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The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Prof. Muhammad Yahuza Bello, has expressed concern over the scale of food insecurity in Nigeria and in the entire West and Central African regions despite abundant landmass and available labour in the region. Bello, who spoke during the opening ceremony of the Second International Conference on Drylands, organised […]
The smuggling of rice through the land borders has continued to thrive in Badagry area of Lagos State in spite of the Federal Government’s ban on the practice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that markets along Badagry Expressway close to Seme border, are stocked with various varieties of smuggled rice, especially as the […]
APP document details strategies to revive the agricultural sector to boost food production and create job in line with the overall economic thrust of diversification of the government and that there is urgent need to identify the roles and responsibilities of all actors to ensure effective implementation of the APP. The National Association of Nigerian […]
A World Bank assisted programme in Africa, West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP), has revealed that farmers do not need huge capital to be successful and maximise profit in agriculture. This was stated during the last World Bank Support Mission visit to the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA) adopted communities and schools, where it […]
Agriculture secretary is a “very big deal” for President-elect Donald Trump, and, as with other cabinet positions, he wants to make sure he is “getting the right person” for USDA, says spokesperson Jason Miller. Agriculture is the last cabinet position other than Veterans Affairs that Trump hasn’t filled. Tom Vilsack was announced as President Obama’s […]
A strong start to the wheat complex this week quickly ran out of steam, and markets weakened into the end of the week. A sharply higher dollar, Southern Hemisphere harvest, bitter cold in the U.S., and record ethanol profits supporting corn are combining to keep wheat prices moving in a choppy, uncertain direction. Demand has […]
As the National Assembly warehouses the 2017 budget proposals of the Federal Government for deliberations and approvals in the new year, there are indications that it may be of immense benefits to the operators of the small and medium enterprises, SMEs. The budget is presenting some opportunities for the sector especially those involved in farming […]
Sentera is partnering with RDO Equipment Co., which will give its customers access to a variety of Sentera’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions including quadcopter UAVs, precision sensors, and AgVault software. “Sentera’s complete, easy-to-use, and affordable UAV solutions are a natural fit with the RDO Equipment Company product portfolio. The offering fills a need for […]
• Open the barn door for the public. It’s transparency to the max for visitors of Fair Oaks Farms in northwest Indiana. They see inside the day-to-day operations of large dairy and swine farms. Now a new feature, the WinField Crop Adventure, does the same for crops. Using interactive displays, medium-heavy science, and enough gadgets […]
The federal ministry of agriculture and rural development has refuted allegations linking it to the promoters of CAPFIS program. In a statement signed by the ministry’s director of Information, Tony Ohiare and made available to LEADERSHIP on Friday, it said “The ministry wishes to inform the general public, that it does not know the promoters […]
Senator Emmanuel Onwe, a lawyer, human rights activist and former newspaper columnist is the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information. He had an engaging interaction with Vanguard’s editors during a visit to the Lagos headquarters of Vanguard Newspapers, recently. He spoke on the emergence of the home grown Ebonyi Rice as a better alternative to foreign […]
The Federal Government and farmers, under the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, also called West African Farmers Network, WAFN, yesterday, resolved to proffer solution to incessant herdsmen/farmers clash in the sub-region. This was made known during a courtesy visit by WAFN delegation led by its President, Mamadou Cissokho, to the Minister of Agriculture […]
Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Aba Main Market, Abia State. Garri (White) 100Kg 17,000 Paint Bucket 550 190 16,750 525 250 25 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 48,000 Paint Bucket 1,500 490 48,000 1,500 0 0 […]
Oxfam Global Ambassador, Djimon Hounsou, has called on the international community to support efforts of different non-governmental organisations, NGOs, in the North-East of Nigeria. Djimon Hounsou made the call after he visited the region to assess the humanitarian crisis that resulted from Boko Haram insurgency. He said there was need to get enough food and […]
The Lagos State Government, yesterday, explained that the Lake Rice scheduled to be released on December 15 to residents at N13,000 per 50 kg towards the Yuletide celebrations will soon be available for sales. This came as prospective buyers and residents stormed various Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in search of […]