Africa’s 20,000 weather station plan

 weather station plan

 Farmers across Africa need weather data and climate projections to put food on people’s plates. But often the data does not exist or is inaccessible. The same goes for scientists trying to model how the climate is changing, and how diseases spread, for the planet’s second-largest continent.

Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought

pepper

Joining a high-yield pepper plant sapling to the roots of a strong and resistant variety could help pepper farmers cope with lower rainfall, a study has found.

UN Food Agencies Team Up to Secure Livelihoods in Northeast Nigeria

UN Food Agencies Team Up to Secure Livelihoods in Northeast Nigeria

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a joint effort to support conflict-affected people in northeastern Nigeria to increase their food production and reduce dependence on food assistance. Using a ‘twin track’ approach, FAO is providing enough seed and fertilizer to produce up to eight months’ worth of food during the 2018 rainy season, while WFP covers the food needs of households until these crucial harvests in September.

LIVESTOCK-Cattle, hog futures turn up on short-covering

Livestock

livestock futures ticked higher on Thursday, boosted by short-covering and technical buying after prices probed new lows earlier this week, traders said.

Software helps cut Indian cows’ methane emissions

cows

A software tool developed by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is helping balance the diets of 2.4 million heads of Indian cattle leading to increased milk output and reduced methane emissions, an international livestock conference heard.

Rice prices seen stabilizing in Aug

Rice

Bad weather hampers NFA efforts to distribute more affordable rice across the country.

Palm oils extends losses to 1-week low over China-U.S. tariff threats

Palm oils

Malaysian palm oil futures fell for a third straight session on Thursday, hitting their lowest in a week as traders took a cautious stance over mounting China-U.S. trade war friction and on a lack of bullish news.

French wheat harvest underway as market weighs weather toll

wheat 

French farmers have started harvesting this year's wheat crop early after a recent heatwave, as traders await a clearer picture of weather damage in the European Union's biggest grain producer.

SAFFLOWER: RMRDC GIVES FARMERS SEEDS

FACAN Nat Sect, Dr. Bello Dogondanji Congratulating Safflower Nat President,  Alhaji Bashir Tanko after receiving seed from Dr. Ogunwusi of RMRDC

The Raw Material Research Development Research (RMRDC) in partnership with a Chinese company named Kong Associate Limited has given out some quantity of safflower seeds to farmers for mult-locational trials across the regions. This is part of the strategy towards making Nigeria a major producer of the oil seeds because of its industrial potentials to reduce import.

S/W 2018 REFILS: technologies transfer suffer in 2017

    Royal father advises youth on partnership

The Royal father of Alawowo of Awowo Owu Kingdom, Oba Abdul-Gafar Olasunkanmi Tijani  speaking to the stakeholders during the South-West 2018 Refils

The recently concluded Research Extension Farmers Input Linkage System (REFILS) under the coordination of Institute for Agricultural Research& Training (IAR&T) Moorplantation has revealed poor transfer of new improved technologies for enhanced productivity of farmers’ produce and other agro processors in the value chains of the crops, animals and livestock, even as the Royal father of Alawowo of Awowo Owu Kingdom, Oba Abdul-Gafar Olasunkanmi Tijani has advised the youths to explore business partnership in crops and animal productivity to create jobs without waiting for government for themselves.