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[ad_1] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has concluded arrangements to establish a Regional Centre of Excellence in Meteorological Research in the six geopolitical zones of the country with the University of Ilorin hosting that of the North Central. The centre would provide agro-climate information to farmers, environmentalists, industrialists and other Nigerians for various purposes. The […]
[ad_1] • Nigeria Has High Declining Soil Fertility — FAO • Soil Overdue For Intensive Survey — Salako Soil mismanagement has been identified as one of the factors responsible for failure of the country’s agricultural plans. The lack of soil knowledge and management by farmers has led to a lot of soil damage and abuses. […]
[ad_1] This was disclosed when the Regional Agricultural Counsellor for Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo at the French Embassy, Dr. Sonia Darracq, paid a courtesy call on the University Management. Darracq expressed interest in collaborating with FUNAAB, noting that there are various avenues where such relationship could be worked out, including academic exchange, […]
[ad_1] In response to the negative effects of Boko Haram insurgency, the Borno State Government has rolled out an agricultural resuscitation programme aimed at ensuring food security for returnee-communities and rebasing the economy for post-insurgency prosperity. The aim is to drastically reduce the dependence of Borno’s population (an essentially IDP population) on government, international agencies […]
[ad_1] Jos is home to large production of vegetables – cabbage, carrot, lactose, cucumber, tomato and Irish potato, among others. Tomatoes produced in Jos, popularly known as “tomatoJos,” are adjudged to be the best in the country a. Drive round the outskirts of the city and you would find vegetable farms everywhere- from Rayfield to […]
[ad_1] As required of any undergraduate in the final leg of his academic sojourn, I embarked on my project work soon after the topic was decided and approved by my supervisor. Seeing how farmers in Nigeria suffer because of limited resources at their disposal and government’s little or poor attitude towards solving farmers’ problems, I […]
[ad_1] The Kano State Government has revealed that it will continue to device new ways and adopt new techniques that would address post-harvest loss in tomato value-chain as it remains one of the leading problems in tomato production in the state. This was disclosed by the deputy governor of the state, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, […]
[ad_1] The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat has organised a one-day training on the production of plantain and banana for farmers in the territory. The training was aimed at empowering youths and rural farmers. Declaring the training open, the director, Agric Services, Dr. Nkem Mkpume, who was represented by Mr. Daniel […]
[ad_1] Community leaders, farmers’ groups and other stakeholders in Edo State are weighing the option of securing legal backing for a well-equipped vigilante group to monitor the activities of herders across the over 2,400 communities in the state as part of solutions to the clashes between farmers and herders in the state. The suggestion was […]
[ad_1] The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is hoping to spur a new wave of innovation tackling some of global agriculture’s biggest challenges. The organization recently launched the Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development, which has three areas of focus including the future of food and digital ag. The other two categories are […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture, NIRSAL, and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, over deployment of Azure FarmBeats to boost farmers’ productivity and minimize risks. This was made known by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdulhameed, at a media interaction with journalists, while speaking on […]
The programme Skills Development for Youth Employment – SKYE funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with FarmAgric Foundation for Agriculture have concluded the first phase of the Agricultural skill acquisition program ASAP 2020. So far, 300 young people […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Government has said that it is building modern agriprenuers who would in turn drive further its e-agriculture policy of digitalizing sales and marketing of agricultural produce. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal who said this during a visit to the trainees of the on-going one-month Lagos Agripreneurship Programme at the […]
[ad_1] Professionals have explained that food insecurity is aggravated by conflicts, crimes, terrorism and religious extremism, especially from the grain and arable crop-producing zones of the country.The solution to food insecurity therefore, they suggested, is finding lasting solutions to conflicts and insecurity of lives so that farmers could go back to farms. Mr. Bismarck Rewane, […]
[ad_1] Poor planting materials have been identified as a factor retarding production, higher yield and profitability of tomato production.Apart from this, poor agronomical practices have also hampered productivity of farmers per hectare. To tackle the challenges in line with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s initiative to attain self-sufficiency in tomato production and processing, Olam Nigeria […]