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[ad_1] With unsustainable forms of intensification driving negative social and environmental impacts in Africa, and the COVID-19 pandemic revealing major vulnerabilities in food supply chains, there is a need for a radical shift in agri-development priorities and the money flows behind them. A new report by Biovision International, IPES-Food and the UK-based Institute of Development […]
[ad_1] Switching sharply to developing a vaccine for Covid-19 appears to have proved a boon for GreenLight Biosciences, a company that previously focused on developing biological pesticides. The Massachusetts-based biotech firm has just raised an oversubscribed $102 million round of funding, AFN can confirm, and much of this will go toward countering the ongoing global […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Dmytro Lennyi is agritech practice leader at Intellias, a software engineering and consulting firm based in Lviv, Ukraine, that assists tech companies with their software development needs. This article reflects the views of the author, and not necessarily those of AFN. Every time I visit agritech events, I discover new farm management software. […]
[ad_1] The Good Food Institute (GFI) India and agrifood accelerator Gastrotope have launched a program aimed at kickstarting alt-protein entrepreneurship in the country. The India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge is targeted squarely at the next generation of plant-based protein pioneers. It’s open to Indian nationals, or non-Indian nationals who have been working in the country, […]
[ad_1] OVER the last couple of weeks, there have been a lot of conversations around the executive summary of the 2019 Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Coming at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has clearly shown the level of inequality that exists within the Nigerian society, […]
[ad_1] ZAMFARA State government has disclosed that a total of 60,000 cotton and rice farmers will be supported under its new agriculture partnership scheme. The state government said that the project will be executed in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Special Adviser, Zamfara Directorate of Accelerated Cotton Development, ZAMDACOD, Abdullahi Maiturare, made […]
[ad_1] AGRICULTURE is the fulcrum of Africa’s economy, with growth-enabling roles that cut across all crucial sectors despite its seemingly dwindling share of the continent’s GDP. In the wake of sustained efforts to translate economic challenges into opportunities, the African farmer is at the core of it, and has to continuously re engineer their […]
[ad_1] Single-use plastics are not only finding their way into landfills, they’re becoming the main subject of legislation, too. The European Union’s single use plastic directive entered into force in June 2019 and now imposes a number of regulations including outright bans on the use of some materials to new producer obligations and labeling requirements. […]
[ad_1] In order to ensure sustainable supply of raw materials in the country, the Raw Material Research Development Council (RMRDC) says it is collaborating with relevant stakeholders to establish a lime processing plant in Kogi State. The Director-General of RMRDC, Professor Hussaini D. Ibrahim, who gave the hint, said as the economic reform and efforts […]
[ad_1] Nasarawa state branch of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, Monday cried out over the negative impact of the Covid19 pandemic on livestock business in the state. State Chairman of the association, Alhaji Mohammed Hussaini, who spoke with newsmen in Lafia regretted that the pandemic has adversely affected livestock as the economic base […]
[ad_1] THE Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese in Anambra State, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, warned yesterday that the activities of herdsmen, whose cattle destroy farmlands, were undermining food production in the country. Speaking during a church service to mark one year anniversary of 7th Anambra State House of Assembly, the cleric described the killer herders […]
[ad_1] The Police Command in Benue, on Sunday, confirmed that suspected herdsmen attacked and killed three persons at Adama village in Agatu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the attack in a statement in Makurdi. Anene described Adama village as a riverine community in Agatu […]
[ad_1] The call by former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to African governments to embark on massive food production to avoid food crisis after COVID-19 is something that should not be taken lightly. Obasanjo said most African governments have to find how to be self-sufficient in essential food items for the food crisis likely to be […]
[ad_1] Lagos- High production cost has been identified as the main reason why the Nigeria’s animal feed sector remain underdeveloped. Abisola Olusanya, Acting Commissioner for Agriculture in Lagos state dropped the hint at the weekend during the distribution of maize and sorghum to feed millers, farm settlements and other stakeholders in the livestock industry to […]
[ad_1] About 70,000 registered maize growers in Nigeria are to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programme for the 2020 rainy season farming. The National President, Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), Dr Edwin Uche, said each of the 70,000 maize farmers would receive N182,000 per hectare. Dr […]