How to create resilient agriculture

Farmers

Durable food security and agricultural growth depend on development strategies with resilience built in from the start, says Gordon Conway.

Syria’s wheat shortage deepens

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  Wheat

  
  Ongoing harvest and low stocks insufficient to feed the country
• Many farmers lost access to their land, tools, fertilizers
• Agro research also suffered from the conflict

Syria’s ongoing wheat harvest is not large enough to feed people living in areas controlled by the government, researchers have warned.

Aregbesola wants ban on export of primary farm produce

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called for a ban on the export of primary farm produce as part of strategies to ensure food sufficiency in the country.

Kasali expresses NCAM’s readiness to train more youth in mechanised farming

Agricultural Mechanization

Dr. Yomi Kasali, acting director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, has expressed the readiness of the centre to train and equip young farmers in response to the challenges of food needs of Nigeria.

We must make agriculture exciting for the youth – AFDB PRESIDENT

African Development Bank

“The future of our young people does not belong at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies in us tapping their talents and putting our resources to support them”. These were the words of the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, while commenting on the AfDB’s key efforts that recognize the role of youth in sustainable development which resonates with the focus of the 2016 International Youth Day (IYD).

Disease kills 23 cows, infects 63 in Katsina

Cow

An animal disease locally known as “black-cutter” has killed 23 cows and affected 63 others in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State.

World Bank supports agricultural sector with $50m

FADAMA’s irrigation project

The World Bank has pledged to support Nigeria’s agricultural sector with 50 million dollars towards the restoration of agricultural livelihood of Fadama beneficiaries in the North East.

How to diversify economy – Aregbesola

Rauf Aregbesola

The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for a ban on export of primary farm produce, as part of strategies to grow local production and enhance the value chains of the country’s agricultural investments.

AfDB approves $9m equity investment for agricultural SMEs in Nigeria

African Development Bank President

The African Development Bank has approved a $9 million equity investment in the Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN) to provide expansion capital to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Large scale farmer expresses optimism over bumper harvest

large scale farmer

A large scale farmer in Kano State, Alhaji Garba Bichi, has expressed optimism that the state would record bumper harvest this farming season.