The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition is today announcing the launch of its new Foresight 2.0 report: Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity. The report has been produced by an independent internationa...
In agriculture sector where farmers and agribusinesses have to make innumerable decisions every day and intricate complexities involves the various factors influencing them. An essential issue for agricultural planning intention is the accurate yi...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major staple food and cash crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, its production and productivity are severely constrained by drought
The report focuses on how dead capital particularly real estate and land can be leveraged for growth and creation of wealth in Nigeria
The West Africa Region has been one of the slowest in reducing its many burdens of malnutrition. The World Health Assembly’s (WHA) 2025 nutrition targets were developed to track countries’ nutritional situations, and measure progress i...
Case study on Unique Quality Product Enterprise (UQE). UQE’s business model is based on a market-leading approach to promote the production and processing of the cereal grain fonio. Fonio was once a major food crop across West Africa and is...
Maize is the second most cultivated crop in Nigeria in terms of area harvested (5.8million Ha, second to Cassava’s 7.1 million Ha, FAOSTAT, 2014). Nigeria is the second largest maize producer in Africa, after South Africa, with an estimated...
Agricultural insurance is a major tool for farmers and other stakeholders to use in managing risk. Generally, insurance protects against production-related risks (pests, diseases, farming practices) and market & policy related risks (drought,...
Maintenance of soil organic matter (SOM) is important for soil quality and agricultural productivity. However, little is known about the effects of management practices of different intensities on soil aggregation and SOM dynamics in tropical arab...
Most women farmers in developing countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s ability to participate in the production and marketing of cash crops, which though riskier can...