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Access to vertical farming technologies is deepening and widening across the world, bringing down the costs and hassle of locally producing anything from Singapore strawberries to Arctic tomatoes. In Latin America, however, indoor vertical farms are still largely written off on a continent known for its abundant fertile soil and plentiful sunlight. Why need of […]
Last summer at a research lab on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, I nervously rolled up my sleeve and tucked my hand deep into a tray of pulsing, writhing maggots. (Yes, keeping in touch with the future of farming is a mandate the AFN newsroom takes literally.) The tray — and all its wriggly inhabitants […]
Our mission at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) is to create and cultivate collaborative, innovation clusters that enable breakthroughs to advance human health and improve nutrition; this mission is now more important than ever. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacts each of us differently, we know that one of the most important actions we […]
[ad_1] LAGOS- Seasoned world class influencer and avid businessman, S Mordecai, better known as Mr. Plain, is of the opinion that agriculture has sustained the Nigerian economy despite the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, “The Agricultural sector have been feeding the economy in the lockdown period. This is the time for people. both in the […]
[ad_1] Farmers in Ugbene Ajima community, Uzo-Uwani council area of Enugu State said they now live in fear due to incessant destructive activities of suspected herders on their crops as well as threat to their lives. A farmer from the Enugu community who gave his name as Edward Ugwu, said he lost over N500, 000 […]
[ad_1] …stakeholders suggest solutions Poultry farmers across the country are in pains as the sub-sector faces one of the toughest moments due to continued rise in the cost of raw materials, feeds, and concentrates. This is being compounded by the continued closure of the hospitality sector due to COVID-19. The cost of grains such as […]
[ad_1] The closured of hotels due to COVID-19 is affecting investors in the livestock subsector. The supply of chickens, eggs, beef and mutton to hotels, event centres, markets and other busy food outlets across the states have been severely impacted. Mr Rotimi Oloye, who has extensive investment in catfish production and serves as the National […]
[ad_1] Various smallholder farmers in Oyo State have received different categories of Kenaf, yam and cocoa seedlings as part of the Federal Government’s coronavirus pandemic palliative. Just as the Anambra State chairman of the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), Mr Simeon Nwafor, has assured that 535 farmers in the state will receive inputs worth over […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has rolled out a five-year strategic action plan to tackle soil degradation promotion and sustainable soil management to enhance food and nutrition security in the country. The five-year strategic plan, to be implemented between 2020 and 2025, has five thematic pillars, including promoting sustainable management of soil resources for […]
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari appears dead serious about his intention to stop the allocation of precious foreign exchange to food importation by promoting local production. But there are contradictions that must be sorted out. Buhari’s newest initiative which could help stave off hunger crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic (which necessitated massive lockdowns) […]
[ad_1] Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has urged the Nigerian Army to assist in reducing the clash between farmers and herdsmen in the State. Ikpeazu, who stated this while receiving the General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of the Nigeria Army, Enugu, Major General Lasisi Adegboye, at Government House, Umuahia, commended the Army for assisting […]
[ad_1] Nigerian Police and other security agencies have been urged by the Senate to carry out comprehensive investigation into the attack by suspected herdsmen on Echori and Itakpa communities in Benue State. The Senate said the police and her sister agencies should arrest perpetrators of the dastardly act. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber […]
“If you build it; the funding will come.” It might not be the exact quote that drove Kevin Costner to build a baseball diamond in an Iowa cornfield in Field of Dreams, but it is the advice that many founders and entrepreneurs are following as they look for locations for their agtech startup businesses. Businesses […]
[ad_1] The Police Command in Yobe has advised farmers in the state to beware of landmines while cultivating crops on their farms. The Spokesman for the Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, gave the warning in a statement in Damaturu. He said the warning became necessary in view of the recent explosion that injured a farmer, Mr […]
[ad_1] A middle-aged woman who was allegedly raped to coma in a farmland at Ebenebe in Awka North local government area of Anambra State by suspected herdsmen has reportedly died in her home state of Ebonyi. The woman, whose name was given as Agnes Okekpe from Abakaliki local government area was said to be working […]