Commodities Decreased in July as Supply Concerns Ease

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decreased in July, largely driven by changing supply fundamentals, according to Credit Suisse Asset Management.

Andrew Youn On Ending Poverty in Our Lifetimes

One Acre Fund provides farm services to smallholder farms across Sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom are women.

in his recent TED Talk, Andrew Youn describes One Acre Fund as “Amazon for rural farmers.” The nonprofit organization delivers goods and services to smallholder farms across Sub-Saharan Africa. Through these tools and resources, the farmers One Acre Fund serves “earn more food… help to feed healthy communities and thriving economies [and] reduce environmental pressure.” 

Access Bank : CEO Pledges Support for Agriculture

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe has restated the bank’s capacity and desire to support the federal government’s efforts in diversification of the economy, especially in the agricultural sector.

Innovation in the Fields: A Growing Culture is Connecting Farmers in a New Way

Innovation increases when knowledge is collective. We see this with the Renaissance and in Silicon Valley, and it’s true in agriculture, too.

In the forested hills of Vietnam, Pham Nhu Trang runs a hog farm. As you can imagine, hog farming can be a smelly, messy occupation. But Trang found an ingenious solution to this challenge. Looking to the hog’s natural environment—the forest—she was inspired to develop a technique that ferments locally available absorbent materials such as wood chips, bamboo dust, and straw to use as bedding.

NEPC targets non-rejection of Nigeria’s exports

Mr. Segun Awolowo

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council is targeting ‘zero rejection’ of Nigeria’s exports in the international market and in line with this aim; it has been organizing a series of capacity-building workshops for exporters to train them in standards and requirements in the global market.

59 Organizations Fighting Food Loss and Waste

These 59 global organizations are working to put an end to food waste.

It’s no secret that food loss and food waste are big problems. At least 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year—in fields, during transport, in storage, at restaurants, and in markets in industrialized and developed countries alike. In rich countries alone, some 222 million tons of food is wasted, which is almost as much as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa. And according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), wasted food costs some US$680 billion in industrialized countries and US$310 billion in developing countries.

Aregbesola Wants Govt to Ban Export of Primary Farm Produce

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called for a ban on the export of primary farm produce as part of strategies to ensure food sufficiency in the country.

75,000 wheat farmers in Kano to benefit from CBN’s loan scheme

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Not less than 75,000 wheat farmers under the aegis of Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) in Kano State are to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) anchored borrowers programme.
The registration of farmers for this programme has commenced and beneficiaries are expected to use the loan to cultivate the commodity throughout this year’s dry season.

New Bill in Congress Dispels Consumer Confusion Surrounding Food Labels

 Americans are unnecessarily discarding food because of confusion surrounding food date labels. At the same time, millions of U.S. citizens are affected by hunger.

 

A national survey, conducted by the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, found that 84 percent of consumers throw away food that is close to or past the date displayed on the label, and this disposal is often unnecessary. Currently, food date labeling is not federally regulated in the United States.

Food Security: LASG to harness public, private partnership

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The Lagos State Government has restated its commitment to harness public and private investment through private sector partnership to facilitate food security in the state.