Oyo To Empower 717 Rice, Cassava Farmers

Rice

The Oyo State government is set to empower 717 cassava and rice producer under the state’s funded Anchor Borrower’s programme.

Mike Koch on the True Cost of Food

Mike Koch, FRESHFARM Executive Director

Mike Koch, Executive Director of FRESHFARM, is speaking at the third annual D.C. Food Tank Summit, Let’s Build a Better Food Policy, which will be hosted in partnership with George Washington University and the World Resources Institute on February 2, 2017.

South Africa: Debate Over Glyphosate Rages in South Africa

RoundUp is a pesticide that is manufactured by Monsanto. The major ingredient is glyphosate.

South African's staple food is maize; most of it is genetically modified and sprayed with the weedkiller glyphosate. There is an ongoing dispute over whether or not the pesticide is healthy for people and the planet.

Ebonyi Lawmaker Trains 50 Youths on Fish Production

Hon Linus Okorie

The member Representing  Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal constituency, Hon Linus Okorie as part of his determined effort to ride the constituency of social vices and empower the teeming youths of the constituency, yesterday commenced the training of 50 youths on fish production.

Kenya: Antibiotics in Meat - Why Kenya Needs to Do More

meat

Fast food chain Burger King has made a commitment to only serve chicken meat from animals that haven't been fed antibiotics in the US and Canada. But the same rules won't apply in Kenya.

Press Release- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development holds Strategy Retreat to unlock institutional effectiveness for the Green Alternative

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in collaboration with Synergos (a non-profit organization that fights poverty and its effects) has recently held a 2-day strategy retreat for its Directors towards unlocking institutional effectiveness of the sector using the new agriculture roadmap “ the Green Alternative”

Benue Govt Cedes Land In Agatu LGA For Use as Cattle Routes

Gov. Samuel Ortom

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has provided land in Agatu Local Government Area of the state for use as cattle routes.

Nigeria Cashew Farmers Plan Output Boost With Eye on Exports

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  *Country earned $253 million from cashew exports in 2015
• *Cashew farmers want to cultivate 340,000 additional hectares

Nigerian cashew producers are working on a four-year plan to cultivate more land and boost exports more than threefold to 500,000 metric tons a year to feed a growing export market.

What the World Can Learn from SmartSOIL, a Research Project in the European Union

SmartSOIL

The SmartSOIL (Sustainable farm management aimed at reducing threats to SOILs under climate change) project developed options to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) in Europe. It used meta-analyses of data from long-term experiments to model the impact of different farming practices on SOC.

Chocothon Seeks to Save Cocoa Production in Ghana

Cocoa

According to research at the University of Reading, cocoa contributes between 70 to 100 percent of Ghanaian farmers’ annual household income and employs about 3.2 million workers there. Ghana is the second largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans, after Côte d’Ivoire.