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“AgroNigeria Hosts Feed Nigeria Summit, Agric” As part of efforts aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and boosting the larger economy of the country, AgroNigeria, the Voice of Nigeria’s agriculture, is organizing the Feed Nigeria Summit and the Nigeria Agriculture Awards between July 30th and 31st 2018 at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. The summit, tagged “Consolidating the […]
“Experts, BOA Explain Agric Loan Conditions As Farmers Lament Poor Funding” Agricultural financing is crucial to mechanisation, productivity and food security sustainability. However, farmers’ challenges in getting facilities hamper commercial production. Head, Agric Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, presents intricacies and ways forward. Financial experts and the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) have explained conditions attached to getting […]
“Ghana Overtakes Nigeria Kolanut Production” Kolanut is an important economic cash crop, commercially produced in tropical rainforests of Central and West Africa. It is a perennial crop that grows well in hot humid climates. Aside Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire are other leading producers of Kolanut in the continent.About 40 Kola species […]
“Plateau Governor Promises To Train Indigenes On Modern Agricultural Techniques” The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has promised to train more indigenes on modern agricultural practices and innovation. This, he said, will enhance conflict resolution, peace and development in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that Mr Lalong made this statement on […]
“FG to take over 17 year-old uncompleted Nasarawa dam” The federal government is to take over the uncompleted Farin-Ruwa dam owned by the Nasarawa State government. The Permanent Secretary, Federal ministry of Water Resources, Dr. Musa Ibrahim, disclosed this in Abuja during a meeting with delegation of the Nasarawa state government led by the state […]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has expressed grave concern that Nigeria has the fastest depletion of natural resources in the world. FAO country Representative to Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, stated this in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the training workshop on Land cover Change Detection using FAO Free and Open source Geospatial tools, organized […]
MONDAY Novus Agro Nigeria Commodity Index Prices from July 12, –July 19, 2018 MARKET COMMODITY WHOLESALE RETAIL LAST WEEK’S PRICE VARIANCE Bag (Kg) Price (N) LM Price (N) P/kg (N) W(N) R(N) W (N) R (N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Beans (White) 100Kg […]
“Ogun Empowers Rural Women With 30,000 Chicken” Ogun State government has empowered 3,000 rural women with 30,000 Boiler chicken across the three Senatorial Districts in the Second Phase of its Noiler Empowerment Programme. Speaking at the programme in Ijebu-Ode, Ilaro and Abeokuta, the Deputy Governor, Chief Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga said the initiative was to improve […]
“Stakeholders Task FG On Investment In Meat Value Chain” Stakeholders in the meat industry have appealed to the Federal Government to improve the state of the country’s butcheries, by investing in storage processing hubs, to meet the huge meat demand locally. They said this at a workshop in Lagos. While commending the Lagos State government […]
Footprint to Africa Limited and Sinachi Farms Limited are Investment Bridge and food oriented companies promoting intra-African and foreign investments in Africa. Chairman of the Organisations, Osita Oparaugo, in this interview discussed need for Africa, especially Nigeria to move away from exporting raw materials to export of processed goods. KINGSLEY JEREMIAH reports. Africa imports a […]
Get Optimum Yield Cassava Cultivation: cassava, described as the ‘golden crop of Africa,’ plays a significant role in the move towards food security and hunger eradication. However, productivity per hectare remains low due to poor awareness about modern farming practices. FEMI IBIROGBA presents step-by-step cassava planting techniques to enhance maximum productivity. The emerging value chain […]
Agric investors groan as fall armyworms invade farmlands: Farmers across the country have called on the government, scientists and other stakeholders to urgently intervene and find a lasting solution to the armyworm invasion ravaging the farms. As farmers flee their farmlands due to increasing insecurity across the country, another set of invaders are on the […]
“Farmers toll free lines: Farmers to assess toll free lines in August” A toll free call centre for farmers will be made available to the public in August, the managing director of a Kaduna-based tractor plant, Springfield Agro, Mr Tarun Kumar Das, announced during a briefing in Lagos. He said the toll free call, which […]
… SON, experts warn of danger adulterated agrochemicals The growing market for agrochemicals in Nigeria has attracted counterfeiters whose fraudulent activities are flooding the country with huge quantities of fake products. Over 70% of Nigeria’s 190 million people are said to be farmers. Agrochemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides as well as fertiliser are commonly […]
One of the dangerous effects of counterfeit, fake and adulterated agrochemicals is that it leads to dramatic decline in the profit farmers make from their investments. Many farmers spend a lot of money buying these agrochemicals yet productivity or harvest remains far below expectation. It is so common to hear farmers complaining about how most of […]