NRDC’s Auntie Biotic Petitions for KFC to Reform its Antibiotics Policies

Natural Resources Defense Council’s latest campaign and petition calls on nationally leading fast-food chicken chain KFC to stop serving chicken raised on the routine use of antibiotics.

The Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) latest nation-wide campaign is calling on American fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken to phase out buying chickens that are routinely fed antibiotics. A chicken mascot named Auntie Biotic is the voice of the campaign and stars in a number of videos aimed at increasing awareness of the effects of antibiotic overuse and misuse in livestock.

No Landing, No Pirates: Port State Measures Agreement Can Sink Illegal Fishing

Port states join to crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

Last year, roughly one of every six fish sold around the world was caught illegally. That number is now poised to drop precipitously, thanks to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the world’s first international treaty designed specifically to tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. 

NE Nigeria food crisis could be worse than thought

This photo taken on June 30, 2016 shows a displaced malnurished father speaking as he seeks for help in Bama's camp for internally displaced people (IDP), in the outskirts of Maiduguri capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. — AFP

LAGOS: Two million people in need of assistance in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria are cut off from help, the UN said on Tuesday, warning the scale of a food crisis could be worse than thought.

Association Urges Farmers To Register For CBN Anchor Borrower Programme

CBN

Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Kano State on Tuesday advised farmers to register with the association to enable them benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) anchor borrower programme.

Ebonyi set to launch one-man-one hectare agric programme

Gov. David Umahi

The Ebonyi government says it will launch an agricultural programme tagged, ‘one-man-one hectare’ in August to enable its citizens participate actively in its agricultural revolution.

Putting Food Waste Back in the Food Chain

The Food Innovation Summer School Mediterraneo

The Food Innovation Summer School Mediterraneo is examining how the University of Messina's PAN Lab is helping solve the problem of food waste. It’s a jarring reality and by now a well-known fact that an estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted around the world each year, and the Food Innovation Summer School Mediterraneo is examining these problems in Sicily and searching for solutions.

5,000 farmers access farm input in Niger

5,000 farmers access farm input in Niger

The Federal Government, in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has commenced the distribution of farm inputs to 5,000 farmers in Niger.

UNSDG-F, Sahara Group, Kaduna State Unveil Food Security Project

UN-SDGF, Sahara Group and Kaduna State Government

The UN-SDGF, Sahara Group and Kaduna State Government kicked off a new initiative called Food Africa Project to revamp the food sector while creating jobs.

Nigeria may soon become exporter of rice – CBN

Rice farmers

Nigeria may soon become a net exporter of rice, Isaac Okoroafor, the Acting Director of Corporate Communications at the Central Bank of Nigeria, has said.

Tanzania: Taste for Mushrooms Helps Tanzanian Farmers Protect Forest

Mushrooms

Magdalena Gwasuma ducks carefully into a small, dark cage at the back of her house, where rows of fresh oyster mushrooms sit on wooden shelves.