Conserving pollinators for improved food production

pollinators

Pollination is an essential process in both human-managed and natural terrestrial ecosystems, and it is critical for food production and human livelihoods, directly linking wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems.

Reduction in food prices fall, a mirage, says Madlion

Mr. Shedrack Madlion

A Kaduna based practicing farmer, Mr. Shedrack Madlion has described the Federal Government’s pronouncement on bringing down the prices of food stuff in two weeks as another statement of hope that was far from reality. He said this in an exclusive telephone chat with Food Farm News.

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Keeping animals healthy can help keep people healthy too, and development on track

For centuries, rinderpest, a highly contagious and fatal cattle plague, spread across the world bringing social and economic devastation.

G7: In a World of Plenty, Why do we Have Famine?

This marks Kenya's first appearance at the summit of global leaders, along with Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tunisia.

DR Congo Conflict has Displaced a Record Number - NGO

Des manifestants sur l’échangeur routier de Limete, à Kinshasa, la capitale de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC)

For a country that has witnessed millions of deaths, brutal colonial rule, and devastating dictatorship, the past year in the Democratic Republic of Congo still stands out as a bleak one.

Agriculture Ministry to Support National Poultry Sector

farmer

The Secretary of State for Agriculture, José Amaro Taty, defended in Luanda the need to create the National Poultry Centre as an added value for the sector.

Armyworm - FG Holds Emergency Meeting As Maize Shortage Looms

Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh  in an emergency meeting with state commissioners of agriculture to tackle growing spread of armyworms, devastating maize farms across the country.

'Black Tobacco Farmers Producing More Than Whites'

'Black Tobacco Farmers

Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again defended the chaotic land reform programme boasting that black tobacco farmers are now producing more of the golden leaf than the white commercial farmers during the colonial era.

WELCOME ADDRESS BY HON. LINUS OKORIE, FCA, CHAIRMAN HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON BILLS REFERRED HELD AT HOUSE CONFERENCE ROOM 236 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX ABUJA, WEDNESDAY 7TH JUNE, 2017. PROTOCOLS.

HON. LINUS OKORIE

On behalf of the Members of the Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions of the 8^th House of representatives, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone to this Public hearing.

Germany Demands Compensation for Land Grabbed in Zimbabwe

farmers

Compensation for German nationals who lost their farms during Zimbabwe's controversial land reforms is an "urgent and important" issue, Berlin's chief diplomat to Harare has said.