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[ad_1] The Nigerian Civil Servants Union at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has appealed to aggrieved contractors protesting continuously over a N17 billion debt owed them by the ministry to give the management time to solve the problem. In the last two weeks, the contractors have been protesting at the entrance of […]
[ad_1] As the total lockdown imposed on Kabba-Bunu local government area by Kogi State government entered the second day as a result of alleged COVID-19 outbreak in the area, the Obaro of Kabba, Oba Solomon Owoniyi has vehemently appealed to the state government to relax the lockdown, saying within 24 hours farmers in the area […]
[ad_1] The world lost close to four million hectares of tropical forest in 2019, at the rate of one football pitch every second, new data released Tuesday from Global Forest Watch said. It was the third biggest forest loss this century – starting in the year 2000. Global Forest Watch is an online platform that […]
[ad_1] The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says bees and other pollinators are vital to life on our planet. The FAO disclosed this on its official Twitter handle, Wednesday, stating some of the significant roles pollinators such as bees play in keeping the ecosystem breathing. It says the pollinators help 75 per cent […]
[ad_1] The federal government through the Raw Material Research Development Council (RMRDC) has begun a process for the development of furfural urea fertilizer that will not be lost rapidly in the soil as ordinary urea fertilizer. The Council, in a document seen by Daily Trust, is collaborating with the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO) […]
[ad_1] Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) has commissioned 12 delivery warehouses with a combined capacity of more than 26,000MT. The warehouses are located in different geo-political zones across the country for the provision of state-of-the-art storage and quality assurance services. The Managing Director/CEO of the Exchange, Zaheera Baba-Ari, told newsmen that the warehouses were being established […]
[ad_1] Losing a crop to a pest or disease is a devastating outcome for a farmer. If that farmer is based in a developing country without the promise of subsidies or crop insurance, it’s even direr. And in a pandemic world where food supply chains have tightened and been disrupted, the idea of losing whole […]
[ad_1] Ahead of July 22 governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo state, an aspirant, Prince Tony Godday Erewa, has promised to revive the aviation and agricultural sectors to boost the state’s economy if voted into power. Prince Erewa made the pledge on Wednesday shortly after obtaining his Expression of Interest and […]
[ad_1] Lagos – Dr Adeola Odedina Odedina, Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, has stated that the state government has been proactive to meet the envisaged high demand for food after COVID-19. He stated this while speaking during a tour to Hyst Global Business Limited, makers of Okun Rice, in Itoikin, a boundary community between Lagos […]
[ad_1] US-based Agro.Club has raised $1.5 million led by Speedinvest with participation from Elevator Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Raiffeisen Bank International. “We closed the round in January and we delayed the news because of the Covid-19 situation,” Egor Kirin, founder and CEO, told AFN. “It was very good timing. We have enough […]
[ad_1] Gojek has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from new investors Facebook and PayPal and existing backers Google and Tencent, it announced today. Several other unnamed investors also participated. Jakarta-based ‘super app’ Gojek, which provides myriad services including food delivery, payments, and ride-hailing across Southeast Asia, said in a statement that the investment came […]
[ad_1] Zamfara State Government has set aside 135, 000 hectares of fertile land for cotton farming, the Executive Director, Patriots for the Advancement of Peace And Development, Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has disclosed. Speaking on the one year anniversary of Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle. Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi said apart from putting in place a Directorate […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Michael Dean is founding partner of global agri-foodtech VC AgFunder, which recently invested in Singapore-based SinGrow, a vertical farming startup. All views expressed are his own and not of AFN’s editor or team of journalists. If you’ve ever tried buying strawberries in Singapore, the chances are you’ve ended up disappointed. It’s difficult […]
[ad_1] The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Lagos State Chapter, says swine fever virus has killed pigs worth about N7 billion in the Oke-Aro piggery farm during the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. Dr Femi Oke, AFAN’s Chairman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday, that the farm was stricken […]
[ad_1] There’s a new fund in town with an eye towards accelerating regenerative agriculture. “While our history is in software, we see a change coming to food that mirrors the cloud computing revolution in technology,” said Ed Byrne, co-founder of Soilworks, in a statement announcing the new fund. “Regenerative practices are proven but not yet […]