Zamfara AFAN laments over herdsmen, cattle rustlers

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Zamfara chapter has frowned over continuous activities of herdsmen and cattle rustlers against food security in the state.

Farmers/ Hersders clash: Islamic Bank VP berates 4, 000 dead

*calls for reformation of justice

The Chairman of the just concluded National Conference on Livestock Reforms and Mitigation of Associated Conflict, and Vice President Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) Mansur Mukhtar has lamented on the  continuous farmers-herders clash that have resulted to more than 4,000 death.

People are hungry and angry, implementation key to end crises- Sultan speaks

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III has attributed non implementation of livestock policy to check mate farmers/herders clashes as why people are angry with hunger.

Regenerative Agriculture Needs A Standardized Definition, Says New Report

A new report says that an inconsistent understanding of what regenerative agriculture entails and what it can achieve means an outcome-based framework for measuring and assessing regenerative agricultural practices is needed.

Feeding a growing global population - new ways tech is changing the agricultural landscape

There is no doubt that the human population is growing at a huge rate. According to the United Nations, the global human population reached 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022 from an estimated 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010 and 2 billion since 1998.

Intensive Agriculture Blamed for Bird Population Decline in Spain

The latest Atlas of Breeding Birds in Spain shows a population decline of about 27 percent in birds linked to agricultural environments.

Land degradation: GSF move to rejuvenate 200,000 hectares of land

Amidst degradation of land due  to the effects of  climate change across the globe, the Green Sahara farms has moved to rejuvenate about 200,000 hectares of land in the North Central and Sahel region to ensure a green economy wherein human beings co exist with nature in a sustainable manner is put in place.

2022 Flood: NAERLS reports N700 billion damages on food security

The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) has submitted an official report which reveals about Seven Hundred billion naira (N700B) as being lost to 2022 flood incidences in food system of agriculture alone. 

Images speak as NAERLS presents 2022 Flood reports in Abuja

 

Images speak as NAERLS presents 2022 Flood reports in Abuja

2023 planting: IAR boss recommends May, June to farmers

The Executive Director (ED), Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR)Prof. Mohammed Ishiaku has recommended later parts of May, and early June as suitable periods for the planting of cereal and legume crops respectively in the Savanna area of Nigeria.