The Future of Food: To GMO or Not To GMO?

The Future of Food: To GMO or Not To GMO?

An organic diet has never been more in style than it is right now, with millions of consumers willing to shell out extra dollars for organic foods.

Cocoa Farming Breakthrough - Farmers Granted First-Time Ownership of Timber TreesCo

Cocoa

• UN International Day of Forests announcement positions farmers to benefit from agroforestry and contribute to fight against deforestation and climate change
• Ghanaian Forestry Commission approves tree registration for 150 cocoa farmers near Asankrangwa, in Ghana's Western Region
• Shade trees are conducive to a positive cycle of afforestation on cocoa farms

For the first time ever in Ghana, cocoa farmers have obtained official ownership of valuable non-cocoa trees on their farms. Benefiting from this breakthrough are 150 farmers in Ghana's Western Region who have successfully petitioned the Ghanaian government to register ownership of trees planted on their cocoa farms.

Once And For All, Here’s What Science Says About GMOs

GMO

You’ve probably heard the same conversation, in one way or another, for years: Some say genetically modified organisms (GMO) are harmful, while others say they’ll help us feed the growing billions of humans that populate our planet.

Pigeon Peas - How India Contravened WTO Rules

Pigeon Peas

Local producers and exporters of pigeon peas are disappointed by the government's silence on the blocked market of their produce to India.

Sex - Birds Do It, Bees Do It - and Fungi Do It Too. Here's How, and Why It Matters

Mushrooms on the forest floor.

Sex is an essential part of life. You, me and almost every other living organism on this planet are only here because two individuals got together at some point in the past to have their genes represented in the next generation.

National food security council, Madlion criticizes.

  

 * Says farmers not involved

·      Lament over insecurity

The Group Managing Director of Safari 54, Mr. Shedrack Madlion in a chat with Nancy Illoh on Money Line a popular financial programme on African Independent Television (AIT) has criticized the action of the Federal government (FG) on the non-involvement of farmers and other technocrats in the recently inaugurated National Food Security Council, pointing that farmers are the ones at the receiving end and their issues cannot be discussed without being involved.

Food security: Data shows Nigeria as threatened

national committee

·      President institutes national committee

The international organizations on food security matters have confirmed 16 states of the federation as in secured in terms of food availability.

With an Eye on Hunger, Scientists See Promise in Genetic Tinkering of Plants

Scientists at the University of Illinois used tobacco because it is a particularly fast and easy plant to use when trying new genetic alterations. They hope food crops will also be successful.

A decade ago, agricultural scientists at the University of Illinois suggested a bold approach to improve the food supply: tinker with photosynthesis, the chemical reaction powering nearly all life on Earth.

Agro dealers ready for protest

Agro dealers ready for protest

The Growth Enhancement Scheme Agro-dealers Association of Nigeria (GESAAN) is ready to stage a third protest in Abuja over N29 billion owed its members by the Federal Government, which has remained unpaid since 2014. A reliable source disclosed this to Food farm news, in Abuja.

FAO intensifies efforts to control devastating crop pest

FAO

·       * Train extension workers to control Fall Armyworm

As part of the efforts to ensure sustainable food and nutrition security in Nigeria, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) trained extension workers on the management and control of the Fall Armyworm (FAW).