Is it Possible to Grow Spinach Locally and Year-Round?

This BrightFarms greenhouse is able to produce, package, and ship 75,000 pounds of spinach year-round while reducing the use of land, water, and fossil fuels.

A BrightFarms greenhouse in Pennsylvania produces around 34,000 kilograms (75,000 pounds) of nutrient-rich spinach per year—even in the thick of winter—while also conserving land, water, and fossil fuels. In this episode of How Does it Grow, viewers get a glimpse of the greenhouse where, through hydroponics, BrightFarms creates an environment conducive to growing spinach year-round.

‘Agriculture Not A Development, But Business Activity’

African Development Bank

Nigerians have been charged not to see agriculture as a development activity any longer but rather as business.

Enabling the Business of Agriculture

The world will need to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This rapid rise in population will require farmers to increase agricultural production by at least 50 percent. Smart and balanced regulations and policies, along with responsible investments, will be crucial if the needed food supply is to be sustainably produced and distributed.

Johns Hopkins Report Analyzes the Benefits and Limitations of Urban Agriculture

The Center for a Livable Future released a review of the benefits and limitations of urban agriculture.

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health recently released a report examining the benefits and limitations of urban agriculture. Called “Vacant Lots to Vibrant Plots,” the review summarizes the sociocultural, health, environmental, and economic development aspects of urban and peri-urban agriculture.

‘Experimental Grazing In 11 States Will Improve Dairy Production’

Grazing

It is lamentable that despite the huge need for diary and milk consumption Nigeria can barely produce its daily needs as a result of differing ecology and poor production.

Farmers Must Treat Agriculture As A Business – Kabiru

Mohammed Kabiru

The president of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mohammed Kabiru, in this interview with    Ruth Tene Natsa, expresses great optimism that Nigerian farmers would excel if they chose to treat agriculture as a business.

Nestle Foods Nigeria : Nestlé and IFDC partner to support farmers in Nigeria

farmers

About 1,000 farmers in northern Nigeria will be trained on good agricultural practices and entrepreneurial skills thanks to a new partnership between Nestlé Nigeria and the IFDC

World Environment Day Calls for Conscious Consumption #WED2016

World Environment Day 2016

On Sunday, June 5, the global community celebrates the 43rd annual World Environment Day (WED), a day dedicated to mobilizing people from around the world to create positive and lasting change for the health of our planet.

Expert Urges Govt. To Strengthen Extension Workers To Enhance Agricultural Production

maize farmer

Dr Idris Badiru, Principal Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan, has advised the government to strengthen agricultural extension service workers to enhance agricultural production.

Buhari Urged To Create Jobs Through Agriculture, Manufacturing

President Muhammad Buhari

The former Under-Secretary to United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Gambari has called on President Muhammad Buhari to take urgent steps in overcoming grinding poverty, by growing the economy through job creation.