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[ad_1] A new report by Biovision, IPES-Food and the UK-based Institute of Development Studies has revealed that only a fraction of agricultural research funding in Africa is being used to transform food and farming systems. Kenya ranks third in sub-Saharan Africa in spending on agricultural research after Nigeria and South Africa. The Money Flows report […]
[ad_1] Despite the menace posed by foreign herdsmen, the Federal Government has said that there are currently no laws preventing cross-border movements. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who stated this on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, however, assured that the Federal Government […]
[ad_1] There are many different technologies being offered to farmers to tackle everything from more efficient input use, different categories of inputs, new sensors to monitor conditions, robotics, and alternative marketplaces. But these innovations are only as good as farmers’ willingness to adopt them en masse. “Over the course of their careers, farmers shoulder much […]
[ad_1] The Ekiti State Government’s drive to attract investment to the State has started to yield results, especially in agriculture, where various investors have finalized plans to site their production facilities in the State. The State recently issued a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to Stallion Group for a $10 million rice mill in […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Kevin McKernan is founder and chief science officer of Medicinal Genomics, a startup working on cannabis technology including safety testing capabilities. He was the first to sequence the cannabis genome. He is the former Team Leader for Research and Development at The Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research during the Human Genome Project. […]
[ad_1] Toxins, molds and pathogens are responsible for 500 million tons of food spoilage, which causes nearly $250 billion in food losses and 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. “By the time you throw away that tomato in your fridge, it has already led to significant emissions,” Dan White, co-founder of Clean Crop Technologies, tells […]
[ad_1] In order to secure food sufficiency in the next coming season due to the challenging period of coronavirus pandemic, researchers have advised yam seed producers and farmers to work in shifts to ensure continuity even during the pandemic. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) said this in a report published June 8, 2020. […]
[ad_1] Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) on Tuesday identified with the call made by Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje on President Muhammadu Buhari to end the protocol on free movement that allows herdsmen from other countries to freely move into Nigeria, describing such call as a very sensible demand. Tribune Online reports that […]
[ad_1] Ohanaeze youths have given two weeks notice to all killer herdsmen in Igboland to quit the forests and bushes in the area or be ejected by force. Speaking through their national youth leader, Chief Arthur Obiorah, the youths said the bushes and forests belong to the people and must no longer harbor killer herdsmen. […]
[ad_1] Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday opened a 200,000 capacity yam facility at the Zaki Biam International Market in Benue State. The market is assumed to be the biggest yam market in the world, accounting for about 70% of the yams cultivated in the country with over 200 trucks loading two million tubers of yams […]
[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tuesday, said it would fund 1.6 million farmers across the country in the 2020 wet season. through its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). This was disclosed by the CBN’s Director, Development Finance Department, Yila Yusuf, during the flag-off of Farm Inputs Distribution for cotton farmers for the 2020 planting […]
[ad_1] Microbial crop inputs are gaining interest. From seed coatings to soil amendments, there are a number of approaches startups are taking to test the limits of these alternatives to traditional chemical inputs. For Andes Ag, however, the future of microbial inputs isn’t so much about coatings or sprays, it’s about seeds. “Traditional bacterial seed […]
[ad_1] The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to put a halt to the entry of herdsmen from other African countries into Nigeria. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on the ‘need to stop the entry of herdsmen from other African countries’ sponsored by the Minority Leader, […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Seana Day is a Partner at Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl, with 15 years of finance, M&A, and technology experience. She is the author of the 2019 Agtech Landscape and Livestock Tech Landscape. Seana now lives in Turlock, the heart of California’s Ag land. Here is her first farm tech market map. The agtech sector is expanding each year, […]
[ad_1] Southeast Asian order-anything app Grab has launched a raft of initiatives aimed at brining more small and medium-sized merchants into its ecosystem, including farmers and agrifood vendors, amid supply chain disruption and other knock-on effects from Covid-19. Grab started out as a ride-hailing service, but it has since expanded into myriad other services including […]