World food security at risk due to ‘unprecedented’ climate change impact, UN report warns

United Nations, Aug. 9, 2019: More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late. Speaking at the launch of a Special...

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UN climate panel to issue report on future of land use, food security

Geneva,8, 2019: The United Nations (UN) is set to present a report on risks that climate change poses for the world’s fertile land and food supplies in Geneva. The dangers of climate-related land destruction had been highlighted by the recent heat wave and forest fires in the northern hemisphere. The report by the Intergovernmental...

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Ivory Coast and Ghana team up for greater share of chocolate wealth

Edoukoukro, Cote d’ Ivoire/Johannesburg, June 28, 2019 (Reuters) Kouakou Kinimo is a pretty typical Ivory Coast cocoa farmer. He works a small holding. At 52, he’s roughly the mean age for a West African grower. And, like many farmers, he doesn’t want any of his six children to follow in his footsteps. “I suffered,”...

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Nigeria has all it takes to be “power house in agriculture in Africa — Adesina

Malabo, June 16, 2019: Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President African Development Bank (AfDB) says Nigeria has all it takes to be “a power house in food and agriculture” on the African continent. Adesina, who said this on the sidelines of the Banks’s Annual Meeting in Malabo, expressed delight that the country had introduced a...

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World Bee Day (20 May) Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. Pollinators allow many plants, including many food crops, to reproduce. Not only do pollinators contribute directly to food security, but they are key to conserving biodiversity – a cornerstone of the Sustainable...

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Lagos-Nigeria, May 16, 2019: The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has given Lagos-based Farmcrowdy Group the award for “Disruptive Innovation in Agribusiness Technology”. According to a statement made available to newsmen by the group on Thursday in Lagos, the award was given on Wednesday in Rome, Italy. Onyeka Akumah, the Chief Executive Officer...

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Ogun communities urge President Buhari, Gov. Amosu to stop Chinese from destroying farmlands

Lagos-Nigeria, May 16, 2019: Igbesa and Ejila communities in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Areas of Ogun have called on President Mohammadu Buhari and the Ogun Governor, Ibikunle Amosun to save them from land encroachment by Chinese. The community leaders and land owners told newsmens during a visit to the communities that over 485 hectares of...

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‘Disaster resilient’ farming reduces agriculture risks, yields economic gains, says new UN agriculture agency report

A scale of economic gains through easy-to-implement “disaster resilient” farming practices was revealed on Monday at the launch of a new study by the United Nations agriculture agency. According to Disaster risk reduction at farm level: Multiple benefits, no regrets by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), poor farmers can obtain significant economic gains and other...

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Why pig farming challenging, by farmer

Lagos, May 13, 2019: A farmer, Mr Fortune Alabi, has identified feed and access to land as the major challenges facing  an average pig farmer in Nigeria. Alabi, an expert in pig rearing, made the observation in an interview on Monday in Lagos. He said that there were gains  in pig farming but noted...

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