Niger State Government on Wednesday signed a €49 million (N18 billion) Memorandum of Understanding with an Hungarian investor for the setting up of an Integrated farming project and a Tomatoe Paste processing factory in the state. The state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello signed for the state government while the country representative of the Hungarian […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has donated a portable motorised milking machine to FrieslandCampina WAMCO, while lauding the company as the biggest investor in Nigeria’s dairy sector. The machine has a capacity to milk 50 cows a day. Ogbeh made the symbolic donation while declaring open the national livestock conference […]
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the on going National Conference on Livestock will address persistent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the country. Osinbajo disclosed this yesterday during the Livestock Stakeholders Conference organized by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) […]
14 farmers were arrested by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State on Tuesday for cultivating Cannabis. Mr Aliyu Adole the Commandant of the agency in the state told newsmen in Gombe that the farmers were arrested with 413.19 kilogrammes of Cannabis. He said nine of them were arrested with 322.6 kg […]
Zimbabwe produced enough food to feed its people for the first time since adopting a controversial policy to strip land from white farmers, President Robert Mugabe told parliament on Tuesday. From the year 2000, hundreds of white farmers were evicted from their farms, often violently, and land was handed to allies of the ruling ZANU-PF […]
Nigeria’s southwest Ogun State Friday activated bird flu control measures at a breeder poultry farm, located in Orile-Ilugun area of the state. The state took the proactive steps to prevent the spread of the Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu, which was discovered on the farm, Adepeju Adebajo, the Commissioner for Agriculture told Xinhua […]
Prof. Ruth Oniang’o, the Chairperson, Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and Sasakawa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE), has won the 2017 Africa Food Prize. Mr Adams Ephraims-Onuche, the Sasakawa Global 2000 Communications Officer made this known in statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Tuesday. “The prize was awarded to Prof. Ruth […]
Some farmers in Borno have expressed optimism of recording bumper harvests in the 2017 cropping season. They also commended the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for supporting displaced farmers to return to their farms. Reports shows that thousands of displaced farmers supported by FAO cultivated their farmlands in Maiduguri and other liberated communities. FAO in […]
The National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST) is in the process of establishing a Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) testing laboratory to facilitate full implementation of Namibia’s Biosafety Framework. The Innovation Hub, formerly the Head office of the Commission is currently undergoing renovations to host these laboratories as well as other national […]
As initial damage assessments and cleanup begin after Hurricane Irma’s impact on South Carolina, farmers throughout the state hope to experience minimal crop damage and infrastructure loss. With the mere size of Hurricane Irma, a large portion of the state’s 25,000 farmers may be negatively impacted. All farmers who have experienced losses are encouraged to […]
On the steep farming slopes of China, Bozhi Wu and his research associates are finding ways to improve economic and environmental stability. The research team studied the use of intercropping – growing more than one crop per season – on hilly land. They focused on a staple grain crop, corn. They compared intercropping the corn […]
Iowa State University researchers have literally, and figuratively, shed new light on the odor problems arising from livestock facilities. Jacek Koziel, an associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, and his team are using black light to help neutralize the volatile components that make up objectionable odors. Shined on surfaces coated with a thin layer […]
IOI Corporation Bhd. (1961.KU), Malaysia’s second-largest listed palm-oil firm, said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell a 70% stake in its unit Loders Croklaan Group to U.S. agricultural trader and processor Bunge Ltd. for $946 million cash. IOI Corporation, controlled by Malaysian tycoon Lee Shin Cheng, said the proposed disposal allows the company to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commissioned an integrated poultry farm and animal feed mill in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The inauguration of the N20 billion facility, built by Olam Group was the President’s first public function outside the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since his return from London, where he spent 103 days on […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), has alerted Nigerians on tons of genetically modified (GM) Maize imported into the country without necessary approvals. NBMA Director General/CEO, Dr. Rufus Ebegba who made this known at a news conference today (Sept 13) in Abuja said that the Agency got notice of the importation through an intelligence report […]