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[ad_1] INVESTIGATIONS by Vanguard have revealed that over 86 persons have been killed, with hundreds maimed following invasions of different Delta State communities in recent years. Operating in over 30 camps in the Delta forests, the criminal herdsmen have kidnapped and tortured many individuals they could lay their hands on and extorted ransoms from their […]
[ad_1] The effect of COVID-19 is biting hard on livestock farmers particularly those in the poultry industry. The lockdown shrunk their market by almost 50% because those buying are no longer in business and many are struggling to feed their birds as farm incomes seriously affected. As COVID-19 locks down their markets, there is increasing […]
[ad_1] Onion is one of the most-prized crops because growers can make a fortune from them if they time the planting well. However, one of the challenges farmers growing the crop face is ending up with small bulbs. Here are few guidelines that make you excel in growing onion -Minimum tillage should be avoided in […]
[ad_1] The news cycle for the entire Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been awash with crises in the food industry. First up, stockpiling left consumers without fresh vegetables (as well as toilet paper!) as grocery stores struggled to keep up with unprecedented and panicked consumer demand. (This spelled good news for online grocers that were able […]
[ad_1] The imbroglio between the Oyo State government and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the 1,800 bags of rice continued on Wednesday with the Oyo/Osun command closing its gate and refusing the state government access into its Ibadan premises to return the bags of rice. Keeping to its word to return the rice deemed […]
-Farmvest Agricapital SA secures a multi-year contract agreement for production and processing of Moringa Farmvest Agricapital a SA based company with Operations in Zimbabwe and South Africa announced that they have sealed a 5-year offtake agreement contract for the production and processing of Moringa in Zimbabwe and South Africa with a Big regional exporter of […]
[ad_1] Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has suspected that the 1800 bags of custom bonded warehouse rice sent to the State as Federal Government palliative for Covid-19 may not be suitable for consumption. Governor Emmanuel has, therefore, announced a decision to subject the rice to scientific test to ascertain whether such should be […]
[ad_1] Starbucks is set to become an investor in China’s tech startup scene after announcing a partnership with VC firm Sequoia Capital in the country. Following last week’s launch of meat-free alternative proteins in Starbucks’ Chinese stores, the collaboration signals that the US coffee chain plans further forays into agrifood innovation. Belinda Wong, chair and […]
[ad_1] AFTER a careful appraisal of what can be regarded as a show of shame, total disregard to human health and embarrassment to the nation, a group under the aegis of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers, LOMEP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately dismiss the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs […]
[ad_1] Monsanto’s acquisition of The Climate Corporation in 2013 marked a major turning point for the then-nascent agri-foodtech space. Since then, investment has flooded into startups innovating for food and farming from row crop production to traceability to food safety to grocery stores. Apart from Merck’s record-breaking $2.4 billion acquisition of livestock tech digital health […]
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Tuesday sent 100 trailer loads of rice and other grains to the Kano State government for distribution to the needy, vulnerable and people of concern in the state. The government had two weeks ago sent 10 trailer loads of bags of rice […]
[ad_1] Contrary to claims made by the Humanitarian Affairs minister, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk., the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it did not conduct any test on the rice distributed to some South-West states by the Nigeria Customs as COVID-19 palliative. The Oyo State government a few […]
[ad_1] Idongesit Ashameri, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has suspected that the 1800 bags of custom bonded warehouse rice sent to the State as Federal Government palliative for Covid-19 may not be suitable for consumption. Governor Emmanuel has, therefore, announced a decision to subject the rice to scientific test to ascertain whether […]
[ad_1] ASABA-YOUTHS at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, rose against suspected herdsmen, who stormed the Admiralty Neighbourhood Estate in the town to kidnap a victim, Monday, and chased them away. Vanguard learned that some concerned residents of the estate were at Police Headquarters, Asaba, to lodge a complaint about the frequent abductions […]
[ad_1] AGRICULTURE is an evolving sector which dwells on research to increase its productivity for the growth of the sector and also make the sector attractive to youths. The National Agricultural Research Institutes over the years have been doing some researches which could be beneficial to the country’s agricultural sector, but regrettably, those researches ended […]