AgroBusiness Times

[ad_1] Apart from the general stifling economic environment and rising cost of feed ingredients, factors that make poultry production unsustainable are thermal heat stress, Avian Influenza (bird flu) infestation and fire disasters. Hence, poultry farm owners, especially egg producers, have been advised to take proactive measures such as heat mitigation palliatives, fire and bird flu […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – The Senate on Wednesday approved the establishment of the National Agricultural Development Fund to provide finance to support strategic aspects of Nigeria’s agricultural development. This followed a clause-by-clause consideration of the report of its Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Presenting the report before the Committee of the Whole, the Chairman […]

[ad_1] The bill will have to be approved by the House and signed by the president to become law. The Senate has approved the establishment of the National Agricultural Development Fund for the purpose of providing finance to support strategic aspects of agricultural development of Nigeria. This followed the clause by clause consideration of the […]

[ad_1] Other countries identified by the report are Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, The Sudan and Syria Arab Republic. Twenty countries contain areas that could soon experience famine in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, a report has said. The places prone to imminent and famine are Yemen, South […]

[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammed Nanono has commended the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for over 360 million dollars grant towards agricultural development in Nigeria. Nanono says collaboration and partnership arising from international development/donor cooperation have indeed yielded positive result in the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The Minister was speaking on […]

[ad_1] Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday in Akure distributed agricultural inputs and machinery to over 1,000 farmers across the 18 local government areas of the state. Akeredolu distributed the items in Akure during the presentation of certificates of registration to 142 trained youths from three cooperative groups. He said the distribution was […]

[ad_1] With the bid to improve farmers’ techniques in agribusiness, especially crop farming, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, Monday, graduated 269 soil doctors and agricultural extension workers in Borno State. The Executive Director, NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, said the trainees went through two weeks of intensive training under NALDA, in collaboration with the […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) in collaboration with Borno State Government, has trained and empowered about 269 soil doctors, agricultural extension service workers to carry out their field operations in the State to boost agricultural productivity and ensure food security. The 269 soil doctors and agricultural extension service workers were awarded […]

[ad_1] THREE indigenes of Ezhionum community, Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State, a father, his son and nephew, were Sunday, reportedly shot dead by rampaging herdsmen along a road to a farm reserve land in Oghonogbo, a nearby village in Edo State. The attack came a day after two farmers from Umutu community, Delta State, […]

[ad_1] THE National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, weekend, trained over 100 farmers on irrigation rice farming in Niger State ahead of 2021 dry season farming. This was made known by the Coordinator, NALDA, Niger State, Aminu Umaru while speaking with journalists about the training in the Tunga Gana community in Paikoro local government area […]