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FARMER/HERDERS’ CLASH: Who invited Sunday Igboho to Ogun State?

[ad_1] CONTROVERSY has continued to trail the visit of a Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho to Ogun State on Monday. The acclaimed freedom fighter said his visit was to liberate residents of the state, especially, those living in the Yewa axis of the state from the shackles of the […]

Herdsmen invade Ondo Community, kill OPC member, abduct farmer

[ad_1] Dayo Johnson Akure Suspected herdsmen have reportedly killed a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Daniel Adejuyigbe and abducted a farmer, Solomon Akinmeji in his lju farm, Akure North council area of Ondo State. This is coming barely two weeks after the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu ordered herdsmen to vacate the government forest […]

Natural gas is driving industrial agriculture expansion in Mozambique, says Grace Goodrich

Already considered a mecca for crop cultivation, Mozambique is now benefiting from ongoing gas monetisation initiatives which hold huge potential for industrial farming expansion 80% of the labour force in Mozambique is employed in agriculture. (Image Source: Africa Oil & Power Conference) Agriculture represents the second-largest sector of the Mozambican economy – accounting for more than 25% […]

Bühler releases latest cooling die for meat and fish alternatives

Bühler has announced the launch of PolyCool 1000, a high-performance cooling die that together with an extruder, provides an efficient and flexible solution for food producers creating tasty and sustainable plant-based meat or fish alternatives The PolyCool 1000 cooling die in combination with an extruder can produce wet-textured proteins at throughputs of up to 1,000kg […]

Agribusiness: Maize farmers, processors condemn calls for maize importation

[ad_1] Maize farmers and processors under the auspices of Maize Association of Nigeria, MAAN, Maize Growers, Farmers and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAGFAMAN, on Tuesday, condemned calls for maize importation into the country. This was stated at a press conference by the National Presidents of the two associations, Dr Bello Abubakar, and Dr Edwin Uche, […]

Nigeria has $900bn dead capital in real estate, agric-PWC

[ad_1] Nigeria  holds as much as $900 billion worth of dead capital locked up in residential real estate and agricultural land, including federal government’s abandoned properties estimated at N230 billion, said PWC Nigeria. Dead capital refers to  unregistered real property, and is considered lost value because the landholder is unable to transfer or leverage the  […]

Digital agriculture imperative for food security, says Lagos commissioner

[ad_1] Abisola Olusanya The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, on Saturday, described digitization as critical for the country to attain its food security needs. Olusanya, who said this at the launch of a book entitled: ‘The Rise of Digital Agriculture,’ which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, added that the book […]

OXFAM, others empower 90 women in Birnin Kebbi

[ad_1] [FILES] Oxfam’ signage is pictured outside a high street branch of an Oxfam charity shop. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS No fewer than 90 women in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State were empowered by OXFAM, in collaboration with the European Union (EU). Speaking at the distribution of economic assets to […]

Shea nut value player to empower 30,000 Oyo women

[ad_1] Within the next three years, no fewer than 30,000 women in Oyo State will benefit from an empowerment scheme of a non-governmental organisation, Shea Empowerment Foundation (SEF), in partnership with global players in the shea industry, with a view to optimising the potential in the value chain. The initiative is aimed at promoting a sustainable […]

Scarcity: A’Ibom Govt Takes On Onion Cultivation, Trains 100 Farmers

[ad_1] Uyo- Akwa Ibom State government says it is set to cultivate one million strands of onions, in addition to other vegetable crops currently being cultivated in the state. The move towards onion cultivation ia not unconnected with the recent scarcity of onions in the country.  Recall that Akwa Ibom soil  was, untill recent move by the […]

AFAN alerts farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by group

[ad_1] The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, weekend, alerted farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by a group called AFAN Caretaker Committee to extort them. The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, saying that the group in question is illegal and allegedly led by one Faruk […]

Nigerian rice processors want sale of foreign rice criminalised

[ad_1] Mr Ekwelem said that if the government did not take decisive action on smuggled rice, all the mills in the country would collapse. The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) has appealed to the federal government to criminalise the sale of foreign rice in the country. The Director General of the association, Andy Ekwelem, […]

Rice Processors Appeal To FG To Criminalize Foreign Rice Sales

[ad_1] The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to criminalize the sales of foreign rice in the country. The Director General of the association, Mr Andy Ekwelem stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday over the influx of smuggled rice into the country. Ekwelem cautioned if the government […]

OGSG, NCAM commence SAWAH Eco-Technology dry season rice harvest

[ad_1] Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina (third right); Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Dr. Angel Adelaja-Kuye (third left); Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Dotun Sorunke (left); Instructor, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, Adeyinka Ademuluyi (second right), during the commencement of SAWAH Eco-Technology rice harvest at Sawonjo, Yewa North […]