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[ad_1] Edo State Government said it has commenced the disbursement of over N202m to 2,250 start-ups, which spreads across five Local Government Areas of the state. The councils were selected to benefit from the programme in 2012 and 2013 based on their low-income status, but the implementation of the programme reportedly failed until Governor Godwin […]
[ad_1] With a lockdown imminent, the Lagos State government is set to distribute an economic stimulus package to Lagosians as they continue to strive to limit the spread of coronavirus. The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, explained that the first stage is targeting 200,000 households at an estimation of six people per household. With images […]
[ad_1] Deputy Editor, SAM NWAOKO, reports that after complaints of sustained destruction of their crops and economy, farm holders and settlers at the Ido (Olowa) Farm Settlement in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State decided to take the bull by the horns by personally chasing both the cows and their herders from their farms, […]
[ad_1] Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), says it stands to lose about N3 trillion over government’s restriction order on vehicular interstate movement to curb the spread of the COVID-19. The PAN President, Mr Ezekiel Ibrahim, who disclosed this during a press conference on Friday in Maiduguri, said the measure was à threat to the country’s […]
[ad_1] The Lagos State government has announced an economic stimulus for residents of the state who are currently indoors over the coronavirus as it has offered to provide some food items to them at their doorsteps which will last them for 14 days. Disclosing this on Friday, March 27, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the idea […]
[ad_1] Hard hit by the drastic fall in oil prices, Chad and Angola have found an unusual way to honour their financial commitments. Chad has committed to deliver 75,000 cattle to Angola over six years to repay a debt of $100 million contracted in 2017. This is equivalent to about $1,300 per cow. More than […]
[ad_1] Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, spoke to some journalists in Lagos, last week, on what his government is doing to uplift the state in the areas of agriculture, infrastructure development and power among others. He also disclosed how states are short-changed of earnings from mineral exploitation and his plans to make Nasarawa one […]
[ad_1] Stakeholders in the agricultural sector recently gathered at the Johnson Agiri Complex in Oko-Oba, Agege area of Lagos state to discuss and give more enlightenment to farmers on the importance of record keeping in their various farms. The meeting which was put together by the Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support […]
[ad_1] As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the deadly Coronavirus on Nigerians, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has affirmed the need to upscale the nation’s agricultural production. Ibrahim, in an address titled a Clarion call to all stakeholders to help mitigate the effects of […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Government has adopted a number of biosecurity measures at every facility within the Oko-Oba abattoir and lair age complex and other slaughter houses in the State to mitigate the spread of the novel COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Gbolahan Lawal, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, explained that the Government has stopped all […]
[ad_1] Country Director of Oxfam in Nigeria, Constant Tchona, has called for an urgent need for improved agricultural productivity in the country especially given the changing climate patterns that affect rainfall and speed up erosion and desertification through the country. He stated this during the launch of Oxfam Agriculture Budget Trends Analysis Report, as he […]
[ad_1] Cowpea is an herbaceous (without woody stem) crop widely grown in West and Central Africa and Asia. It is one of the staple food items in Nigeria. The scientific name of this leguminous plant is vigna unguiculata but it is commonly called black-eyed pea, field pea, southern pea, crowder pea, bachapin bean, china pea, […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Winnie Leung is vice president at Bits x Bites, an agtech and foodtech-focused venture capital firm based in Shanghai, China. AgFunder produces its annual China AgriFood Startup Investing Report in partnership with Bits x Bytes. AgFunder is the parent company of AFN. Last year, agrifood startups in China – the sector’s biggest […]
[ad_1] Strictly speaking, vertical farming has been with us since the dawn of agriculture; it would be interesting to see wheat growing any way other than vertically. But the term, despite its ambiguity, is now recognized shorthand for vertically stacked farming, where layers of crops are grown on top of each other, and where conditions like light, […]
[ad_1] Prohibited items worth N98, 318,760 allegedly smuggled into Kwara and Niger State, three weeks ago, have been seized by the joint border drill operations in the North Central zone. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, on Thursday, coordinator of the joint operations in the North Central zone, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba, said that the items […]