Ministry prays for technocrat as minister

The officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) may have been praying for a technocrat as minister based on the experiences from the immediate past one who they claimed did not do much professionally to assist the sector. FoodFarmNews reliably gathered.

Images speak at the ATASP-1 media engagement held in Abuja.

The National Project Coordinator  (NPC) Ibrahim Muhammad Arabi addressing pressmen during the media engagement

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A Journey from City Dwellers to Regenerative Farmers: THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM

My wife Molly specialized in farm-to-table cuisine and I was a documentary filmmaker, but we had a collective dream that our once-coveted identities as filmmaker and chef couldn’t satisfy… to become farmers.

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.