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Mrs Folusho Olaniyan, the Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa, says over 40 exhibitors and 60 speakers are expected at its exhibition this year. Olaniyan said via a statement in Lagos on Monday that the annual exhibition, which involved crop production, crop processing and manufacturing concerns, would hold in Lagos from Nov. 21 to Nov. […]
No fewer than two staff of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan were hospitalised on Monday after some overzealous men of the Oyo State Police Command clashed with students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moore Plantation, Apata Ibadan. DAILY POST gathered that trouble started some minutes before 8 am on Monday […]
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, on Monday, said investment in the agriculture sector was the only alternative ticket that could take Nigeria out of its current recession, instead of dependence on oil. The governor made the assertion at Igbogene, a suburb in the outskirts of Yenagoa, during the 21st Farmers’ Day celebration under the auspices […]
Rice Farmers Association for the Daura Local Government chapter reveals that it has so far registered 500 farmers for the second phase of the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Agricultural Programme. This was made known by the chairman of the association, Alhaji Nura Baure, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura […]
Agriculture which in recent time has become a hub for economic activities, has been tipped by stakeholders to take over from petroleum as the major export commodity for Nigeria which will boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Furthermore, government over the years have embarked on series of programmes and interventions targeted at changing the […]
The chairperson of Ogun State chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Mrs Blessing Isioma Alawode, yesterday, said the poultry industry almost folded up this year due to high cost of grains, especially maize. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust at the just concluded Poultry Show in Abeokuta, the state capital, Mrs Alawode […]
Animal Care Services in Lagos has developed two new mineral supplements for the growth of cows and horses. The new supplements are named Energy Licks and Premium Block. The two products were displayed yesterday at the just concluded Poultry Show in Abeokuta, Ogun State. A representative of the company at the show, Akarator Lawrence, told […]
The Kwara Government has disbursed over N1 billion to 500 smallholder farmers and 40 commercial farmers to boost agriculture and food security in the state. Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara made this known on Monday in Ilorin, while speaking at the 2nd Harmony Agriculture International Fair (HAGIF). He said that the government had also provided […]
The Nigeria Agric Business Group (NABG) on Thursday said it would provide improved tomato seedlings to tomato farmers to boost their production nationwide. The Vice President of the group, Mr Emmanuel Ejiwere, made the promise in Kaduna during a courtesy visit to the State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai. He said the group was interested in […]
Early hoarding activities may affect the market supply and price of soybeans this year as harvest begins in earnest in Katsina State. Over the years, soybeans has enjoyed industrial demands for the extraction of edible oil, milk, poultry and other animal feeds; but the cultivation of the crop has significantly reduced this year as farmers […]
Poultry farmers participating in the ongoing Poultry Show in Abeokuta were excited at the exhibition of water resistance paper egg tray which the manufacture says is purely made of paper instead of plastic. Most of the participants, mainly poultry farmers made bulk purchase of the new crates, which they said would help to protect their […]
The President Animal Care Konsult, Dr. Olatunde Agbato, has identified wrong market perception of white eggs as major reason why poultry farmers in the country don’t grow birds that lay such eggs. Dr. Agbato, who spoke at the ongoing Poultry Show in Abeokuta, regretted that stakeholders in the industry have also failed to invest in […]
Poultry farmers in the country have been advised against resorting to pettish practice, in a bid to earn big profits. The President of the Animal Care Services Konsult, Dr. Olatunde Agbato, who delivered paper on the ‘Efficiency in Production as a tool to survive a Recession in the Poultry Industry,’ at the ongoing Poultry Show […]
A machine that can help remove feathers from slaughtered birds was showcased yesterday at the ongoing Poultry Show in Abeokuta. The new poultry technology simply named defeathering machine was produced by Provider Farm in Lagos. The company is specialised in making and supply of poultry equipment nation-wide. The new machine has big hole through where […]
Aghan Daniel is a Kenyan farmer, environmentalist and a science journalist who has been doing biotechnology communication in Africa in the last 20 years. He works for the African Seed Trade Association as the Communication and Advocacy Officer. Daily Trust caught up with him for this interview in Abuja recently during a sensitisation workshop on […]