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[ad_1] A lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Olabode Badiru, has called on the government to pay more attention to food security in the country to address the rising cost of foodstuffs. Dr Badiru also called on the government to address insecurity, saying farmers are afraid of going to farm. The don, who […]
[ad_1] Maize farmers assisted with improved inputs and new technologies by the Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) Project in Kaduna State have recorded a significant increase in yield. The chairman of Biye Cluster Farmers Association in Giwa Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Adamu Aliyu Shika, made this known to the Pre-6th Implementation […]
[ad_1] • Targets $32m investment outlay The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said his government is focused on building the capacity of the people to attract private investments into agro-industrial sectors.Speaking during a virtual meeting with the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, high-ranking US government officials and agribusiness investors, he said the focus […]
[ad_1] *‘He’s an imposter, trustees to sue him’ The factional President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ibrahim Kabir, has said Nigeria will have to import food to crash prices of food commodities in the market.Ibrahim, while reacting to a move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release 300,000MT of maize into the […]
[ad_1] Dry season farming is crop production during the dry season. It is a kind farming system when rain is no longer falling in this type of farming you depend solely on water provided to farming through Dams, boreholes, rivers etc. Over time, dry season has always been a challenging period for farmers because there […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Stakeholders in the Nigeria’s cashew industry have stressed the need to increase processing of the commodity in the country and encourage others to tap into the opportunity of adding value to cashew so as to reduce wastage and loss. In separate interviews with the industry players, they opined that what the industry […]
[ad_1] The Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project has revealed that the Covid- pandemic did not affect the delivery of its mandate to farmers in targeting export and nutrition-sensitive technology last year, though it slowed down activities. APPEALS is a World Bank, Federal Government and Lagos State tripartite partnership for […]
[ad_1] Adebisi Araba The managing director of African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), Dr Adebisi Araba has advised the Federal Government to support farmers with critical infrastructures to increase productivity in the agri-food sector rather than resort to the shutting of borders if Nigeria will achieve self-sufficiency and security in food production. Araba gave the advice […]
[ad_1] Concerned by the rising spate of insecurity occasioned by cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/ farmers clash, banditry and cultism, the Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the State government to step up plans towards the take-off of the Amotekun Security network, with a view to strengthening security network in the […]
[ad_1] The farmers received the support under the Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project. The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Nasiru Gawuna, says about 20,000 farmers in the state have benefited from a special Federal Government agriculture enhancement programme. The federal government introduced Agro Processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support […]
The UN has warned that East Africa remains under the threat of desert locust invasions, due to the prevailing favourable breeding conditions which enable new swarms to form and increase XAG agricultural drone conducted unmanned spraying operation in Zambia. (Image source: XAG) As African countries are getting prepared for the imminent locust crisis, the smart […]
[ad_1] Mr Cressman says while plenty of efforts have been made in the past year to fight the locusts, the current weather in the region favours the insects. Locusts have remained a major threat to the Horn of Africa due to favourable weather conditions, Keith Cressman, a senior locust forecasting officer at the Food and […]
[ad_1] As the nation yearns to boost food security, availability, and affordability, the National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, and Content Global Development, Tuesday, launched Institutionalizing Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption Using Genotyping programme, IMAGE, to provide farmers quality and original seeds for cultivation. The launch was made […]
Marel, a food processing company, has acquired PMJ, a global provider of advanced processing solutions for the duck industry Together, the two companies will be at the forefront of modernising the duck market in partnership with their customers. (Image source: Birgit Röhrs/Pixabay) PMJ’s complementary product portfolio of primary processing, including waxing and automated evisceration, will […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- The National Agricultural Seeds Council (,NASC) has inaugurated the National Executive Steering Committee for the implementation of Institutionalising Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption Using Genotyping(IMAGE) in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the Physical Launch and Constitution of the National Executive Steering Committee of the IMAGE project in Nigeria, Dr. Philip Olusegun […]