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The Group Managing
Director, of Hebron Integrated Farms and Mills across the globe, Mr. Alphonsus
Inyang recently had a chat with FoodFarmNews during which he promised to overhaul the oil
palm business value chains where small holders farmers would be well supported
to own sustainable plantations that processors can depend upon to produce
vegetable oil, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products saying the idea of
allowing the big companies to be owners of plantations and processing is a
denial to owners of land, among other things, if he is elected as the President
of the Association National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN). Excerpts...
Activities
of the Nigeria Incentive Risk-based Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) in the
agricultural value chains have of recent, become a thing of concern as the
organization has deviated from its core mandates and has been meddling in
financial and agronomics activities that are outright contradictions to its
core mandate as an institution established to ensure access to funds by farmers
and others in the value chain by de-risking the process.
An international team of scientists has shown it is possible to breed cattle to reduce their methane emissions.
Many familiar grains today, like quinoa, amaranth, and the millets, hemp, and buckwheat, all have traits that indicate that they coevolved to be dispersed by large grazing mammals. 
Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. However, global agriculture does not reflect this trend. Monocultures are increasing worldwide, taking up more land than ever. 
Previous studies have shown the flush of pollen-producing wildflowers after a fire can benefit the day-time pollinators such as bees and butterflies. 
Kudo of Hokkaido University and Elisabeth J. Cooper of the Arctic University of Norway have demonstrated that early snowmelt results in the spring ephemeral Corydalis ambigua flowering ahead of the emergence of its pollinator, the bumblebee.