Africa needs ‘local content’ in diets
Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider ‘local content’ options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat to reduce the rising import bills, says the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Following fears of food insecurity, the Mauritanian government has embarked on several new approaches including expanded irrigation schemes, popularising new crops and harnessing the energy of recent graduates to boost agriculture production.
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Researchers at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has called for the inclusion of seeds of local crop varieties in relief-seed packages distributed to small scale farmers after natural disasters.
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Following the warning by the United Nations of a looming food crisis in Eastern Africa, Britain has pledged a food aid worth 38 million pounds to Ethiopia.
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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research has begun a new global initiative that would broaden and speed up research into maize, a preferred staple
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The African Union and Food and Agriculture Organization have agreed to work together to strengthen the capacity in Africa to reduce post-harvest losses.
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Eating within our means
August 21, 2011 No CommentBy Akinwumi Adesina To better place in context the drive for agricultural transformation in Nigeria, let me start with what the global picture looks like and some critical trends that must reshape the way we look at food production in Nigeria. The world witnessed a dramatic increase in global food prices in 2007-2008, the largest [...]
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