Facts About the Global Seed Vault

Sometimes called the "doomsday vault," the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is seen as humanity's last hope against extinction after a world crisis. Though its mission is to keep the world's seeds safe, its creation wasn't meant as a way to reseed the world after a world-scale catastrophe.

AFAN Oyo state election comes up September

Congratulates new agric comm

The proper election into the executive positions of the Oyo state All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has been scheduled to come up sometimes in September, 2019 according to the Chairman of the chapter Engr. Ayinla Olumide who also congratulated the new commissioner of agriculture, Hon. Muyiwa Ejekunle on behalf of all other members.

FG sets to reposition groundnut for global competitiveness

*Stakeholders applaud government

The Federal Government (FG) through its Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (FMITI) has developed an implementation work plan that will make groundnut productivity more competitive in the global markets just as the major stakeholders have commended and described the moved as being long overdue.  

'Martian Gardens' Help Scientists Find the Best Veggies to Grow on Mars

Simulated "Martian gardens" are helping NASA scientists learn which plants astronauts might be able to grow on the Red Planet.

New Tech Sheds Light on the Future of Food​

The challenges of growing enough food to feed the world have grown more severe in the 21st century. We need to feed more people with limited agricultural land and resources.

Agrochemical Market | Agrium Inc., Bayer A.G., E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative

 Global Agrochemical Market Report (Industry Analysis, Applications, Growth, Trends) and Future Forecast (2016-2026) is the latest report published by Straits Research which is committed to delivering details of the Agrochemical industry.

There are certified seeds in Nigeria, say stakeholders

Contrary to the position of the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, that there were no certified seeds in Nigeria, stakeholders have said that there are certified seeds in Nigeria and that many West African countries depend on Nigeria to procure their seeds saying statement like this could mar the country market potential..

Farmers show their determination against shale gas in Supreme Court of Appeal

The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein heard arguments last week by Agri SA's provincial affiliate, Agri Eastern Cape, regarding the legality of technical regulations for fracking previously promulgated by the Minister of Mineral Resources.

Stakeholders Call For Competitive Agric Seeds Industry in Nigeria

Stakeholders made a strong case last week for a competitive seeds industry in Nigeria, that will contribute to the growth and development of a virile Agricultural sector.

CAR-Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project (ARADSP)

The development objective of the Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project for Central African Republic is to increase agriculture productivity of small scale farmers, strengthen capacity of micro, small and medium agribusiness enterprises in the project area, and provide immediate and effective response in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency.

Why agriculture and food science?

Agriculture is moving centre stage. Consume less meat? Grow and eat more plants? Protect the environment?

Colorado agriculture gets some good news on tariffs; but trade winds still stormy for farmers, other businesses

In the midst of the U.S.-China tariff battles, there’s good news from the trade front for farmers and ranchers in Colorado and across the country: Japan is lifting long-standing restrictions on the imports of U.S. beef and President Donald Trump is lifting tariffs on aluminum and steel from Mexico and Canada.

Yesterday images at the 31th meeting of Technical Sub -Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of crops varieties at NACGRAB, Ibadan chaired by Prof. Olusoji Olafajo, with Dr. Sunday Aladele, Registrar NVRC and Mr. Y. D Ndipaya of ARCN. Here Dr. Yahaya and Dr. Turaki Zakare of Lake Chad giving submission for the release of IMAM (Attila 7) as LCRIWHIT 11. This is to accelerate wheat production in Nigeria. The committee will today Friday 23th present the variety for National approval.

 Yesterday images at the 31th meeting of Technical Sub -Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of crops varieties at NACGRAB, Ibadan chaired by Prof. Olusoji Olafajo, with Dr. Sunday Aladele, Registrar NVRC and Mr. Y. D Ndipaya of ARCN. Here Dr. Yahaya and Dr. Turaki Zakare of Lake Chad giving submission for the release of IMAM (Attila 7) as LCRIWHIT 11. This is to accelerate wheat production in Nigeria. The committee will today Friday 23th present the variety for National approval.

Crop Failure and Fading Food Supplies: Climate Change's Lasting Impact (Op-Ed)

Marlene Cimons is a Washington, D.C. based freelance writer who specializes in science, health and the environment.

Images speak at a one day stakeholders forum on the presentation of a draft on groundnut policy for Nigeria.

