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Thursday 14 November 2019
You don't have to go cold turkey on red meat to see health benefits
A new study has found that halving the amount red and processed (RPM) meat in the diet can have a significant impact on health, reducing the amount of LDL 'bad' cholesterol in the blood which cuts the risk of developing heart disease.
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Palm oil: Less fertilizer and no herbicide but same yield?
Environmentally friendlier palm oil production could be achieved with less fertilizer and no herbicide, while maintaining profits. These are the encouraging preliminary results of the first two years of a large-scale oil palm management experiment by an international team of researchers led by the University of Göttingen. The research was published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
Tuesday 12 November 2019
Nigeria needs plant variety law for robust seeds sector
·
Expert says no enough
companies
An
economically efficient seeds industry in Nigeria may continue to be a mirage
unless a Plant Variety Protection (PVP) law is put in place. This view was deduced
during a three-day training held at National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC),
Sheda, Abuja.
Rice millers condemn senators’ stance on borders as unpatriotic
The
Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has described the criticism by some
of the senators at the National Assembly against the land borders closure of
the Federal Government (FG) as an act of insincerity to the nation’s development
saying the measure was already yielding good dividend to agricultural
productivity of rice and other produce. This was contained in a press statement
made available to Food farm News, in
Abuja.
We told them not to export yams- Quarantine official
* NAQS
official ignorant of presence of gamma irradiation facilities in Nigeria
The
Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine services (NAQS) has said that the authority at
the Tin- Can seaport did not listen to its expert advice not to export yam to
United Kingdom (UK) without giving a proper treatment against nematode, with
certification of clearance before departure. An official of the agency, Mr.
Abdullahi Ibrahim revealed this during a colloquium session held at the
National Organic Agriculture Business Summit held recently in Lagos.
Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy imposters
Early rice growers unwittingly gave barnyard grass a big hand, helping to give root to a rice imitator that is now considered one of the world's worst agricultural weeds.
Monday 11 November 2019
Agric Experts demand for conditioning centres
Agricultural
experts in Nigeria have posited that the establishment of private driven
conditioning centres cum effective data for production, processing and
marketing at a glance saying these are the panacea to food security challenges
in the country..
Minister denies hunger among Nigerians, says most overweight
Despite
reports that Nigeria has more people living in poverty than most countries the
minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono has ruled out
hunger issues affecting Nigerians, claiming that Nigeria is food sufficient,
adding that most people in the country are currently battling with overweight
or obesity.
Rice yields plummet and arsenic rises in future climate-soil scenarios
Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the world's population -- but new experiments from Stanford University suggest that with climate change, production in major rice-growing regions with endemic soil arsenic will undergo a dramatic decline and jeopardize critical food supplies.
Sunday 10 November 2019
Helping hands from within: Live-in bacteria protect plants against infections
Micro-organisms living inside plant roots team up to boost the plant's growth and tolerance to stress. An international research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and Wageningen UR reports its discovery in today's issue of the scientific journal Science.
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