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[ad_1] When an entrenched big food company buys a progressive newcomer, skepticism over whether the startup can maintain its integrity under the parent company’s shadow often runs rampant. The situation was no different when Perdue purchased Niman Ranch in 2015. According to Niman Ranch general manager Chris Oliviero, the relationship between itself and parent company […]
[ad_1] Equinom, an Israeli seed breeding startup designing enhanced crops like “shatter-free sesame” or peas bulked with a higher protein content without genetic engineering, has closed its Series B funding round at $10 million. Leading the round is BASF Venture Capital, which marks the first early-stage investment from the German chemicals giant into an Israeli […]
[ad_1] FAO urges Nigeria to scale up operation against desert locusts The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on the federal government to scale up control operations to prevent desert locusts from entering the country. Mr David Tsokar, FOA’s National Communication Officer, however reassured that there is no threat of desert locusts invasion in […]
[ad_1] DR Akpo Mudiaga Odje is Human Rights activist and constitutional lawyer. He is an indigene of Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. In this interview, he spoke on the renewed herdsmen attacks on Uwheru villages. Excerpts: On your take on renewed herdsmen attack on Uwheru villages. ‘’The recent series of […]
[ad_1] UGHELLI – Delta State Police Commissioner, Hafiz Inuwa, yesterday, admitted that the police received six exhumed corpses of eight of farmers allegedly killed by herdsmen at Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The community had, in conjunction with some security men, exhumed the six corpses on Monday, hours after two […]
[ad_1] Bayer held a Crop Science R&D Pipeline Showcase last week that highlighted the ag giant’s current portfolio of technology and revealed that a new herbicide is coming down the pipeline. The chemical is still in R&D and Bayer could not reveal many details about the new addition but stated that it will make its […]
[ad_1] Nnewi—The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, condemned the alleged killings of innocent people in Delta State by Miyetti Alllah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, saying the only thriving and booming industry in the present administration is terrorism industry by herdsmen. IPOB also said with what the MACBAN is currently doing in […]
[ad_1] By Paul Olayemi The President of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Youth Wing Worldwide, Comrade Efemena Kelly Umukoro, yesterday decried the incessant killings in Urhobo communities and condemned the action in its entirety, saying that there is no tribe that has monopoly of violence in the country. The UPU Youth President who expressed deep concern […]
[ad_1] THE corpses of eight farmers reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen at Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, last Friday, have been exhumed by a search team made up of police personnel and representatives of the community for investigation. Two of the corpses were exhumed on Sunday, while […]
[ad_1] The Delta State government, Nigeria Police and bereaved communities in Delta State are currently trading words over the number of folks hacked to death by suspected Fulani herdsmen last week at Uhweru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. While the Delta State Police Command has continued to insist the number […]
[ad_1] The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, lead a group of investors to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, to solicit for a speedy action on allocation of land for dairy and cassava processing companies, the Minister has promised that suitable location would be identified in the next three weeks. […]
[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday sought the partnership of the Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA) and the various state governments to end the importation of milk and other dairy products in the country. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the partnerships the apex bank was seeking were in the areas of […]
[ad_1] Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Monday ordered that trader, Kabir Folorunso, who allegedly smuggled-in 180 bags of banned foreign rice, be remanded in a correction centre, pending bail. Ajoku ordered the defendant, who hails from Ogbomoso, in Oyo State, to be remanded in Agodi Correctional Centre after he had […]
[ad_1] The Acting Director, Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Tiamiyu Oladele, has announced plans by the federal government to plant 30 million tree seedlings in 2020 to accelerate afforestation in the country. Mr Oladele made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said […]
[ad_1] • Stakeholders urge FG to scale up funding, unfold plans on borders Demand for crude palm oil (CPO), a raw material used commercially by industrialists for vegetable oil and used for cooking by many Nigerians, has surged in the last six months. The rise in demand, The Guardian investigation revealed, is not unconnected with […]