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According to a study published in the journal Foods, conducted under the leadership of Josep Peñuelas, CREAF and CSIC researcher, and Jordi Sardans, another CREAF researcher, with contributions from specialists in the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic), the University of Antwerp (Belgium), the Pierre Simon Laplace Institute (France), the International Institute for Applied Systems […]
[ad_1] *Premier Feeds calls for industrywide collaboration*We need interventions to save 10m jobs, says PAN Availability and moderate price of maize – a major energy source in the poultry, fishery and livestock industries – would mean sustainability, job retention, circular flow of income, cheaper nutrition and poverty alleviation for investors and Nigerians. Eggs and chickens […]
The global fertiliser market is going to worth more than US$93.9bn by 2027, according to the Global Fertilizer Market by Segments, Region, Company Analysis & Forecast’ report by ResearchAndMarkets Due to lockdown, farmers faced difficulties in transportation of the shipment of the goods. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The worldwide fertiliser market was US$83.5bn in 2020, […]
The high-tech horticultural sector in the Netherlands is changing rapidly due to new technological developments Developing cloud services is a challenging process that requires expertise and a secure and stable cloud platform. (Image source: Adobe Stock) As a result, the sector is becoming increasingly interesting to cybercriminals. For Priva, this is a reason to make […]
[ad_1] Mr Ladi Balogun, CEO First City Monument Bank …represents 10 percent of total loan portfolio First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has grown its loan portfolio to the agriculture sector in Nigeria to N74.10 billion, representing 10 percent of the Bank’s total loans. This figure is one of the highest in the banking industry. The […]
[ad_1] The Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Kebbi, Alhaji Muhammed Sahabi-Augie on Sunday said the total rice output produced annually in the state has reached over four million tonnes. Sahabi-Augie told some students on excursion at the Zauro Rice Pyramid near Birnin Kebbi, that the rise in production was as a result […]
[ad_1] SENATOR Christopher Ekpenyong representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State has recommended that the federal government should encourage security forces particularly the military to rescue the Sambisa forest in Borno State from insurgents and bandits and use it for ranching. Ekpenyoong who spoke weekend, in Uyo while reacting to the worsening insecurity […]
[ad_1] It is tales of woe from farmers across Ondo State following the activities of herdsmen who have not only destroyed their sources of livelihood by their incessant attacks on their farmlands but also annoyingly raped their wives and daughters in their presence. They lamented that they have consistently been victims of herders for the […]
[ad_1] Governor Abiodun Ogun State. Photo; TWITTER/DABIODUNMFR The Ogun State Government has promised to continue with plans to construct an agro-cargo airport in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun who disclosed this on Friday, when he received the Senate Committee on Aviation, led by Senator Smart Adeyemi, at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, […]
[ad_1] Kebbi State has once again positioned itself as the main hub of rice production in the country, with the unveiling of its rice pyramids, which is a pointer to the gains of the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). The sky-high pyramids does not only signpost the success recorded by the scheme in the last […]
[ad_1] The Bayelsa Government on Saturday denied allegations that the N3 billion Agriculture loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was diverted by government officials. Mr David Alagoa, Bayelsa Commissioner for Agriculture in a radio programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa described the allegations as false, baseless and childish. […]
[ad_1] Prof. Abdul-lateef Oladimeji, the Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Al-Hikma University, Ilorin, says insecurity is threatening the country’s agricultural sector. Oladimeji made the submission on Saturday in Ilorin during his paper presentation at the 11th Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA). He spoke on: “Diabolic conspiracy of elites in fostering […]
[ad_1] Modupe Oyetosho started with five acres but has now grown to 5000 acres. For most farmers in Nigeria, the use of traditional farm tools to cultivate is the most tedious part of the business. Some privileged farmers like Modupe Oyetosho can afford to use machines to grow their crops. The 35-year-old graduate of Computer […]
[ad_1] Ado Ekiti—Suspected herdsmen have killed two farmers in Isaba Ekiti, Ikole local government area of Ekiti State. The incident, which has created tension in the agrarian community, was said to have occurred on Friday evening, when the farmers were said to have had a confrontation with the herders which turned out to be bloody. […]
[ad_1] ABUJA – Solidaridad West Africa, an international civil society organisation with headquarters in the Netherlands and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve agricultural productivity in Nigeria. The MoU is also to ensure Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in agriculture and divestment of the economy from […]