Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch

New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa's southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first archaeological evidence that anatomically modern humans were roasting and eating plant starches, such as those from tubers and rhizomes, as early as 120,000 years ago.

NAQS to Food Dealers: User Fees Not Extortion

DG The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) Dr.Vincent Isegbe

The Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has said that there is no scintilla of truth in the allegation that its officers extort money from foodstuff dealers at certain quarantine posts in the country.

Organic animal farms benefit birds nesting in agricultural environments

The abundance of bird species living in agricultural environments has decreased both in Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Attempts to rectify the situation have been made with the help of agri-environment-climate subsidies.

Women We Love: 25 Influential Women in Food and Agriculture

There are hundreds of women who inspire us at Food Tank. They are entrepreneurs, stewards of the land, business owners, researchers, farmers, and innovators who are the backbone of the world’s food systems.

Imperfect Teaming up with Whole Foods Market to Sell “Ugly” Produce

Last week, grocer Giant Eagle became the largest supermarket in the United States to start selling ugly produce with its new Produce with Personality program. Whole Foods Market announced on Friday that they will soon be joining Giant Eagle as the only large supermarket chains in the United States selling imperfect produce.

Nigeria spends $4b importing wheat annually, says expert

The Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARDC-SC) wheat compact coordinator for Technology for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), Solomon Assefa has said Nigeria spends 4 billion dollars annually on the importation of wheat. He said this at the TAAT African international conference meeting on wheat value chain held in Abuja.

FAO, FG partner to develop livestock

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Nigerian Government (FG) has launched the report on African Sustainable Livestock (ASL) 2050 towards the development of the sector to ensure food security and wealth creation.

DRAFT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ONE DAY AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON THE WAY FORWARD TOWARDS EXTENSION OF NEW INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HELD AT THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION (NCAM) ON TUESDAY, 16TH JULY, 2019.

The call for Nigeria to divest from oil is now more important since the need for crude oil may decline in the face of utilization of other sources of energy such as renewable, electrical, solar, hydro, wind, etc.

Celebrating A Diversity of Opinions Is Key to Collaboration, Says Erin Fitzgerald

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Erin Fitzgerald, CEO of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), talks about the alliance’s new direction: not only bolstering the image of agriculture and supporting farmers, but also addressing sustainability and education in agriculture.

Introduction of hermetic storage reduces food loss in Yobe

A training carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Yobe State, North East Nigeria, has improved methods of food storage after the harvest season.