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[ad_1] Mechanisation is a multi-dimensional concept and widely used in agriculture. There is, however, a major difference between the application of mechanisation in developed and developing countries. The developing countries tend to design their own strategies in food security given the challenges they face in all aspects of their economy including feeding a growing population, […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Interreligious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Thursday, said that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country are linked to climate change. It stated this in a press release signed on behalf […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government, Friday, charged the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, NIAS, on proffering solutions to the incessant herders/farmers conflict threatening food availability, affordability, and security. The charge was given by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, at the inauguration of the 5th Council of NIAS in Abuja. According to Nanono, […]
Roxell is expanding its Fidos range for electronic sow feeding The dispenser drops feed at a slow rate for an eating speed of 200 grams per minute. (Image source: Adobe Stock) With Fidos farrowing, they have added a smart dispenser to the feeding segment. The feeding system stimulates milk production, as it allows farmers to […]
[ad_1] House of Representatives member, representing Ondo East and West Federal Constituency, Hon Abiola Peter Makinde has empowered his constituents. The empowerment program which was his constituency project for the year 2020 became unavoidably belated because of the outbreak of Corona Virus has now been delivered to grateful constituents in Ondo East and West. The […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Government said it has commenced a two-week decontamination of 26 major poultry markets in the state against the resurgence of avian influenza (bird flu). The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday, explained that the decontamination exercise was informed by the reported resurgence of the […]
[ad_1] IN Igbo land, various communities usher in the farming season with one form of celebration/festival or the other as a way of thanking God for the previous season and praying for a better farming year. In Anambra State, where many communities are agrarian with no fewer than 70 per cent of their population engaging […]
[ad_1] As Nigeria braces up for agribusiness breakthrough, the Green Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) – Nigeria funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has synergised to launch 18 months project to up-scale maize and cassava production in […]
[ad_1] SENATOR Ben Ayade, the Cross River State governor has implored all youths in the state to own farms to boost their income and also address unemployment which is behind most youth restiveness. Senator Ayade who stated this on Tuesday in Calabar while addressing youths in a one-day summit on, Promoting Agricultural Value Chain to […]
[ad_1] They are women who have seen it all in life. They are within the age bracket of 73 and 90 years. An encounter with these group of women who have spent the last three years in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps that dot the landscape of Benue state was quite revealing. Without doubts, their […]
[ad_1] YENAGOA – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the Bayelsa State Government has keyed into the CBN’s Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) in which over N2.2billion had been disbursed to 2,000 beneficiaries in the state. The apex bank made the clarification during a courtesy visit of its Yenagoa Branch Controller, Mr Francis Ene-Asuquo, […]
[ad_1] ABUJA – The Federal Government has flagged off the training of extension service workers across the 36 States of the Federation and Abuja. Muhammad Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who flagged- off the exercise held at the FCT Agricultural Development Project (ADP) headquarters, Gwagwalada, Abuja, said the exercise was part of […]
[ad_1] Chairman of Ikole LGA in Ekiti State, Sola Olomimu, has assured residents of Isaba-Ekiti that two farmers shot to death in the community last Saturday would get justice. Olomimu, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole-Ekiti on Tuesday, said the two farmers were shot to death on their farms by […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government, Monday, disclosed moves to increase agricultural extension workforce to 75, 000 along various value chains towards efficient food production and self-sufficiency in line with global best practices. This was made known by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, while flagging off the training of extension agents in the […]
Netafim, a specialist of precision irrigation solutions and agricultural projects, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dutch turnkey greenhouse projects provider Gakon Netafim team in Azerbaijan helps helps Kaskad grow premium tomatoes all year round. (Image source: Netafim) Netafim has been active for several decades in the greenhouse market and is now expanding its […]