Global crop diversity in decline as just four crops dominate, study

Crop diversity around the world is declining, presenting a challenge for both the environment and food security. This is the result of new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough, published in the journal PLOS ONE on February 6.

Director of Animal Husbandry finally breaks silence, says ‘my experience qualifies me’

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Dr. Mohammed Bello Umar

The new director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Mr. Bright Boyowa Watergire whose appointment generated rowdy session during the National Agricultural Council Meeting has finally opened up to say he was qualified for the position, going by the federal civil service law.

Targeting how fungi 'taste' ould be key to developing control

Exploring how a hazardous fungal pathogen 'tastes' its surroundings within a wheat plant to coordinate virulence could be the key to developing new control strategies, scientists believe.

With flower preferences, bees have a big gap between the sexes

For scores of wild bee species, females and males visit very different flowers for food -- a discovery that could be important for conservation efforts, according to Rutgers-led research.

Why you love coffee and beer

Why do you swig bitter, dark roast coffee or hoppy beer while your coworker guzzles sweet cola?

UN: Future of food ‘under severe threat’ from biodiversity loss

The plants, animals, and micro-organisms that are the foundation of food production are in decline, putting the future of our food, livelihoods, health and environment under severe threat.

NGO trains 86 youths on ‘Climate Resilient Agriculture’

A non-governmental organisation, Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative (FBIN), has disclosed that it has trained 86 young farmers on climate resilient agriculture in seven states and the FCT. The founder of the organisation, Ms Nikiruka Nnaemego-Okonkwo, stated this at a “Mock Parliament on Climate Resilience Agriculture” held in Abuja.

Images speak @ the Youth Farm Project II (Building Resilient Generation)

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From nitrogen pollution to gene drives: UN highlights five key emerging issues

Urgent action from nations around the world is required to tackle emerging environmental challenges that will have profound effects on our society, economy and ecosystems, the United Nations Environment Programme has warned.

Environmental threats put human health in peril, UN warns

Unsustainable human activities have degraded the Earth’s ecosystems, endangering the ecological foundations of society. Environmental damage to our planet is so dire that human health will be increasingly threatened unless urgent action is taken.