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[ad_1] The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Country Representative in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, has disclosed that farmers who received seeds, fertiliser and training had greater harvests than their peers in 2019. This was disclosed in FAO’s 2019 rainy season yield assessment report released yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Koroma, in a statement on […]
[ad_1] Agro-economists like the current President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina and the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), at various forums, suggested vibrant means of lifting Nigerians, especially farmers, and small-scale processors, out of poverty. One of the ways is the approach of seeing and treating agriculture as […]
[ad_1] High market demand and rise in the price of tomato has instigated a massive cultivation of the vegetable in Katsina State without due consideration to the source of water to sustain the production throughout the dry season. Over the years, irrigation farmers overstretched the capacities of small dams in Kafur, Danja, Dantankari and Tafoki […]
[ad_1] • Adesina, Ogbeh failed to resuscitate production • experts watching current agric minister’s body language By 2025, the global market size for cocoa beans is expected to hit USD16.32 billion at a Compound annual growth rate of 7.3%, says a report by Grand View Research. For other cocoa products, the value is expected […]
[ad_1] The German chemicals and life science giant Bayer has opened its new automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Arizona. The facility is the first of its kind for the company and the most technically advanced, the company says in a press release sent to AFN. Costing roughly $100 million for a company that has had […]
[ad_1] You may have heard a growing number of agri-foodtech startups talk about how they’re “harnessing nature” to create new products and technologies. It could be they’ve discovered a soil microbe that can help crops grow under tough conditions or uptake nitrogen with more efficacy, or they’ve genetically designed a microbe to secrete a particular […]
[ad_1] Suspected herdsmen have killed four people in a renewed attack in Kwande local government area of Benue State. A resident of the locality who identified himself as Donald said the suspected herdsmen stormed Waya community near Jato Aka in Kwande, shot sporadically and injured many people. According to Donald, “some herdsmen yesterday (Tuesday) stormed […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- The Managing Director, OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Ltd, Mohamed Hettiti said Nigeria continues to spend about $500m annually on the Importation of palm oil while consumption is rising at about 2.9% . He made this disclosure at the Agreement Signing Ceremony between OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Limited (OPC Africa), Institute of Agricultural Research […]
[ad_1] Editors Note: Rob Leclerc is a founding partner of AgFunder, where he co-leads the investment team. It’s hard to know how to respond to the spread of COVID-19. The virus is creating uncertainty across the world, impacting societies and businesses with varying degrees of severity. I’ve seen a lot of bad advice in the […]
[ad_1] If you are a startup innovating in the horticulture space, there is a new guy on the block named Phil that you really ought to meet. Major horticulture company Priva recently debuted the Priva Horticulture Innovation Lab or Phil for short. Founded in 1959, the Dutch building controls company is one of the biggest […]
[ad_1] Mr Ajisefinni Ayodeji, an Agriculturist and Entrepreneur, has expressed his readiness to partner with the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) to boost commercial farming activities in the country. Ajisefini stated this on Monday when he visited the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Unilorin, Prof. Gabriel Olaoye. He observed that the institution was capable of […]
[ad_1] He explained that there is no justification for selling a bag of rice above N15,000 when the paddies are sourced cheaply from farmers and the cost of production is minimal. “I see no reason why a 50kg bag of rice should be sold for N17,000. The same paddy rice is sold at N8,500 and […]
[ad_1] The Nanono made the call during the project inauguration of the Youth Agro-preneurial Goldmine, organised by the Oyo State Agropreneur (OYAP) in Ibadan. The minister, who was represented by the Zonal Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (Southwest), Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi, said: “If we close the borders, we provide opportunities for our farmers. When the […]
[ad_1] The Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, through its research on cost-effective and nutritionally balanced animal feeds, has successfully lowered the average cost and time of producing broiler chickens. Dean of the College of Vet Medicine, Professor Maduike Ezeibe, disclosed that in the quest to improve the country’s economy, increase the profitability […]
[ad_1] Farmers in Taraba State have taken maximum advantage of the closure of land borders to rev up production of rice and other crops, soaring high with the emergence of paddy pyramids that have attracted commendation both from the private and public sectors. When the Federal Government decided to the borders policy across the country, […]