Images speaks at a one day stakeholders forum on the presentation of a draft on groundnut policy for Nigeria..... see more images below..

'Last-Resort' Antibiotics Fail Against New Superbugs

Some bacteria have finally breached the last wall of humans' antibiotic stronghold, according to a new study from China. In the study, researchers found a gene in one strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) that protects these bacteria against one of the antibiotics considered to be a last resort.

Images speak at the regional workshop on the '' climate finance and support mechanisms for a resilient Agriculture sector in West & Central Africa''

 Images speak at the regional workshop on the '' climate finance and support mechanisms for a resilient Agriculture sector in West & Central Africa''... see more images below.

Climate Change Is Transforming the World's Food Supply

Ultimately, climate change will reduce the amount of food grown around the world, Myers told Live Science.

NAIC promises training for farmers across the nation

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation, Mrs Folashade Joseph, 

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) Mrs Folashade Joseph has promised that all farmers across the nation would be properly trained on using insurance covers as strategy to mitigating losses on farming and maximization of profit in agribusiness.

I will reposition oil-palm to benefit farmers, off takers - Alphonsus Inyang

The Group Managing Director, of Hebron Integrated Farms and Mills across the globe, Mr. Alphonsus Inyang recently had a chat with FoodFarmNews  during which he promised to overhaul the oil palm business value chains where small holders farmers would be well supported to own sustainable plantations that processors can depend upon to produce vegetable oil, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products saying the idea of allowing the big companies to be owners of plantations and processing is a denial to owners of land, among other things, if he is elected as the President of the Association National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN). Excerpts...

Editorial- NIRSAL should face its core mandate

Activities of the Nigeria Incentive Risk-based Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) in the agricultural value chains have of recent, become a thing of concern as the organization has deviated from its core mandates and has been meddling in financial and agronomics activities that are outright contradictions to its core mandate as an institution established to ensure access to funds by farmers and others in the value chain by de-risking the process.

Quality, contractors’ disappearance, other issues stall agro-processing project

The delay in the execution of the agro processing centre projects across the country has been attributed to the disappearance of contractors and the disagreement between investors, contractors and equipment fabricators over the use of substandard materials by the fabricators. This was revealed during the meeting of the stakeholders held in Abuja.

Potential for reduced methane from cows

An international team of scientists has shown it is possible to breed cattle to reduce their methane emissions.

Grazing animals drove domestication of grain crops

Many familiar grains today, like quinoa, amaranth, and the millets, hemp, and buckwheat, all have traits that indicate that they coevolved to be dispersed by large grazing mammals.

NAQS rebuts food dealers’ claim

The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has debunked an extortion allegation made against its officials at some major duty posts of the country by the foodstuff Dealers Association of Nigeria (FSDAN) .

FG- AFDB inject $174.85m for farmers’ training says Dr. Arabi

The new National Coordinator, Agricultural Transformation Agenda Programme (ATAPS-Project 1) Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Arabi has said that seven strategically farming states of the federation comprising of 33 local governments and  200 rural communities  are currently benefiting in the $174.85m meant for capacity building for best agronomic practice with improved technologies to mitigate poverty in the country.

Global farming trends threaten food security

Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. However, global agriculture does not reflect this trend. Monocultures are increasing worldwide, taking up more land than ever.

Wildfires disrupt important pollination processes by moths and increase extinction risks

Previous studies have shown the flush of pollen-producing wildflowers after a fire can benefit the day-time pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

Early arrival of spring disrupts the mutualism between plants and pollinators

 Kudo of Hokkaido University and Elisabeth J. Cooper of the Arctic University of Norway have demonstrated that early snowmelt results in the spring ephemeral Corydalis ambigua flowering ahead of the emergence of its pollinator, the bumblebee.

Researchers can finally modify plant mitochondrial DNA

Nuclear DNA was first edited in the early 1970s, chloroplast DNA was first edited in 1988, and animal mitochondrial DNA was edited in 2008. However, no tool previously successfully edited plant mitochondrial DNA.

Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide

A team of Clemson University scientists has achieved a breakthrough in the genetics of senescence in cereal crops with the potential to dramatically impact the future of food security in the era of climate change.

A SOUTH CAROLINA FARMHER OFFERS SOLID ADVICE TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE.

