Farmer Friday: Gayle Thorpe of Thorpe’s Organic Family Farm

Thorpe’s Organic Family Farm rests on 2,300 acres of certified organic land in East Aurora, New York and supports a CSA serving more than 350 members.

Gayle Thorpe owns and manages Thorpe’s Organic Family Farm with her husband, Mike, their six children, and their grandchildren. The farm rests on 2,300 acres of certified organic land in East Aurora, New York and supports a CSA serving more than 350 members. The CSA is in its 14th year, and there are summer and winter programs with both packages that fit large and small families.

Food shortages: Don't panic, Mutharika tells Malawians

President Peter Mutharika

President Peter Mutharika has called on Malawians to "not panic" over food shortages, claiming that there is "more than enough maize" available in the country's depots, local newspaper Nyasa Times reported.

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The Federal Government push to strangle the Boko Haram insurgency has shut down the cattle trade that sustained the city of Maiduguri, leaving many residents with no livelihood, including many of the two million people displaced by the war, reports Reuters.

Olam bets on Africa reward as on-the-go food demand to climb

Olam International

Olam International, one of the world’s largest food traders, is hunting for more investments in Africa as it looks to benefit from the continent’s increasing appetite for everything from instant noodles to lollipops.

What does “agriculture” mean today? Assessing old questions with new evidence.

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One of global society’s foremost structural changes underway is its rapid aggregate shift from farm based to city-based economies. More than half of humanity now lives in urban areas, and more than two-thirds of the world’s economies have a majority of their population living in urban settings.

Africa Can Learn From India in Quest to Support Farmers

Indian Patriot

African governments can learn from the Indian experience of starting farmer credit cards that have so far enabled over 90 million small scale farmers to access to loans.

Agric Academy Launched in Kwara

L – R: Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Agric Academy, Kwara State, Comrade David Kayode Ehindero; Oba of Basanyin, HRH Oba Abdul-Lateef Ajidupe, Perm Sec, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Kwara State, Hon. Adefila Olaitan, Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hon. Bamidele Adegoke, Chief Speaker of the occasion, Dr (Mrs) Adedayo Vide, Deputy Director, Engineering, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization Ilorin, Engr. (Dr) Isaac Ozumba, Rep., MD Lower Niger River Basin Dev. Authority, Engr. Bello Abdukareem and Rep, Minister of Water Resources, Engr. (Mrs) Esther Oluniyi at the conference.

In order to solve Nigeria’s agricultural challenges, an academy has been launched in Kwara State. This Academy which was launched today is the brainchild of Agric House Ilorin, under the auspices of the Agriculture and Allied Employees’ Union of Nigeria (AAEUN), Kwara State Chapter during the Conference of Agricultural Practitioners and Stakeholders (CAPAS).

Nigerian Agric is a $40 billion/annum business-Experts

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Stakeholders in the non-oil export sector have reiterated the potentials for agricultural exports to attract billions of dollars into the Nigerian economy, with some claiming it can bring in as much as $40 billion annually.

‘It is time for West Africa to stop cattle roaming’

Chief Audu Ogbeh

A strong call has been made for West African countries to stop the constant cattle roaming across the region. This call was made by Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,Chief Audu Ogbeh in Abuja.

We can’t continue the importation of food items – Pres. Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressly noted the current administration’s plan to discontinue with food importation.