African Green Revolution Forum Today

AGRF

Today, across Africa, big things are happening on the millions of small family farms that are Africa’s main source of food, employment, and income.

Farmers express anxiety as IITA hands over aflasafe for commercialization

IITA

 Nigerian farmers have expressed fear over the Institute of International Tropical Agriculture ( IITA) preparedness  to commercialize aflasafe into mitigating aflatoxin  infestation of grain crops saying the decision should be given a second thought especially in the face of adulteration that ravaging of seeds production sub sector.

South Africa: Agriculture to Assist in SA's GDP Growth - Treasury

Jacob Zuma

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is set to play a crucial role in the growth of the country's gross domestic product, according to the 2017 Budget Speech.

Kenya: 3 Million Kenyans Need Relief Aid

3 Million Kenyans Need Relief Aid

Close to 3 million Kenyans are in need of relief assistance, official said. The Secretary of Communication and State House Spokesperson, Mr Manoah Esipisu, in his weekly address to the media in Nairobi on Sunday, said the number had doubled from 1.3 million in August 2016.

Kaduna state joins wheat race, says Lake Chad Institute boss

Kaduna State governor

The Executive Director, Lake Chad Research Institute, Dr. Oluwasina Olabanji has said that Kaduna state Government in its economy diversification efforts was about to finish planting five thousand hectares of wheat to upscale productivity towards substituting import bill of four billion naira annually.

Strategies to Feed Africa & Provide Jobs for Youths - AfDB As part of the African Development Bank's High 5 Agenda, the Bank in 2016 elaborated on two of its strategies to transform agriculture and to provide jobs for youths on the continent. Its "Feed Africa" - a strategy for agricultural transformation in Africa (2016-2025) seeks to eliminate extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa by 2025 and make Africa a net food exporter while moving the continent to the top of export-orientated global value chains where it has comparative advantage. The Bank also sees the potential benefits of Africa's youth population unrealized. In its Jobs for Youth in Africa - Creating 25 Million Jobs and Equipping 50 Million Youth (2016-2025), the Bank aims to catalyze the best set of options for Africa to promote transformative and inclusive growth, where the youth are the drivers of the required transformation and responsible for their own positive economic and social outcomes. More about the AfDB in this

Families queue for food in Badbado IDP camp, Mogadishu

As a devastating drought grips Somalia, UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that only a massive and immediate scale-up of humanitarian assistance can help the country avoid falling into another catastrophe.

Industry Bank boss says cassava processors well assisted

The Acting Managing Director BOI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju

The Bank of Industry (BOI) has said the processing of High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) embarked upon by the Federal Government during the last administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been well supported across the six geo political zones of the federation to ensure the needed processed quantity to millers for 10% inclusion to all bakeries.

‘Poultry farmers’ registration is the responsibility of both Vet and Animal scientists’

Prof. Eustace Iyayi

Recently, Food FarmNews recently had a chat with the Registrar/ CEO, Nigeria Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) Prof. Eustace Iyayi on various issues and most especially on the mandates of NIAS. Excerpts…

We have enough windmill technology for grazing reserves says Jet Age Solution

windmill technology for grazing reserves

An indigenous company, Jet Age Energy Solution Nigeria Limited has said it has enough windmill power borehole that would serve the whole nation's grazing reserves saying the durability of the technology is very overwhelming when compared to any other technology like solar panel.

NAIC compensate poultry farmers with N80M

Managing Director (MD) of (NAIC) Mr. Bashir Haliru Binji, and
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Agriculture, Manzo Maigari, 

The Managing Director (MD) of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) Mr. Bashir Haliru Binji, over 100% compensation has been paid to about few farmers that took cover against bird flu attack. He said this during the question and answer session at the Avian Influenza Consultative Meeting recently held at Abuja.