Editorial: Let there be wholesome foods free of pesticides application

The rise of dangerous chemicals to human health is increasing daily in our food systems, as concerns about this unwholesome development through fertilisers and pesticides are undermining the standards of our agricultural produce.

THE ROLE OF AFAN IN THE ATTAINMENT OF FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA... written by Engr. Akeju Olagbaju, former Director, FMARD/ Technical Adviser, Potato Farmers Association.

Introduction

The attainment of food security has been  a recurring promise by each  successive Governments  since 1999 and even before.This is a promise that is wanting but never fulfilled with all manners  of excuse.

VERTEX AGRO LTD ON A NATIONAL MISSION: RESTORING SOIL HEALTH, IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY.

 

Over the past decades, Nigeria’s agricultural landscape has witnessed a growing need for sustainable and environment friendly farming inputs. As global calls for healthier food systems and safer cultivation practices intensify, local innovators have begun to rise to the challenge.

Ginger: FG calls for research collaboration to fight disease

*IAR, NRCRI speak 

The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi, has called for strategic and harmonised research collaboration between two national research institutes to decisively tackle the recurring ginger blight epidemic in the country.