- I am a middle-aged Animal Scientist with specialisation in Genetics and Breeding. I coordinate teaching, research and outreach activities of six departments in the Faculty of Agriculture of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. The Faculty offers degree programmes in numerous areas of…
- “Young Nigerians do not want to dirty their hands anymore, and it just shocks me.” This is according to Cynthia Mosunmola Umoru, a Nigerian woman who has spent the last 10 years building her entrepreneurial career within agriculture. She started Honeysuckles PTL…
- This year, global agri-business Olam International partners with Agropolis Fondation in launching the inaugural Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security, which will be judged and awarded in conjunction with the Louis Malassis prizes. Open to individuals or research teams, the Olam Prize for…
- Source: CCAFS The IFAD-CCAFS Learning Alliance is calling for concept notes with the focus on economic valuation of climate risks and adaptation responses in agricultural development projects. Closing date: 10 November 2014, 08h00 CET. Rationale for the call…
- Research initiatives and discoveries Studies show that a chemical mechanism operating in the roots of a tropical grass used for livestock feed holds enormous potential to reduce GHG emissions. According to scientists from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the mechanism…
- African countries have been called upon to strengthen partnerships that would provide the needed resources and technologies to support farmers on the Continent to boost food production. Mrs Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union…