FAO 

*Wheat and maize prices lead the increase

5 April 2018, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index rose in March, driven by robust increases in grains and dairy prices.

Farming Drive Laudable, but Inclusivity Is Crucial

farmers

Agriculture has for many years been engrained in our minds that it is the backbone of the country's economy. At least 80 per cent of Tanzanians are engaged in agriculture as their main economic activity.

Crop failure in the Andes Researcher simulates how climate change can affect crop production in the rural Andes

This is a Peruvian potato farmer.

Kenneth Feeley, the Smathers Chair of Tropical Tree Biology in the University of Miami's Department of Biology, is an expert in studying the effects of climate change on tropical forests.

Despite Boko Haram, Borno Launches First Rice Pyramid in North-East

Pyramid

The thousands of bags that was piled into a pyramid at the city's civic centre, Ramat Square, was a demonstration of the bumper harvest recorded in parts of the state during the last farming season by farmers who are mostly assisted by government.

Combination of resistance genes offers better protection for wheat against powdery mildew

Plant

Plant researchers have tested newly developed wheat lines with improved resistance in field trials. They have demonstrated that a combination of two variations of a resistance gene provides wheat with better protection against the fungal disease.

'Low Levels' of Listeria Detected At Tiger Brands' Pretoria Plant

Three food manufacturers have been issued with safety recall notices after being identified as the source of the listeriosis outbreak in the country. The symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea or diarrhea. If infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions can occur.

Tiger Brands announced on Monday that "low levels" of listeria had been detected at its plant in Pretoria.

Ban On Movement of Bananas From Nampula and Cabo Delgado

Bannana

The Mozambican Ministry of Agriculture has banned the transport of bananas from the northern provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado to anywhere else in the country, in an attempt to stop the spread of a fungal disease, fusarium wilt, which can wipe out banana production entirely.

Mobile App and Study Tours to Combat 'Voracious' Crop-Munching Pest in Africa

Africa is battling with a fall armyworm infestation

Researchers looking to steal a march on a maize-eating pest that has infested millions of hectares of crops in Africa over the past two years are deploying an app as part of their efforts to combat it.

Why Microbes Are Key to Solving Africa's Food Security Crisis

Healthy soils are critical for global food production and provide a range of environmental services.

AgFunder, an online investment platform, just announced its innovation award winners.

Topping the list was Biome Makers, a startup company that takes advantage of the natural agricultural microbiome-community of microorganisms. It does this by testing soil to determine what microbial species - microscopic organisms such as bacteria - are present. It then uses the information to offer recommendations about how to improve the quality and yield of the crops.