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AgUnity along with partners Virginia Tech and Egerton University deploy custom smartphone and OS solution to producers, traders, and retailers in Western Kenya AgUnity Kenya vegetable smallholder farmer. (Image source AgUnity) The community-based organisation, New Vision, will also be receiving phones to support their farmers in marketing their vegetables in the county. The Exploring the […]
[ad_1] Mira Mehta runs the promising firm that has received $10 million worth of investment. Mira Mehta is the CEO of Tomato Jos in Kaduna State. The firm has received $10m (N4 billion) worth of investment. Ms Mehta says Nigeria needs infrastructure to boost agriculture. Aside from tomatoes, she grows corn and wheat. In this […]
[ad_1] Unlike the rest of the world, here in Africa we still have indigenous honeybees living in the wild and in their totally natural habitats. In Africa, we live in one of the most species-rich, diverse, and most beautiful continents on the planet. Our lives are still intricately connected to nature, from the food we […]
[ad_1] The Sokoto Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Arzika Tureta, has died at the age of 62, after a protracted illness. The Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Muktar Dodo-Iya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto, that the deceased passed on in the early hours of Monday at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUS)leaving […]
Oxitec, a developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock, has announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant for a feasibility project to develop an Oxitec self-limiting solution for the disease-spreading cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus The invasive Asian blue tick feeds on cattle, […]
[ad_1] [FILES] Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono. Photo: TWITTER/NANONOSABO The Federal Government has promised to boost farming and ensure food security by providing the enabling environment for agriculture. Speaking during the 45th yearly conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN), held at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, […]
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has distributed free anti-fungal chemicals to farmers in Bauchi and Borno states to boost production and enhance exportation of onions. The ministry, during a two-day workshop organised for farmers drawn from the two states, presented the farm inputs through the state coordinators of the ministry. Mrs Oje Imoje of the Federal […]
[ad_1] Cassava roots “If urgent solution is not provided, cassava will be expensive towards the end of 2020 and early 2021. There may not be enough cassava for garri, cassava flour and other food items. Even if cassava is available, it will be very expensive. “Many farmers boycotted cassava cultivation in 2020, and this development […]
[ad_1] REUTERS/Luc Gnago The Enugu State Government and the World Bank have set up an N100m aggregation centre for cashew processing in Ohom Orba community, Udenu Local Council of the state. State Project Coordinator of Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project, Christian Nwachukwu, who disclosed this during a visit to sensitise stakeholders […]
[ad_1] A maize farm The Premier Agribusiness Academy (PAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for private sector and farmers’ capacity building. The Director General (DG) of the academy, Mr. Francis Toromade, who spoke shortly after the MoU signing at the institute in Ibadan, Oyo State, […]
[ad_1] As Nigerians remain in doubt of the award of N30 million contract to construct mosque in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Borno State by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Kano State Chapter, Saturday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate the Ministry as […]
[ad_1] THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria’s organic agricultural industry can generate N150 billion in the next five years. This was made known by the Chief Executive Officer, NEPC, Olusegun Awolowo, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Products Development, NEPC, Moruf Salami, at the National Organic Agriculture Business Summit, NOABS, […]
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has maintained that it has nothing to hide over approved N30 million mosque project while reacting to media reports on alleged ‘leaked memo’ approving the sum for construction of a ‘Friday’ mosque with taxpayers’ money. The reaction was contained in a statement with subject ‘RE: Leaked […]
The Nigerian population is projected to grow swiftly and undergo widespread transformation over the next thirty years. Experts project that by 2050, the population would double to almost 400 million. The GDP per capita will almost triple up to around 7,137 USD Purchasing Power Parity. As a result of these imminent changes, the demand for […]
[ad_1] Amb. Lot Egopija, Consul-General of Nigeria in New York has described bee farming as an ” untapped gold mine” in Nigeria capable of generating more than 10 billion US dollars in annual revenue for the country. Egopija said this in a message to the World Bee Conference organised by the Nigeria-USA Chamber of Commerce […]