How satellites could help farmers deal with the risk of drought

Only the most drought-prone farms in Australia take out cover

The emergence of 'big data' collected from satellites and internet-enabled devices promises to revolutionize farm production and risk management – helping governments and insurers understand drought and protecting farmers.

Statisticians call for accurate data’s

Statisticians

Statisticians in the country have requested that stakeholders in Nigeria give out accurate data to help develop the various sectors as it is urgent to better preposition the country in the area of food productivity and food security across the country.

SEE- map with the BSE risk status zones in Europe can be seen below:

NGO task fg on increased budgetary allocations

 

Group picture 

The Fresh and Young Brains Development Initiative (FYBIN) has urged the Federal Government to increase its funding to the agricultural sector, especially for women and youth farmers to increase their yields and attain food sufficiency.

FG tasks food transporters, reiterates ban on multiple tax

Coordinating Director of the Service, Dr. Vincent Isegbe 

As part of the plans of the Federal Government (FG) to reduce  food poisons in circulation, the National Agricultural Quarantine Services  (NASQ) has urged transporters to ensure compliance with officers on the highway.

FG releases two new BT transgenic hybrid cotton

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu and The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh 

The federal government has released two new biotechnology transgenic hybrids cotton as a step to improving the quality yield produced in the country. This was made known during a press conference held in Abuja.

Organization calls for subsidy in agriculture

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) has called for subsidies in agriculture in Nigeria in order to achieve food security. Lead specialist of FARA, Prof. Oluwole Fatumbi made the call during the closing ceremony of a four-day training programme held in Abuja.

Ministry contractors cry for job payment

Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture

Contractors who worked for Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) towards ensuring efficient commercial agriculture and food security have appealed to the management to save them from untimely death by paying their long overdue debts owed them just as one of them has been reported dead.

Young farmers have their skills put to the test

Angus Brims and John Forbes -winners of the prime lamb dressing contest.

Young farmers from across the north flocked to the Caithness Livestock Centre at Quoybrae for a series of competitions.

FAO strengthens stakeholders’ capacity to conduct disease outbreak investigation in Nigeria using One Health Approach.

FAO strengthens stakeholders’ capacity to conduct disease outbreak investigation in Nigeria using One Health Approach.

In 2006, the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) otherwise called bird flu outbreak threatened the poultry sector in Africa and nearly crippled the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers in Nigeria. Within the last three years, reports of a more lethal sequence reportedly reemerged with the risk of spreading rapidly.