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[ad_1] For the second time this century, the interdependence of the global food supply is in sharp focus. In the first instance, the economic crisis of 2008 created high food prices and pushed an additional 100 million people toward hunger. For many, though, that crisis neither began nor ended in 2008. Now, amid the COVID-19 […]
[ad_1] The Yield has raised A$11 million ($7.13 million) in an ongoing round led by Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley – the VC arm of Japanese automaker Yamaha Motor. [Disclosure: The Yield is an AgFunder portfolio company. AgFunder is the parent company of AFN.] German tech and engineering giant Bosch, already a shareholder […]
[ad_1] Former General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, and elder statesman, Chief Frank Kokori, has lamented the continued attacks by suspected armed herdsmen in parts of Delta State stating that the state is fast becoming an epicenter of herdsmen in the South-South region of the country. Chief Kokori who […]
[ad_1] There is no shortage of farm management software platforms in the marketplace. It’s become one of the most saturated segments of agri-foodtech, contributing the largest number of deals of any category, according to our recent Farm Tech Investment Report. And it’s one of the most mature; it contributed agtech’s first digital unicorn exit with […]
[ad_1] Lehe Food, an online wholesale and supply chain platform for agricultural produce, has raised ¥400 million ($56 million) in its Series C funding round. The round was co-led by Hong Kong-based asset manager CDH Investments – a new backer – and existing investor Longzhu (‘Dragon Ball’) Capital, which is the VC arm of on-demand […]
[ad_1] HUNDREDS of residents of Okpanam community, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, have escaped from the community, following the worsening insecurity, which culminated in the killing of the chairman and Secretary of the town’s Vigilante Group, Emeka Nwaedozie and Festus Monye, last Thursday, by suspected herdsmen. The deceased persons and another person battling for […]
[ad_1] Five persons including two women have been reportedly killed in three separate attacks on communities in Gwer West and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue state by suspected armed herdsmen. This came as the Paramount ruler of Tyochin kingdom and Chairman of Gwer West Traditional Council, Chief Daniel Abomste raised the alarm that herdsmen […]
[ad_1] Alhaji Umaru Sanda, the Gangwari Ganye of Ganye Chiefdom, Adamawa State, has urged the Federal and Adamawa Governments to provide subsidy for Cocoa, Coffee, Kolanuts and other agricultural produce farmers in his domain. The first class traditional ruler made the call at a news conference to mark his 20th anniversary on the throne, held […]
[ad_1] THERE were mixed reactions, last week, over the transfer of 62 southern police officers from the ranks of Superintendent of Police, SP, to Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, and including 15 Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, from Delta State Police Command to the northern part of the country. Some affected officers suggested the exercise was […]
[ad_1] To avert post COVID-19 food crisis in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been advised to embark on allocation of farmlands to real farmers, provide tractors to open up farmlands and establish a collection hub and processing centres in all the five zones of the state-Ikorodu, Epe, Badagry, Ikeja and Surulere. Read Original Report […]
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[ad_1] Farmers are hopeful that the era of poor and unstable farm produce prices in the country may be gradually coming to an end with the commencement of trading operations by the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX). Having stable and rewarding prices for farm produce have been a longtime nightmare for Nigerian farmers as most of […]
[ad_1] With the global economic meltdown due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating effect of dwindling oil revenues, experts are calling on the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to domesticate the nation’s economy, with more focus on agro-economy. They foresee how the CBN’s extension of the Anchor Borrowers’ loan […]
[ad_1] At least 40 extension workers drawn from different Local Governments in the state took part in the two-day theory and practical training sessions held at the Enugu State Cooperative College, Enugu. The aim of the training was to empower extension workers with the tools to educate farmers on how to grow and double cassava/maize […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Prince Wale Oyekoya, an agriculturist and Chief Executive Officer of Bama Farms Limited, has affirmed that farmers in Lagos State need government assistance just like any other farmers in other states or country in order to avert food crisis and to contribute meaningfully to the food security of the state. He made […]