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How to Use Beneficial Insects Against Unwanted Insects In Your Garden

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Introduction While for some people, insects might seem unappealing, so many creepy crawlies are beneficial insects for your garden. There are some bad bugs in...
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How Beekeeping Business Thrives

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Beekeeping is a business opportunity with social, economic, and ecological benefits that requires min­imal time, labour, and resource.   For its immense relevance to human health...

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“GMOs‘ll Come When We Are of Age” – Prof. Malachy Akoroda

Government should invest in agriculture to minimize the degree of food importation and this can be achieved provided there is strategic planning over a long period of time.
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How Netherlands Is Impacting Agricultural Development In Nigeria

By Ogunfuyi Ayomikun Peter Michel Deelen is the head of office of the Netherlands Embassy in Lagos. He came to Nigeria in August, 2014. Before...
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“Government Should Lift The Ban On GMOs”

“Government should lift the ban on GMOs to enable farmers reap the benefits of this Technology”
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Transport Cost Erased With The Introduction of Green-House – Humphery Otalor

Mr. Humphery Otalor is the Marketing Communications Manager of Diezegoff. He has been with the company for over two years and has been supportive to the organization both in the agricultural and communication division, marketing communications and campaigns.
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Cellulant Is Africa’s One-Stop-Shop For Payments – Bolaji Akinboro

“Our platform provides end users easy, reliable and secured access to mobile and payment services from their mobile phone and through our expansive agent network.” Cellulant CEO
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“Support From Government To Agricultural Research Is Limited”

“We will appreciate more support from the government; such support can come in form of putting in place the necessary resources or by simply engaging the research institutes through funding to encourage investment in agriculture.”
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Ginger production gets boost as firm raises $17.5m for value chain

Ginger. Photo: HYGEIAHMO5• Moves to close 34-million-tonne gap Data...
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‘Why we want government to invest more in rice farming’

Rice farmingFederal and state governments have been urged...

U.S.-Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit (USATIGS-2019): Meet Our Speakers

U.S.-Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit (USATIGS-2019): Meet Florence Torson-Hart

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Florence Torson-Hart: President, US-Ghana Chamber of Commerce Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Florence Torson-Hart is the current Board Chair of the US-Ghana Chamber of Commerce headquartered in...
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‘Why life span of tractors is short in Nigeria’

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PHOTO: VON The Executive Director of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Yomi Kasali has identified poorly trained tractors’ operators...

Moba unveils patented industrial egg processing system

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Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Africa’s Agriculture

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What the Coronavirus (COVID–19) Means for African Family Farmers and Fishermen Release. Executive Summary In this new report, “Impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s Agriculture: What the...

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Panel to discuss Western Cape Biodiversity Bill submissions

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Crop Nutrition Laboratory unveils AI-driven platform for African farmers

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Ginger production gets boost as firm raises $17.5m for value chain

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Ginger. Photo: HYGEIAHMO5• Moves to close 34-million-tonne gap Data from Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that despite being the...

‘Why we want government to invest more in rice farming’

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Rice farmingFederal and state governments have been urged to invest more in agriculture, especially in rice farming. According...

Agro-allied firm supports FG’s initiative on localise tomato drive

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To further support Federal Government plans on localisation of farming products drive, Caraway Africa Nigeria Limited (an Olam...

2,000 Youths To Engage In Crop, Animal Farming In FG, Kwara Farm Estate Collaboration

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***As Abdulrazak Hails New InitiativeNo less than 2, 000 Youths and with potential spin-offs of another 5, 000...

Case IH’s Magnum series tractor shows positive result during South African field trials

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INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s first green bond-financed project falls flat with N30 million lost

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A plan to plant six million trees in Oyo State has failed so far as a PREMIUM TIMES...

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Commodity Price Between December 12, — December 19, 2018

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Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance 19-Dec-18 Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State.                  Beans (White) 100Kg 24,000 Congo 400 299 24,000 400 0 0 Garri (White) 100Kg 11,500 Congo 115 96 10,000 100 1500 15 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 29,167 Congo 370 250 29,000 370 167 0 Maize (White) 100Kg 10,000 Congo 150 125 10,000 150 0 0 Onion (Violet) 100Kg 50,000   - - 50,000 - 0 - Palm oil (Red) 25Ltr 11,000 Bottle 350 467 11,000 350 0 0 Rice (Imported) 50Kg 16,000 Congo 550 458 16,000 550 0 0 Sorghum (Red) 100Kg 15,000 Congo 250 158 15,000 250 0 0 Soya Beans 100Kg 19,167 Congo 300 250 19,000 300 167 0 Tomatoes (Cooking) 40Kg 11,833   - - 13,000 - -1167 - Dawanau Market, Kano State.                  Beans (White) 100Kg 19,600 Tier 492 202 18,800 470 800 22 Garri (White) 60Kg 6,900 Tier 245 132 7,000 250 -100 -5 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 20,333 Tier 508 247 20,667 517 -334 -9 Maize (White) 100Kg 9,033 Tier 228 90 9,067 230 -34 -2 Onion (Violet) 100Kg 12,000   - - 12,000 - 0 - Palm oil (Red) 25Ltr 10,533 Bottle 457 609 10,400 450 133 7 Rice...

Commodity Price Between December 05 – December 12, 2018

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Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance 12-Dec-18 Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Dawanau Market, Kano State.                    Beans (White) 100Kg 18,800 Tier 470 193 19,733 493 -933 -23 Garri (White) 60Kg 7,000 Tier 250 134 7,200 257 -200 -7 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 20,667 Tier 517 251 20,000 500 667 17 Maize (White) 100Kg 9,067 Tier 230 91 9,000 225 67 5 Millet 100Kg 9,333 Tier 227 88 9,000 225 333 2 Onion (Violet) 100Kg 12,000   - - 9,333 - 2667 - Palm oil (Red) 25Ltr 10,400 Bottle 450 600 10,400 450 0 0 Rice (Imported) 50Kg 14,167 Tier 967 322 14,333 983 -166 -16 Sorghum (Red) 100Kg 8,933 Tier 223 87 9,600 240 -667 -17 Soya Beans 100Kg 13,000 Tier 325 145 12,933 323 67 2 Tomatoes (Cooking) 40kg 11,000 3Kg 400 133 9,000 367 2000 33 Gombe Main Market, Gombe State.                    Beans (White) 100Kg 20,000 Mudu 280 156 21,000 290 -1000 -10 Garri (White) 100Kg 10,500 Mudu 200 200 10,500 200 0 0 Groundnut (Kampala) 100Kg 21500   300 - 21500 300 0 0 Maize (White) 95Kg 7,200 Mudu 110 92 7,350 110 -150 0 Millet 100Kg 9,000 Mudu 120 100 9,000 120 0 0 Onion (Violet) 100Kg 21,750   - - 20,833 - 917 - Palm oil...

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The Green Alternative : Nigeria’s Agriculture...

The Agriculture Promotion Policy 2016-2020 document, “The Green Alternative ” is the outcome of...

Staple Crops Processing Zones (SCPZ)

This idea focuses on attracting private sector agribusinesses to set up processing plants in...

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System For...

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) – a new innovative mechanism...