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[ad_1] Happy Earth Day! As my colleague Jessica Pothering said in an earlier post today, you’d be forgiven for not knowing it was Earth Day today or feeling happy about it. I’m sure sustainability and climate change are far from many people’s minds right now as you grapple with a new normal that might involve […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Emily Negrin is director of global communications & marketing for Geosys, the satellite imagery analytics business. For Earth Day, we asked her to provide an overview of how climate change has impacted agriculture industries all over the world using data from the company’s 2019 Climate & Crop Report. Once owned by Land […]
[ad_1] Facebook is investing ₹436 billion ($5.7 billion) in Reliance Jio, India’s largest mobile network operator, in a deal that will have significant implications for the country’s agrifood ecosystem. The US tech giant is buying a stake of 9.99% in Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of the Reliance Industries conglomerate that brings together Jio’s range of […]
[ad_1] One could be forgiven for forgetting that it is Earth Day. Or forgetting what day it is, full stop. While most of us are feeling wholly consumed by coronavirus news and disruptions, people in some corners of the world were already facing immediate, consuming and disruptive environmental incidents before the pandemic hit. Like many […]
[ad_1] Farming season in Nigeria will progress slower than usual this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the attendant lockdown in states, farmers have said. The farmers, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES, said food security would be threatened this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is a deadly respiratory ailment caused by a […]
[ad_1] Following the invasion of five communities in Ala area of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, the residents of the community have vowed not to allow forceful take over of their farmlands by some suspected Fulani herdsmen. Speaking on behalf of the residents, the Head of Apedu Community, Mr Adegoroye Oro, appealed […]
[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering acute hunger, pushing it to more than a quarter of a billion by the end of 2020, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The number of people facing acute food insecurity stands to rise to 265 million in 2020, up […]
[ad_1] Humanitarian aid NGO Mercy Corps is joining forces with a number of private-sector startups to provide a boost for Myanmar’s agriculture sector. Local agritech startup Village Link, tech-driven rice brand Golden Sunland, and fintech firm Daung Capital have launched a collaboration with Mercy Corps to offer farming contracts and services to smallholders in the […]
[ad_1] The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has called on government to allow poultry and livestock feed millers to have access to the National Strategic Grains Reserve as part of palliatives to support the industry. The NVMA also asked the government to consider providing stimulus packages and social safety net for animal sector value chain […]
[ad_1] Scores of farmers including their wives were wounded when suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded and set four communities in lgbatoro/Ala/Imafon communities in Ondo North, Ondo state ablaze over disagreement on grazing and destruction of their farmlands. The state police commissioner Undia Adie had swiftly deployed detectives to the troubled communities to maintain peace. Also, officials […]
[ad_1] AKIN ADEWAKUN, YINKA OLUKOYA, HAKEEM GBADAMOSI, OLUWOLE IGE and YOMI AYELESO report the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on farmers across states in the South-West. With the growing frustrations occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown in various states within the south-west region, farmers are registering their fear of a looming food crisis. […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government on Monday donated 6,000 bags of rice to Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states as palliatives against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people. Mrs Helen Ngozi, the Area Controller, Oyo and Osun command, delivered the 6,000 bags of rice on behalf of the Nigeria Customs Service to the […]
[ad_1] FARMERS in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State have claimed that they contributed 70 per cent of farm products to markets in the South West region of the nation, as the country is currently under the COVID-19 lockdown. They, similarly, commended Governor Seyi Makinde for considering the Ipapo-Iseyin farm settlement as a beneficiary […]
[ad_1] The Kano State Government has closed down Tiamin Rice Mill along Zaria Road due to complaints of air pollution. The notice is contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Environment and addressed to the Managing Director of the rice mill. According to the circular, the pollution aggravates the condition of Coronavirus […]
[ad_1] Mohammed Nanono The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, Sunday, mourned the death of the late Chie Of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. Nanono expressed his pain in a statement signed by the Director, Information Department of the Ministry, Theodore Ogaziechi. The statement reads in part, “My heartfelt condolences to […]