The Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof. Garba Sharubutu says the council has recruited 1,650 scientists to boost food security in the country.
Browsing: Food & Agriculture
Women farmers under the auspices of All Farmers Association (AFAN), have called on President Bola Tinubu to support women farmers across the country to boost agriculture and ensure food security.
The USAID’s Economic Recovery and Reform Activity (ERRA) program delivered by TradeMark Africa (TMA) with funding from Feed the Future, has awarded a three-year grant, to the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC).
Taraba state government with support from the World Bank, on Thursday inaugurated a livestock productivity resilience project for 41,000 households to enhance their livelihoods.
Genetically enhanced (GE) crops, pesticides, and fertilizers have fueled an explosion in food production over the last six decades. Following the pioneering work of Norman Borlaug during the Green Revolution, agricultural output began a dramatic climb from just over $1 trillion annually in 1961 to more than $4 trillion per year in 2019. This staggering increase has spared more than a billion people from starvation and improved living standards worldwide. A large body of research and real-world experience have confirmed time and again that restricting access to better seeds and crop chemicals traps the poorest people in a cycle of poverty.
The Enugu state chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has expressed the hope that there will be a boom in cassava production in the state this year.
Stakeholders in Abuja on Wednesday began a collaboration to discourage the felling of Shea butter trees to enhance the sustainability of livelihoods within communities in the country.
The Federal Government has officially approved the commercial release and open cultivation of transgenic insect-resistant and drought-tolerant maize variety, known as TELA Maize, along with other high-yielding crop varieties.
A new study led by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists, says high-yield varieties of foodgrains show a drastic decline in concentration of essential micronutrients like zinc and iron. Scientists also find very high concentrations of arsenic in rice.
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), has trained 1,016 extension agents and farmer cluster leaders in Jigawa towards ensuring bumper harvest in wheat production.