On a recent trip filming in the Southeastern U.S., I travelled through Alabama and Georgia before ending up in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine celebrates National Biodiversity Week

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed T.D.  welcomes a week which places biodiversity firmly in the spotlight and recognises recent calls for urgency in protecting biodiversity.

Association wants policy for 30% mushroom content for hotels confectionary

FMITI advises members on unity

The President, National Mushroom Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NAM-GP-MAN) Chief Micheal Awunor has said that 30% local content inclusion of mushroom in all our confectioneries in the entire stores and hotels across the country would galvanize its productivity saying government provision of policy support in this regards would effectively drive the action plan of the produce just as the Permanent Secretary (PS), Federal ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Mr. Edet Sunday Apan enjoined the executives to work harmoniously towards achieving success.

Ministry prays for technocrat as minister

The officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) may have been praying for a technocrat as minister based on the experiences from the immediate past one who they claimed did not do much professionally to assist the sector. FoodFarmNews reliably gathered.

Images speak at the ATASP-1 media engagement held in Abuja.

The National Project Coordinator  (NPC) Ibrahim Muhammad Arabi addressing pressmen during the media engagement

Images speak at the ATASP-1 media engagement held in Abuja. See more images below........

A Journey from City Dwellers to Regenerative Farmers: THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

My wife Molly specialized in farm-to-table cuisine and I was a documentary filmmaker, but we had a collective dream that our once-coveted identities as filmmaker and chef couldn’t satisfy… to become farmers.

Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch

New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa's southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first archaeological evidence that anatomically modern humans were roasting and eating plant starches, such as those from tubers and rhizomes, as early as 120,000 years ago.

NAQS to Food Dealers: User Fees Not Extortion

DG The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) Dr.Vincent Isegbe

The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has said that there is no scintilla of truth in the allegation that its officers extort money from foodstuff dealers at certain quarantine posts in the country.

Organic animal farms benefit birds nesting in agricultural environments

The abundance of bird species living in agricultural environments has decreased both in Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Attempts to rectify the situation have been made with the help of agri-environment-climate subsidies.

Women We Love: 25 Influential Women in Food and Agriculture

There are hundreds of women who inspire us at Food Tank. They are entrepreneurs, stewards of the land, business owners, researchers, farmers, and innovators who are the backbone of the world’s food systems.

Imperfect Teaming up with Whole Foods Market to Sell “Ugly” Produce

Last week, grocer Giant Eagle became the largest supermarket in the United States to start selling ugly produce with its new Produce with Personality program. Whole Foods Market announced on Friday that they will soon be joining Giant Eagle as the only large supermarket chains in the United States selling imperfect produce.

Nigeria spends $4b importing wheat annually, says expert

The Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARDC-SC) wheat compact coordinator for Technology for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), Solomon Assefa has said Nigeria spends 4 billion dollars annually on the importation of wheat. He said this at the TAAT African international conference meeting on wheat value chain held in Abuja.

FAO, FG partner to develop livestock

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Nigerian Government (FG) has launched the report on African Sustainable Livestock (ASL) 2050 towards the development of the sector to ensure food security and wealth creation.

DRAFT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ONE DAY AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON THE WAY FORWARD TOWARDS EXTENSION OF NEW INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HELD AT THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION (NCAM) ON TUESDAY, 16TH JULY, 2019.

The call for Nigeria to divest from oil is now more important since the need for crude oil may decline in the face of utilization of other sources of energy such as renewable, electrical, solar, hydro, wind, etc.

Celebrating A Diversity of Opinions Is Key to Collaboration, Says Erin Fitzgerald

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Erin Fitzgerald, CEO of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), talks about the alliance’s new direction: not only bolstering the image of agriculture and supporting farmers, but also addressing sustainability and education in agriculture.

Introduction of hermetic storage reduces food loss in Yobe

A training carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Yobe State, North East Nigeria, has improved methods of food storage after the harvest season.

A Case for the Review of Soil Science Curriculum in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria Submitted to the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the SSSN, July 17, 2019 at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State. Prof Peter Ikor Ogban, fssn Department of Soil Science University of Calabar, Calabar.

      From the SSSN Platform

Soil has taken the centre stage of Planetary Sustainable Development.We in SSSN must become part of this dynamics in Global thinking, speaking and practise in Nigeria.