Monthly Archives: July 2014

Mr. Adesina also says the best performing stocks in the Nigerian market today were agriculture-related stocks Private sector investment in Nigeria’s agricultural sector was valued at over $8billion… Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com See on Scoop.it – Agriculture, Climate & Food security

World Bank pledges to support the design of a reform package for water resources management and irrigation in Nigeria. ————————— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on F… Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com See on Scoop.it – Food Policy, Supply, Security & … Continue reading →

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Friday that the ministry was collaborating with other ministries to protect Nigerians from being infected by the Ebola virus. Chukwu told newsmen in Abuja that surveillance had been mounted in all … Continue reading →

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
As the threat of climate change, natural resource scarcity and declines in the provision of the majority of ecosystem services continue, agroecology is increasingly being explored as an option…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
In the wake of the 2008 food price crisis, which exacerbated food insecurity and increased smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to shocks and stresses, recognition of the barriers smallholders face in…