FG inaugurates taskforce against fall armyworm infestation

·       promises subsidy

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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has set up a task force to stop the fall armyworm menace currently ravaging the country so as to rescue 50% worth of maize valued at N147 billion lost to the pest menace across the nation yearly. The inauguration of the committee was done in Abuja, recently

UN General Assembly says 'yes' to peasant rights declaration

A victory for peasants worldwide 

The United Nations have finally adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. On December 17, a large majority of 121 countries, amongst them most Asian, African and Latin American member states, voted in favor of Resolution no. A/C.3/73/L.30 at the 73th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Soil management: stakeholders frown at bush burning

Prof. Victor Chude  Agricultural Extension workers during a two' day sensitisation workshop on soil management

 Agricultural Extension workers from across the country at the recently concluded workshop on soil fertility management and categories for profitability farming in Nigeria has emphasised on the need for proper monitoring against bush burning of farmlands saying the department of forestry needed to put policing measure in place.

Triple burden of malnutrition persists in Europe and Central Asia

Farm in Kyrgyzstan, a country with a high prevalence of undernourishment 

In Europa and Central Asia, significant progress has been made in reducing undernourishment over the past two decades. However, new evidence shows a stagnation of this trend, particularly in Central Asia.

Czech supermarkets must donate unsold foods, court confirms

Czech supermarkets must donate unsold foods, court confirms

Supermarkets in the Czech Republic must donate unsold products to food banks. On Wednesday, the Constitutional Court dismissed an appeal against a new amendment to the national Food Act, aimed at reducing food waste.

India mounts awareness campaign as maize-eating moth detected

fall armyworm

Indian agriculture officials have launched an awareness campaign among farmers about the fall armyworm moth and its management following the confirmation late last month that the voracious maize-eating pest has reached India.

African swine fever ‘devastating’ if it spreads beyond China

African swine fever ‘devastating’ if it spreads beyond China

Outbreaks of African swine fever reported from widely different parts of China over the past month have prompted experts, including from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to warn that the virus could spill into adjacent South-east Asia, with devastating consequence for hog industries.

Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment

A farmer harvests okra on his plot of land in Bidi Bidi camp

 Agricultural intensification rarely leads to simultaneous benefits for ecosystem services such as biodiversity and human wellbeing, researchers say.

Miyetti Allah says ‘We are not enemies to farmers’

* discards amnesty report.

National Secretary of the Meyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Social-Cultural Association, Engr. Salah Alhassan addressing members

 Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani Socio-Cultural Association has said that its group was never an enemy to local farmers in the face of ensuring food security, thereby condemned the report on amnesty submitted to the Federal Government (FG) as being hasty without full consultation to all the parties involved.

based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019

based crop insurance could debut in Kenya in 2019

Picture-based crop insurance could make its debut in Kenya next year after a study in India found that it may avoid the pitfalls of other insurance schemes.