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‘We will be happy to share our knowledge and experience with friendly and brotherly Sudan,’ Turkish deputy minister Turkey and Sudan signed an agriculture cooperation protocol Tuesday. Turkish Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mehmet Hadi Tunc and an accompanying…

Food composition provides an important link for biodiversity and nutrition. Biodiversity at three levels—ecosystems, the species they contain and the genetic diversity within species—can contribute to food security and improved nutrition. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and…

A U.N. report published last month painted a stark picture of global biodiversity loss, estimating that more than 1 million species are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — due to farming, logging and other human activities.…

Agro-industrial users of maize have faulted the insistence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop and frustrate importation of maize into the country despite unfavourable conditions for local production of the crop and a shortfall of over 5…

Kenya is the fifth largest coffee-producing country in Africa, but that might change. Coffee farmers in the East African nation are turning to other crops because of drought and low prices on the international market. Joseph Wainaina, 71, started farming…

Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s two largest cocoa producers, have ended a threat to stop selling their production in what was a push for higher prices. In what they called a “historic” move, the two West African neighbors on…

It is said that sesame is the oldest crop in the world. Sesame oil made due to crushing sesame seeds were used for a wide variety of purposes such as food, medicine, ceremonies and cosmetics throughout the ages. Cleopatra, the…

It is said that Ninjas used to practice jumping due to jumping over sesame plants. Some say it was hemp instead of sesame. But these traditions may be based on the swift growth of both plants. It is also said…

Korean perilla is likely to be considered a kind of sesame in Japan, but it is actually not of the sesame family. Korean perilla is an annual grass in the Lamiaceae family of the Perilla genus and looks a lot…

Why not try cooking some slightly more authentic dishes with sesame oil. In this section, we show you special tips for using sesame oil for cooking. 1.Fried FoodFrying oil and salad oil are generally used for making fried food at…