AgroBusiness Times

[ad_1] The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, under the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) and SANO Food Limited have partnered to launch new cassava seed varieties and organic foods. The move is to boost cassava production and create wealth for farmers with Nigerians having access to organic and […]

[ad_1] Open Grazing To curb the lingering crisis between farmers and herders in parts of the country, experts in the livestock sub-sector have stressed the need to transform all grazing reserves in the country to cattle ranches since cattle are national assets. They maintained that if the over 25 million cattle in the country were […]

[ad_1] Depletion of household incomes has impoverished millions of indigent Nigerians, hence, the government should ensure supplies of food and improved standards of living for Nigerians. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Titan Farms, Mr Gbenga Eyiolawi, stressed these during the launch of Titan Farms City, an affiliate of Titan Farms in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. “This […]

[ad_1] In a remark he described as ‘Listen, Invest and Help Others,’ Director of Research, the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Dr Lawrence Taiwo-Olajide, while urging participants of training on plantation/banana value chain, said kits and knowledge acquired should be maximised for food security and sustainable agribusinesses. Also, during capacity building for youths and women […]

[ad_1] As agriculture continues to take centre stage in Nigeria’s march to economic diversification, a firm called Odua Investments Company Limited, Thursday, disclosed moves to unlock estimated South West Gross Domestic Product, GDP, worth over $80 billion and galvanize its huge agricultural potential. The move was made known in a statement signed by the Group […]

[ad_1]  The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and SANO Foods have called for the use of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) puree and flour in bread and other confectionaries.  The two organisations said this would save foreign exchange for the country through reduced importation and consumption of imported wheat, and that it would also […]

[ad_1]  Wheat farmers under the aegis of Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN), have called for the inclusion of wheat farmers in the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrower Programme (APB), adding that the exclusion of the 200,000 registered members has negatively affected wheat production in the country.  Alhaji Salihu Muhammad, Chairman, Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria […]

[ad_1] THE clash between farmers and herders across the coun-try has led to sorrow, tears and blood. Already, tongues are wagging over the rising conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria especially in the South-West which is taking a dangerous dimension if not urgently nipped in the bud. There have been repeated calls on governments, […]

[ad_1] AS farmers-herders crisis continues to rage across the country, the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, NIAS, Tuesday, called on the Federal Government to transform 405 grazing reserves into ranches in order to solve the protracted and degenerated crisis. This was stated in an address by the Registrar, NIAS, Prof Eustace Iyayi, during a press […]