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[ad_1] Professor Bamidele Omitoyin, a former Dean of the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Ibadan, said: “There is no sense in continuing the school feeding programme when the participating schools are closed. Even if they want to give internally displaced people and orphanages, it is not proper. It is not hygienic this time.” […]
[ad_1] Irrigation farmers in Katsina State have expressed concerns over the shutdown of markets in cities like Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Kaduna and Kano at the peak of the dry season tomato harvest. The development, according to the farmers, is threatening the market price of the produce in the state. Shu’aibu Sani, a tomato farmer in […]
[ad_1] As the 2020 farming commence, wet season farmers will not be part of the Federal Government’s mechanisation programme. This is coming on the heels of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s announcement that its mechanisation programme would begin in the next six months; apparently in September, 2020. September usually marks the commencement […]
[ad_1] If the current effort to develop lovastatin drugs that can help to control cholesterol levels from a certain mushroom type are intensified, then better days are ahead for mushroom farmers. Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in the blood. Medical experts believe that the body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells, but high level […]
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday authorised the release of 70,000 metric tonnes of rice from the nation’s strategic grain reserves. The food will serve as part of palliatives for Nigerians living under the lockdown ordered to stem the spread of coronavirus. Boss Mustapha, Secretary of Government of the Federation and chair of the Presidential […]
[ad_1] The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has assured Nigerians that the current lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 will not affect rice production and supply in the country. President of the association, Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, stated this in a statement to newsmen Tuesday in Abuja. “We have enough rice paddy produced by […]
[ad_1] Jakarta-based TaniHub Group has raised $17 million in ‘Series A-plus’ funding, following up on its $10 million Series A round in May last year. The latest round was co-led by Indonesia’s Intudo Ventures and Singapore-based Openspace Ventures, both of which participated in the earlier Series A raise. Other investors joining the A-plus round included […]
[ad_1] The Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) has said that the current restriction of movement by the government to halt the spread of coronavirus will hamper the value of the livestock industry. The NIAS President, Emeritus Professor Isreal Adu and the Registrar, Professor Eaustace Iyayi, in Abuja said herdsmen/pastoralists should be allowed to graze […]
[ad_1] The military has impounded more than 900 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and arrested four suspected smugglers in the ongoing “Operations Calm Waters and Swift Response’’ coordinated by the Nigerian Navy. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the Forward […]
[ad_1] The proliferation of algae isn’t typically a good sign, environmentally speaking. Algae blooms, which are worsening with climate change, strangle other freshwater organisms and marine life. But Sofie Allert and Angela Wuff have a vision of how algae can be used to have a positive environmental impact. “Algae are really incredible organisms,” Allert tells […]
[ad_1] The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has assured Nigerians that the present lockdown imposed in some parts of the country won’t affect rice production across the country. RIFAN, in a statement signed by the National President, Aminu Goronyo, said they have enough rice paddy produced by their members in Taraba, Kano and Kebbi […]
[ad_1] The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) will in a short while begin evaluation of Hybrid plantain and banana germplasm for onward distribution to Nigerian farmers. In collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the evaluation of the new varieties comprising plantain, dessert and cooking banana hybrids, delivered by IITA, is expected to […]
[ad_1] 2,403 Cassava production farmers have been credited with a sum of N210,273,00k each as credit under the Ogun State Anchor Borrowers Programme across the 20 local government areas of the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, said the beneficiaries are the first batch of the programme. The commissioner described the development […]
[ad_1] GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State has ordered the distribution of about 36,000 bags of rice to citizens who are 70 years and above as part of welfare package during the stay at home period occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. In a directive to the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Town Union Affairs, […]
[ad_1] DiMuto, a supply chain visibility platform for the agrifood sector, has received funding from Colombia’s Latin Leap VC Studio. The Singaporean startup will use the funding to support its expansion in Latin America. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. DiMuto digitizes agrifood supply chains using blockchain technology and artificial intelligence. So far, […]