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NiMet predicts dust haze for Monday

[ad_1] Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thick dust haze over north down to central region with reduction in horizontal visibility. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted Inland cities to be in dust haze condition with slight cloud build up over the coastal axis within period of forecast. ”For northern states, thick […]

Ondo Trains, Empowers 38 In Broiler Processing

[ad_1] Akure- No fewer than 38 persons have been train in broiler processing by Ondo State Government at Isuada Poultry Farms. The trainees completed the 16-weeks training on Friday last week and were issued certificate of participation by the Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on Agric and Agribusiness, Pastor Akin Olotu. In his […]

Farmcrowdy acquires meat processors to boost livestock production

[ad_1] The acquisition, according to the company will see Farmcrowdy owning majority stakes in Best Foods L&P, including its assets, team and customer contracts to supply meat across the country. Best Foods is an agribusiness group of over 16 years focused on the processing of livestock (Best Food Livestock and Poultry), farming (Best Food Fresh […]

Investing in cassava farming and processing for export

[ad_1] Export Types Cassava for export includes dry cassava leaves, chips, pellets, cassava meal, flour, flakes, starch, and ethanol. All these products can be exported. Detailed research reports and feasibility studies on the establishment and running of any of these aspects of the project are available. Uses Cassava is also used to produce animal feed. […]

Support ADP to boost Agro production – Experts tell government

[ad_1] The appeal was made in a communiqué issued at the end of the South West Zone Research Extension Farmer Input Linkage System (REFILS) Steering Committee meeting held in Iwo, Osun State. The meeting, which was attended by 44 participants from the ADPs in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Osun and Oyo states; NARIs (National Horticultural Research […]

Size of food and agriculture will rise to $1tr by 2030 — Adesina

[ad_1] He said the population of Africa, which stands at 1.2 billion, would double to 2.5 billion by 2050, adding that it is only through food and agribusiness that the feat can be achieved. Adesina who disclosed this at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), while being conferred with an honorary doctorate degree, in […]

Edo expands Agripreneur Scheme, urges communities to offer land for use

[ad_1] Edo State Government has called on communities with contiguous land sizes (minimum of 50 hectares) to offer their land for agricultural use under the state’s Agripreneur Programme. The Programme is an initiative of Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, aimed at de-risking the agricultural value chain. It is being run in partnership with a number of […]

Government set to release rice mill, irrigation facilities to Ogun

[ad_1] Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, disclosed this after inspecting facilities of the pilot phase of the agricultural revolution of the Federal Government’s intervention programme in the local government area. Odedina explained that the facilities strategically situated near the border were to assist rice farmers in the area and to create jobs for the […]

How to increase wheat production, by experts

[ad_1] What you get from your wheat farm is determined by a number of factors. Although wheat production in Nigeria is not largely mechanised, adopting aspects of global best practices, even among the smallholder farmers, has been very low. Despite the fact that the country spends about $4 billion annually importing over 3.5million tons of […]

Turkey to invest N5.4b in Nigerian agriculture – FG

[ad_1] The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, has said that the Turkish Government would invest $15 million (about N5.4) in the country’s agricultural sector in two years. The minister disclosed this when he received a Turkish investment delegation led by the commercial counsellor, Turkish Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Onur […]

Anambra to set up 3 fish villages

[ad_1] The Anambra State Government has promised to build world class fish villages in each of the three senatorial districts of the state to promote fishery and create employment. Mr Emeka Iloghalu, the managing director and chief executive officer of the  Anambra State Fisheries and Aquaculture Business Development Agency, made the disclosure in an interview […]

BabbanGona spends N6b to support farmers

[ad_1] …Targets 1m farmers by 2025   BabbanGona Farmers Services Limited has spent over N6billion in its nine years of operation in Nigeria, giving loans to over 70,000 smallholder farmers for improved staple food production. The managing director of the organisation, Mr Bukola Masha, disclosed this at the emir’s palace, Kano after their three-day annual […]

Nigeria gets over N200b from cashew in 2 years – minister

[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, has disclosed that the cashew sub-sector of agriculture generated over N280billion for the country’s foreign exchange earnings between 2015 and 2017. Nanono spoke through a director in the ministry, Mrs Karima Babaginda at the recent Cashew Stakeholders/Export Summit, organised by the Association of Cashew Farmers, Aggregators and Processors […]

Food security: NCX, others move to tackle hunger

[ad_1] Following several warnings from international organisations like United the Nations World Food Programme (WFP) that hunger crisis is looming in some parts of the country, the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) and AgriFin Nigeria have begun strategic moves to tackle the situation headlong. The Federal Government established the NCX to provide a national trading platform […]

Adesina Urges FG To Develop Integrated Agric Value Chain

[ad_1]  Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President African Development Bank (AfDB) has advised the federal government to develop an integrated agricultural value chain and make Nigeria more competitive in the food and agriculture industry.  He gave the advice in his acceptance speech after he was conferred a Doctorate Degree in Agricultural Science, Honoris Causa, of the Federal […]