RMRDC, NAQS promise support to organic farming

DG. RMRDC Prof. Ibrahim Hussaini Doko and DG. NAQS Dr. Vincent Isegbe 

The Raw Material Research Development Council (RMRDC) and National Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) have promised to use their mandates to support and ensure the fast development of organic farming based on its economic potential ability to increase revenue and job creation in the country.

‘Stakeholders already working towards an Act for organic farming practice ... as an executive bill’

The Country Coordinator, Ecological Organic Agriculture initiative in Nigeria (EOA) Dr. Olugbenga Adeoluwa has disclosed in an interview with Food Farm News that efforts have commenced towards forwarding a bill for an Act to the National Assembly and that the bill would preferably be sent as an executive bill through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). Excerpts...

Why some songbirds care for the 'wrong' kids

Interspecific feeding -- when an adult of one species feeds the young of another -- is rare among songbirds, and scientists could only speculate on why it occurs, but now, Penn State researchers have new insight into this behavior.

First maps of areas suitable for spotted lanternfly's establishment in US and world

Maps identifying the areas suitable for establishment of the spotted lanternfly (SLF) in the United States and other countries have been published in the Journal of Economic Entomology by Agricultural Research Service scientists.

Fruit flies live longer with combination drug treatment

A triple drug combination has been used to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 48% in a new study led by UCL and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.

Transfer Anchor Borrowers Programme to agric ministry Sen. Adamu tells FG

The Senate Committee Chairman on Agriculture Senator Abdullahi Adamu has called on the Federal Government to transfer the management and operation of Anchor Borrowers Programme to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The communiqué issued at the end of 2019 NATIONAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SUMMIT

 We, the 90 participants gathered at the 2019 National Organic Agriculture Business Summit (4 th edition) held at Solab Hotels and Suites, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria from October 16 – 18, 2019 representing organic agriculture stakeholders from all the geo-political zones of Nigeria and the United States of America (one participant ).

CRISPRed fruit flies mimic monarch butterfly, and could make you vomit

Whiteman and his University of California, Berkeley, colleagues have turned perfectly palatable fruit flies -- palatable, at least, to frogs and birds -- into potentially poisonous prey that may cause anything that eats them to puke. In large enough quantities, the flies likely would make a human puke, too, much like the emetic effect of ipecac syrup.

Organic farming: Nigeria sets up task force for certification

Towards ensuring conformity to standard and certification of local produce, the national organic farming practitioners of Nigeria has inaugurated a task force that will constantly monitor that registered members do conform to best agronomics practice of agricultural produce.

No need to cut down red and processed meat for health reasons, controversial findings suggest

Most people can continue to eat red and processed meat as they do now. A major study led by researchers at McMaster and Dalhousie universities has found cutting back has little impact on health.