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Nigeria to conduct National Agriculture Sample Census

The World Bank and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) under the supervision of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is planning to embark on a National Agriculture Sample Census (NASC) to ensure that data on agricultural yields in Nigeria are accurate. This is happening after 28 years. The Director, Demography and Household Statistics Department of NBS, Mr. Adeyemi Adeniran, said the census was critical, as it will involve the enumeration of all agricultural activities in Read more

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State of knowledge of soil biodiversity – Status, challenges and potentialities

There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership Read more

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Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability—Getting the Trade-Offs Right

The United Nations sustainable development goals include eradication of hunger. To feed 10 billion persons 2050, we need to get the trade-offs right between sustainability, food security, food safety, and make better use of food already produced. The hierarchy of strategies for reducing food losses and waste are in descending order source reduction, reusing or reprocessing surplus foods, recycle food as feed for animals, recover the energy as biofuels, nutrients as compost, or raw materials Read more

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Robust partnership with research institutions will fast-track the development of agricultural value chains.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar said that robust partnership and collaboration between the Ministry and Agriculture research institutions would fast-track development of Agricultural value chains, improve the quality of seeds and enhance productivity. He stated that “the federal government is determined to fill the gap and consolidate on the achievements recorded and focus on productivity enhancement, institutional realignment, and private sector investment. Expectations are to deploy improved varieties and Read more

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Agricultural institutions to drive Industrial Development and Economic Diversification.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the nation’s Universities of Agriculture should play pivotal roles in catalyzing the development of the agricultural sector, stating that the institutions are cardinal tools for rapid transformation of the sector, as well as, a major driver in industrial development and diversification from heavy dependence on oil.The President also stated that the Federal Government expects the rapid innovations, development of knowledge and skills of the universities to drive the increase Read more

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African Development Bank Annual Meetings 2022: Time to tackle triple crises of food, energy and finances, says Ghanaian Finance Minister

Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday emphasized the nation’s partnership with the African Development Bank in its development as he addressed journalists at a press conference to publicize the institution’s upcoming annual meetings. Ofori-Atta described the meetings as seminal, in the context of a world seeking to rebalance in the wake of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. “The hosting is long overdue. Forty-one African economies are severely exposed to at least three concurrent Read more

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Good Agricultural Practices basics.

What are GAPs? Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs, are voluntary guidelines for produce farmers to reduce the risk of microbial contamination related to food borne illnesses on their farms. The guidelines are based on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Guide to Minimizing Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Produce. Why GAPs? As consumption of fresh produce has increased, the number of foodborne illness outbreaks associated with fresh produce also has steadily increased. Bacteria such as Salmonella and E. Read more

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The 4R’s of Nutrient Management.

The 4R’s of nutrient stewardship, or nutrient management, are commonly referred to when talking about proper nutrient application. The 4R’s stand for right source, right rate, right time, and right place and serve to guide farmers to the management practices that help keep nutrients on and in the field. Implementation of the 4R’s helps to align the economic, environmental, and social components of nutrient management. The Nutrient Stewardship 4R Pocket Guide helps to explain what the components Read more

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Growing global food crisis: the confluence of unprecedented factors contributing to this crisis, and its disproportionate impact on lower-income countries.

Gro Intelligence estimates show that price increases in major food crops year to date has made an additional 400 million people food insecure. There are a few food security statistics shared so I want to define this as the number of people at $3.59 a day. To put this into perspective, that is equivalent to the number of people that China has taken out of poverty in the last 20 years. In five months, we Read more

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Nigeria: Agric Stakeholders to mitigate the price of Rice.

The price of rice in Nigeria has increased beyond the reach of the common people. The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), advised the federal government to purchase processed rice sold at CBN and RFAN events in order to attain food sufficiency. The rice should be sold directly to Nigerians at a subsidized rate in order to level the impact of rising prices. The National President of AFAN, Kabir Ibrahim, disclosed this in his address Read more

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