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…to produce one million tons of fertilizer next year An agreement between the governments of Nigeria and Morocco, anchored by Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers of Nigeria, FEPSAN and a Moroccan company, OCP will yield one million tons of fertilizer through local production for next farming season. According to a statement by the senior special assistant […]
A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oloni of Eti-Oni, Oba Dokun Thompson, at the weekend used the Holy Bible to pacify the Land, warning that poverty would persist unless the Land was appeased. Speaking at the first Cocoa Festival in Africa, the monarch explained that there may have been a curse on the land, […]
The Nigerian government and the Ogun state government have flagged off 50 hectares of tree planting programme to effectively address deforestation and the abuse of forest reserves in the state as a result illegal tree felling and land clearing for agricultural purposes. At a ceremony held at Olokemeji Forest Reserve in the state, the Minister […]
The zoo is home to several wild animals ranging from monkeys to wild cats and reptiles. Opened to the public four years ago, the Africano Tolba was born out of a family tradition of collecting wild animals. We are showing people that we are the number one caretakers of animals around the world. “I created […]
The tomato industry, like many others in Nigeria, faces a lot of challenges that threaten the viability and sustainability of various businesses and entrepreneurships in the value chain. Reports have it that tomato farms have been ravaged by diseases across the tomato producing states – majorly Kaduna, Kano and Katsina -in the North while tomato […]
A Crawfish is specie of fish that looks more like a Crab. Starting a Crawfish farm is very different from the normal fish pond you have for fishes because the cultivation process for a crawfish is very different. For people that already have an idea of what it takes to cultivate fish and are eager […]
People’s preferences for meat differ. In fact all over the world this holds sway. Whilst some prefer to chicken, beef, pork and what have you, yet others prefer to swear by turkey. On the contrary there some folks who do not quite have a preference, rather they can eat any type of meat, provided it […]
The Nigerian government is commencing an all-round farming year using the e-wallet system, from now till May 2017 with the aim to reach between five to nine million farmers with good quality seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. CEO of Cellulant Nigeria, Bolaji Akinboro, stated that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) have extended […]
Nigerian farmers have been urged to see agriculture from a global dimension of competitiveness and realise that agriculture products are not only food products but also raw materials for industries. This call was made by a Professor of Food Engineering in the Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor […]
Nigeria is yet to maximise her agricultural opportunities in some crops due to lack of capacity in the best global practices in processing and packaging, more so, in the technical and mechanized method of arresting post harvest losses. This was the submission of the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, when a team […]
Barely three weeks after a community in Arochukwu council of Abia State was invaded and attacked by Fulani herdsmen, another community, Ozu Item in Bende council was again attacked with scores of farmers sustaining life threatening injuries. Crops worth several thousands of naira belonging to Ozu Item farmers were also destroyed by the herdsmen and […]
Kwara State Police Command, yesterday, said it has arrested six middle-aged rice harvesters, who killed their landlady, who owned a farm, and stole her 11 bags of rice. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusola Amore, told journalists at the police headquarters that the deceased rice farmer, Mrs Florence Ede, had hired the six men to […]
The Ebonyi Government says it anticipates bumper harvest of 350 metric tons of rice in the 2016 farming season. Gov. David Umahi expressed the hope at the inaugural National Agricultural Summit organised by the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo Local Government Area of the State on Thursday. The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture and […]
Tourists from different parts of the world who are partaking in the first cocoa festival in Africa have converged on the Eti-Oni, the ancient town in Osun State that pioneered the production of cocoa in Nigeria over 120 years ago. The maiden edition of the cocoa festival which began on Sunday November 27 would come […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, flagged off the distribution of agriculture app smartphones to rice farmers across the country. The RICEADVICE smartphones distribution, which was done through the National Cereals Research Institute, NCRI, commenced with the training of 50 rice farmers extension officers on how to use the smartphones to obtain relevant information to boost rice […]