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[ad_1] We’re proud to announce that The World Economic Forum has named three AgFunder portfolio companies to its annual Technology Pioneers of 2020 list: Brightseed, Trace Genomics, and Phylagen. This list identifies 100 companies transforming their industries while also addressing key issues like sustainability. WEF Technology Pioneers are invited to participate in WEF activities, events, […]
[ad_1] Switzerland’s Syngenta has relaunched and rebranded following its merger with the agricultural businesses of Chinese chemicals giant Sinochem, in preparation for an expected IPO in China. The new entity, named Syngenta Group, also incorporates Israeli crop protection company Adama. Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) ChemChina owns both Adama and Syngenta, and is reportedly undergoing a […]
[ad_1] The biopesticide market will reach an estimated $10 billion by 2025 and this doesn’t just include the new wave of microbial-based inputs. “Relative to many other spaces in the biologic or input space it’s nov particularly crowded,” Brett Morris, principal at biotech-focused venture development fund TechAccel told AFN. “There’s lots of open space and […]
[ad_1] With the pursuit of carbon neutrality still looming large over political and corporate agendas, companies across Europe have been searching for new ways to unplug their production lines from petroleum-based products. In food and farming, these products can be hard to replace — cheap and versatile petrol-derived chemicals still find their way into all […]
[ad_1] WORRIED by the space of criminal activities in the state, especially, the murderous activities of the rogue herdsmen roaming about in many communities in the state, Anambra State Government has taken steps to form Forest Guards. This was one of the security measures taken by the South East Governors last year when killer herdsmen […]
[ad_1] Ask any shopkeeper, milkman, dhobi (launderer), or other merchant in India how many people owe them money for their services, and how much they’re owed. You’re likely to get two high numbers. In fact, it’s common across the board for Indian businesses to serve their customers on credit and keep tabs. It’s true from […]
[ad_1] Experts have said data utilisation to include small-holder farmers could boost means of livelihood of farmers and change the tide of uncanny relationship between agriculture in Nigeria and poverty. The executive summary of the 2019 Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria report released by the National Bureau of Statistics indicated that over 70 million poor […]
[ad_1] Plant it now and the journey of a 70-year harvest will start after four years. Considered the “tree of life,” it has the potential to help families remain strong financially for generations. The story of the collapse of oil palm production in Nigeria is linked to the discovery of crude oil which shifted the […]
[ad_1] The National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim, has said that a decisive action must be taken on all the forests that provide safe haven for bandits, rustlers and insurgents in Katsina for the security crisis in the state to be checked. The farmers’ leader, who is from Faskari, […]
[ad_1] Prices of food items rose highest in Ebonyi, Bayelsa and Edo States in Nigeria in May, the consumer price index report released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The report revealed that on a month on month basis, food price inflation was highest in Ebonyi at 3.43 per cent, […]
[ad_1] Gombe – Reprieve may come the way of farmers in Gombe State amidst scarcity of fertilizer as the State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has ordered that the commodity should not be sold at a price above N5,000 per bag. He stated this at the flag-off of the 2020 fertilizer sales in the State and […]
[ad_1] A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ court has sentenced a 22-year-old herder, Bala Juli of Adadu Village in Nasarawa State, to a one-year jail term in a correctional centre for openly grazing cows in Benue. The Magistrate, Mr Isaac Ajim, summarily tried and convicted the defendant after he pleaded guilty of the offence. He, however, gave […]
[ad_1] The smart greenhouse market could reach $2.1 billion by 2025, increasing from $1.4 billion in 2020, according to a recent report exploring emerging trends in rooftop farming operations in urban areas. Between hardware and software, hardware devices like HVAC systems, LED grow lights, sensors, irrigations systems, and control systems will comprise a large share […]
[ad_1] Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing has unveiled an agricultural programme initiative, aimed at encouraging more Igbo youths to return to farming and other agricultural practices to create jobs and wealth for themselves and their families. Unveiling the initiative at the National Secretariat of the apex Igbo organization in Enugu where fertilizer, seed crops and covid-19 […]
[ad_1] Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze ndigbo, yesterday, rose against the menace of herdsmen in the southeast especially with the recent killing of 65-year-old farmer, Uzoemena Iriaka in his farm in Umuekpu, Agwa, Oguta Council Area of Imo State. The farmer was allegedly killed by suspected herdsmen. Ohanaeze Ndigbo, therefore, called on Igbos to defend […]