Author Archives: Dr. Bukar USMAN, mni

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
The US Circuit Court of Appeals this morning issued a victory to Monsanto, affirming the decision of a lower court that found organic growers could not seek to block Monsanto from suing for contamination…

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See on Scoop.it – Food supply & food safety LONDON, United-Kingdom, June 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina attended G8 Food Security and Nutrition events this weekend … See on … Continue reading →

See on Scoop.it – Food supply & food safety Roughly 165 million children worldwide will have poor health, lower IQ, and decreased earning potential due to malnutrition. See on http://www.mnn.com

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Chickens have had a variety of samples taken; blood will allow us to look for different diseases which may be circulating in the population, and also allows us to look at the genetics of the…

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Tom Olaka, a community animal health worker in Karamajong, northern Uganda, was part of a vaccination campaign in remote areas of the Horn of Africa that drove the cattle plague rinderpest to extinction in 2010…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
This video, narrated by Livestock and Fish director Tom Randolph explains why meat, milk and fish are critical to the poor both as food and income and how the CGIAR…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
From 25-31 May, Nairobi was host to a ‘Week on Agricultural Innovation in Africa.’ Here ILRI’s Jo Cadilhon reflects on the International workshop on agricultural innovation systems in Africa held as part of the week.…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Neville Clarke, former chair of ILRI’s board of trustees and winner of the 2013 Special Service Award from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (photo credit: Texas A&M AgriLife Research). Texas A &…

Originally posted on Feeding innovation:
Feed for cattle in vietnam The World Bank just released a new report that “assesses where the demand for feed [for ruminants in developing countries] is likely to change the most, and where investments in…

Originally posted on Feeding innovation:
From 23-24 May this year, a group of feed specialists from ILRI, CIAT, ICARDA and partner institutes got together in Addis Ababa to further elaborate the TechFit tool. This followed from a March 2013 meeting…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A herd of sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). The dry areas of the developing world occupy over 40% of the earth’s surface and are home to some 2.5 billion…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
A herd of sheep and goats in northern Kenya (photo on Flickr by gordontour). The dry areas of the developing world occupy over 40% of the earth’s surface and are home to some 2.5 billion…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Pivot Agriculture in Libya (image courtesy FutureAtalas.com on Flickr) I’ve written previously about the problem of food waste and freeganism as a political movement to address that waste. Now, Pope Francis has entered the…

Originally posted on Mohammed Bello Tukur:
TRANSHUMANT PASTORALISTS AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA – PART II. by Mohammed Bello Tukur Esq. Ag. Secretary General of Confederation of Traditional Herder Organizations in Africa (CORET) – Nigeria. As indicated in the first part…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
  By Klaus Wille – Jun 9, 2013 Africa is experiencing the strongest growth in new sovereign wealth funds in the world as the continent’s nations are amassing commodity revenues and foreign-exchange reserves, according to JPMorgan…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
BY Dinfin Mulupi  Source:  http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/how-farm-shop-is-modernising-the-agro-dealership-experience/26942/ Social enterprise Farm Shop is building a franchise network of agro dealers located in rural, underserved areas of Kenya. Farm Shop says its retail shops are clean, modern, and professionally managed.…

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Experts say a ‘total economic valuation’ is needed to fully appreciate pastoralists’ contribution to national economies NAIROBI, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) – Pastoralism is often regarded as an antiquated practice ill-suited to the modern economy, yet…

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  By Adam Green   – 16 May 2013   Agricultural imports are on the rise, as African economies struggle to meet growing demand A rising middle class, expanding population and stagnant local agricultural production are driving up Africa’s food…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Gum Arabic Sap on an Acacia Tree According to a report by the BBC, ongoing fighting in the Darfur region of South Sudan is being fuelled in part by demand for gum arabic. The…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
The state legislature in Connecticut passed a bill last week that it would make it the first state in the county to mandate labeling of products produced with genetically engineered ingredients. Surprisingly, the bill,…

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Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welcome your thoughts and comments on these articles. Food Security To Be At…

Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
As we wait to hear from global policy leaders meeting at the Nutrition for Growth summit in London tomorrow, we have been thinking about all the different ways that…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
USAID, USDA, CGIAR and other partners are developing ‘inventories’ to help drive widespread adaptation, dissemination, and adoption of critical agricultural technologies. The inventories will provide a technical evidence base to…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Hidden Hunger from Bob Caputo on Vimeo. Watch this handsomely made film (with superb writing as well as videography), produced in 2010 by National Geographic‘s Bob Caputo (run-time: 26 minutes). ‘Malnutrition does not make headlines…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Watch this new provocative 22-minute TedTalk by Allan Savory on ‘How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change’. Alan Savory, a Zimbabwean-born biologist/ecologist and rangelands specialist, gives environmentalists pause in a recent TedTalk,…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
The May issue of ‘Livestock Matter(s), explores a round-up of livestock development news, publications, presentations, images and upcoming events from ILRI and its partners. Download a print version – or sign up to get Livestock Matter(s) in your mailbox each month.…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Most years, ILRI brings together a wide mix of staff in an ‘annual program meeting’ (APM). This year’s event was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15–17 May 2013, and focused on ILRI’s 2013–2022 strategy. Jo…

Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
The CGIAR Livestock and Fish research program, led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making…

Originally posted on Science on the Land:
The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies. People at GFC are concerned…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Livestock herding in Niger (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The African livestock sector should be booming. Demand for animal-source foods is rising exponentially here. By mid-century, meat and milk consumption on the continent are expected to…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
American food writer and activist Michael Pollan (photo on Flickr by PopTech). The meat market, says Bill Gates, is ripe for reinvention. The market is growing fast to meet rising demands for animal-source foods throughout…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
May 08, 2012 | by Bill Gates I’ve made many trips to Africa, but my recent visit to Ethiopia was definitely one of the most exciting. With effective governance and coordinated support from our foundation and…

Originally posted on ECO-opia:
The 2013 DATA Report: Financing the Fight for Africa’s Transformation The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline is now less than 1,000 days away. The world has officially entered the final leg of its 15-year journey to…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
A diverse, intercropped field A story carried by the Huffington Post yesterday suggested that the pace of biodiversity loss was increasing as a result of economic forces and global climate change, threatening the future…

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
Calorie Counts Posted on McDonald’s Lunch Menu The provision of the Obamacare Act requiring restaurants with more than 20 stores post calorie counts for their menu items was supposed to be in place already.…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Goat in Nairobi slum (photo on Flickr by The Advocacy Project). ‘. . . [L]et’s consider what it means to raise urban livestock in the developing world, where people are poorer and hungrier, and cities…

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull), a 3,200 kg bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica, near Wall Street in New York City (photo on Flickr by Randy Lemoine). ‘Africa still suffers from a lack…