Research environment turned party ground

It is Friday party time right inside a venue that is called Agricultural research Institute managed by Nigeria Cereal Research Institute ( NCRI).

NAIC cautions farmers against flood alert

The Managing Director (MD)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigerian Agricultural Corporation (NAIC) Mrs. Folashade Joseph has warned all farmers to take very serious the red alert  on flood as issued  by the Federal Government in about 15 states of the federation.

Images speak @ the 6th APRNet/ IFPRI/USAID/MSU Multistakeholders forum themed ' Towards a sustainable Agricultural led for Growth Economic Growth and Recovery in Nigeria' @ Abuja

Images speak @ the 6th APRNet/ IFPRI/USAID/MSU Multistakeholders forum themed ' Towards a sustainable Agricultural led for Growth Economic Growth and Recovery in Nigeria' @ Abuja. See more images below..

Engineering a Better Food Bank

For the past few years, a team of engineers has spent long hours poring over data files and complex computer models.

We’ll strengthen research institutes for better seeds says Sabo Nanono

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, has said that the ministry under his stewardship would ensure that agricultural research institutes are strengthened to promote improved seedlings and seeds that will galvanise food production in the country.

Seed companies in trouble as low incentive, insecurity demoralize farming

There are indications that the seed companies are facing hard times on the sales of their certified seeds to farmers, reason being low inputs incentive from government coupled with insecurity situation in the country that had made many to leave farming activities for fear of being kidnapped or killed by armed bandits.

FG releases new improved wheat variety for demand quality

LCRI promises to tackle plantable material

The Federal Government (FG) National Crop Varieties and Livestock Breeds Committee domiciled at the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) has just released and registered a new improved wheat variety (LACRI WHIT-11) (IMAM (ATTILA 7). The official release of the seed took place in Ibadan, recently.

Institute’s new boss determined to attract grants for research

The new Executive Director for Institute for Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Prof. Veronica Obatolu has promised to supplement the epileptic research funding in the system by attracting more grants and donors through an established office for the purpose.

How Despots Arose With Agriculture (Op-Ed)

For hundreds of thousands of years humans lived in hunter-gatherer societies, eating wild plants and animals. Inequality in these groups is thought to have been very low, with evidence suggesting food and other resources were shared equally between all individuals.

Facts About the Global Seed Vault

Sometimes called the "doomsday vault," the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is seen as humanity's last hope against extinction after a world crisis. Though its mission is to keep the world's seeds safe, its creation wasn't meant as a way to reseed the world after a world-scale catastrophe.