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[ad_1] A drive down some of Ukraine’s yawning roads is a lesson in scale. Fields of swaying crops span for miles beneath a blue sky—a view fitting for one of the world’s top grain producers and underscoring how the Eastern European country earned the nickname “Europe’s breadbasket.” Just how extensive Ukraine’s farmland is has only […]
Over seven million people are expected to be in food crisis between June and August, the March 2020 Cadre Harmonisѐ (CH) Analysis Outcome for 16 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT, on the projected food insecurity situation, has revealed. The CH analysis process was jointly led and facilitated by the Federal Ministry of […]
[ad_1] Considering the lockdown of the country at the early stage, when veterinarian needs and animal feed production, supply and distribution chains may be affected and toll milling services unavailable, fish and livestock farmers, especially the medium to large-scale ones, may have to be proactive by taking preparatory steps to sustain farm management, feeds, vaccination […]
[ad_1] The President of the Poultry Association of Nigerian (PAN), Mr. Ezekiel Ibrahim Mam has warned state governors against restriction of inter-state distribution of foods, including eggs and chickens. He sounded the warning during a press conference in Maiduguri on Friday, saying such a move would lead to devastating impacts on food availability for already […]
• Online Sales Is Best Option—Daramola • Farmers Must Have Designated Pick-up Point On The Farm—Adesola • It’ll Reduce Human Traffic In Markets—Oyekoya With the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, the country is gradually heading towards a lockdown, as markets, farmers’ marts and superstores are gradually closing operations. Customers’ education is high and they are conscious of […]
[ad_1] For residents of Issele-Azagba in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, life has become unbearable as suspected herdsmen have laid siege to their forest from where they launch an attack on them once they are hungry. The suspected armed herdsmen have apparently occupied the forest from where they launch an attack on […]
[ad_1] The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study from National Institutes of Health, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University scientists in The New England Journal of Medicine. The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) […]
[ad_1] Tutaabsoluta, a dreaded tomato pest, widely known as ‘tomato ebola,’ is posing a serious threat to irrigation farmers in Katsina State. The season has witnessed mass cultivation of tomato, courtesy of its high market price and demand across the country. However, many of the producers failed to take measures as early as possible because […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Farmers’ Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) in Ga’ate community, Kokona, Nasarawa State, is going into massive fodder production, using hydroponic technology. The farm is also constructing a dam that has the capacity to hold 320million litres of water, which is expected to be completed in April this year. The dam is also […]
[ad_1] The absence of extension services across the country has been identified as one of the main challenges facing farmers across value-chain in the agriculture sector. The managing director of Agripreneuship Professional Services (APS) Limited, Tajudeen Yahaya, made this known in Abuja in an interview with our reporter. According to him, many grassroots farmers, especially […]
[ad_1] On March 4, 2020, OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a world leading company in the phosphate industry, entered into a tripartite agreement with three Nigerian agricultural research institutes for the development of special fertilisers for oil palm and tomato production. The three research institutes are the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), […]
[ad_1] A professor of crop production in the Kaduna State University (KASU), Ibrahim Sodangi, has described herbicides as “huge blessing” to agricultural production in the country. Sodangi, who specialises in weed science, said this in Kaduna at the 8th Inaugural Professorial Lecture, organised by the KASU in his honour. He said herbicides were chemicals used […]
[ad_1] Tomato is grown in different parts of Nigeria and is one of the daily consumables of the people. Research shows that about 30 per cent of yearly production of this crop is wasted for lack of preservation mechanism. To stop this wastage, investors have been called to come into the agriculture sector and set […]
[ad_1] To cushion the effect of market closure across Lagos State, as a restrictive measures to break the transmission of Covid-19, the state government has set up makeshift markets for food and agricultural produce in selected schools across selected council areas. The makeshift markets will be located at Bishop Aggey Primary School, Ilasamaja; Ajenifuja Primary […]
[ad_1] Ogun State Government has announced the commencement of the second phase of its broiler project. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, who disclosed this during an inspection tour of Eweje Farm Institute in Odeda Local Government Area, said the new phase, is a build-up to the pilot phase, where 54 beneficiaries were empowered […]