Rwanda: Fresh University Graduates to Drive Agric Modernisation and Food Security Efforts

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Efforts geared at strengthening modern farming and helping spur crop production to ensure food security have been boosted by deployment of fresh agriculture university graduates in different parts of the country to support farmers.

Press Statement- Statement on Illegal Shipment of GMO maize into Nigeria

GMO Maize

We read the report of the press conference by the Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) at which he decried the importation of genetically modified (GM) maize into Nigeria.

22 Inspirational Women in Food and Agriculture

Female farmer

Women are crucial to the functioning of a healthy and sustainable food system. At Food Tank, we are continually inspired by the hard work and creativity of women farmers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, community leaders, and family members.

Twenty Initiatives Saving Seeds for Future Generations

Seeds

By saving, exchanging, and reusing seeds over thousands of years, farmers and gardeners carefully selected crops for various traits adapted to many growing conditions and climates, creating a rich genetic plant heritage that formed the base of the global food supply.

CropMobster: Growing Community through Crowdsourcing

Farmers

Founded as a resource to prevent food waste, the CropMobster network has grown into an online platform for farmers, food activists, and pantries to exchange resources.

New FAO Guidelines Help Countries Achieve Climate Pledges

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The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently unveiled a new set of guidelines to support developing countries balance the needs of increased food production and climate change adaptation. The guidelines aim to support governments in making sure that the agriculture sector is both included in national climate change adaptation plans and made more resilient and sustainable.

PRESS RELEASE- FG Committed To Quality Agro Products For Nigerians and the Global Communities – Audu Ogbeh

Chief Audu Ogbeh

 The present Administration has been commended on her giant stride and foresightedness in revolutionizing Agriculture in Nigeria for more food safety and quality assurance of Agricultural commodities.

FG unveils milk machine to encourage farmers

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 FG unveils milk machine to encourages farmers

     * Stakeholders hail livestock industry, demand more funding

The Federal Government (FG) yesterday reiterated its determination to stimulate livestock sub sector economy into a robust wealth creation industry where best agronomics practice at all the value chains of productivity would be upheld, just as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh unveiled a milk processing machine of 6,000 capacity liters per day meant to be distributed to pastoralists.

Farmers and Ranchers Participate in the Census of Agriculture 2017

Teresa White

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is currently conducting the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture. New and previously uncontacted farmers and ranchers are encouraged to sign up before June 30, 2017, to provide a complete and impartial data set.

United Nations Ocean Conference: Mobilizing the Global Community to Protect the World’s Oceans

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The first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference was held earlier this year in June, attracting more than 6,000 government officials, institutions, and civil society organizations to discuss the challenges facing the world’s oceans. Coinciding with United Nations Oceans Day, the five-day conference concluded with a global Call for Action to reverse the decline of the ocean’s health, and more than 1,300 pledged actions for protecting the global resource.