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[ad_1] The endorsement of the treaty is expected to enhance the capacity of agricultural scientists and agricultural production in the country. The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the ratification of Nigeria’s membership of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, disclosed […]
[ad_1] The Kano government says it distributed the water pumps to farmers to boost irrigation farming in the state The Kano State government says it has distributed 5,000 water pumps to farmers to boost irrigation farming in the state. The Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Sule-Garo, told journalists on Wednesday in Kano that the water […]
AlgaEnergy, a US subsidiary of Spain-based AlgaEnergy and a specialist in microalgae biotechnology, has signed global product distribution and product development agreements with Laboratoire M2, a Quebec-based biotechnology company that develops natural and sustainable disinfectant products, including THYMOX CONTROL fungicide and bactericide AlgaEnergy will distribute the product line in major agricultural markets in Europe, the […]
On-farm trials have shown that SOURCE by Sound Agriculture can increase yield and reduce nitrogen needs SOURCE gives growers a tool to reduce nitrogen fertiliser application without impacting yield. (Image source: Sound Agriculture) SOURCE has been shown to provide the equivalent of 25-50 lbs of nitrogen per acre for corn growers, helping to optimise nitrogen […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have partnered to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies in agri-food, fisheries and forestry chains and sustainable bioenergy through the signing of a collaborative agreement Renewable energy can boost sustainable and innovative agri-food system transformation. (Image source: […]
[ad_1] Maize farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are set to release about 300,000 metric tonnes of maize which watchers believe will reduce the current price of maize. The huge supply boost according to stakeholders is aimed at inducing a decline in the price of the […]
[ad_1] WOMEN of Agudama-Epie community, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, have complained about incessant destruction of crops by herders that invade their farmlands, uproot cassava and other crops to feed their cows. The women-farmers who called on relevant authorities to come to their aid, regretted that herders usually render their efforts useless every farming […]
[ad_1] AWKA- The Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Empowerment and Creative Economy, Prof. Theresa Obiekezie, has advised youths in Anambra State to key into the state government’s agricultural revolution by accessing loan facilities made available by the Federal Government. Obiekezie spoke while she received a delegation from All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Anambra State, […]
Approximately 10,000 women in Nigeria will be selected as direct beneficiaries of a two-year agricultural intervention as Value Seeds launches its COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Intervention Project in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation The programme is expected to significantly increase the market volume of premium maize and rice grains by about 450,000 tonnes. (Image source: […]
[ad_1] LAFIA- Vincent Iyev, the Nasarawa State project director Vintor and Sons Global Enterprises on Sunday said the company has empowered over 563 selected farmers across the state in order to boost food security in state. The State project director Vintor and Sons Global Enterprises disclosed this during a one sensitization forum organized for selected […]
[ad_1] For most Nigerians, beans are a major source of protein. The egume which is consumed by both rural and urban dwellers has in recent times witnessed an upsurge in its cost price across the country. This phenomenon has made lovers of the delicacy find it more difficult to buy this source of protein in […]
[ad_1] A delegation from the Federal Capital Territory Agricultural Development Programme (FCT-ADP), as well as the Agric and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) has visited Ogun State on a share-learning mission. Leader of the delegation, who is the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, ARDS, Yahaya Hussaini, said the seamless land acquisition process, land management, farm settlement, […]
[ad_1] Considering the importance of Vitamin A and bio-fortified food to the wellbeing of the people of the state, Ogun State Government says it is working with the Federal Government and private sector to promote the consumption of the food, as well as sensitisation on the need to grow nutritious food. The Commissioner for Agriculture, […]
[ad_1] Susan Godwin’s farm was burnt down during a communal crisis and says restoring the farm has been an uphill task since then. Susan Godwin was in Lafia in 2013, helping her daughter nurse her newborn baby, when she received the news that her house and 30-heactare farm back home in Tudun Adebu had been […]
[ad_1] The Ministry of Agriculture says Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey. Ogundele Olubukola, a principal laboratory scientist at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has been selling honey in the last 10 years, harvesting an average of 150 litres of pure bee honey monthly with just 85 hives. With […]