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Kebbi empowers 2,778 women, men with livestock

[ad_1] No fewer than 2,778 herdsmen and their wives have benefited from the distribution of domestic animals by the Kebbi State government. The items given to them were sheep, goats and chickens under the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme Aids in the state. The opening ceremony was performed by the wife of Kebbi State governor, Aisha Bagudu, during […]

Agric varsity denies recruitment, warns against fraudsters

[ad_1] The management of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has denied the recruitment of any category of staff. The Office of the Registrar of university warned the public, through a statement made available to The Guardian yesterday, to avoid falling into traps of fraudsters and racketeers. Dr Bola Adekola, Registrar & Secretary to […]

Subject-Bandits shot dead seven farmers in their farm in Niger state

[ad_1] By Wole Mosadomi  Seven farmers have been reportedly killed while many others were injured by armed bandits in Mashegu Local Government Areaof Niger state. The late farmers were said to have been ambushed by the bandits right on their farm while trying to convey their harvested food produce home in Babban Rami village thursday […]

Olubadan urges FG, govs to adopt irrigation farming as food shortage looms

[ad_1] The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and traditional worshippers in Nigeria have urged the Federal Government and the southwest governors to urgently adopt irrigation farming to overcome projections of food shortage in the year 2021. Farmers association from the Oke-Ogun region of Oyo State have recently announced that there would be a scarcity […]

South Africa urges manufacturers, farmers to expand exports through AfCFTA

[ad_1] South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel on Friday urged manufacturers and farmers in the country to prepare themselves for opportunities in export markets following the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). AfCFTA came into effect on Friday. Patel, while believing the agreement could lead to more employment opportunities, said […]

How Agriculture Mechanisation Can Boost Food Production In 2021

[ad_1] Mechanisation is a multi-dimensional concept and widely used in agriculture.  There is, however, a major difference between the application of mechanisation in developed and developing countries that can boost food production in 2021  The developing countries tend to design their own strategies in food security given the challenges they face in all aspects of […]

Climate Change, Hoarders Responsible For High Cost Of Nigerian Rice

[ad_1] LAGOS  – Climate change and hoarders have been identified as factors that are responsible for the high cost of Nigerian rice especially during the festive season, experts say.  Before now, Nigeria was a net importer of rice spending billions of naira on importation which has in no small way adversely affected local production.  In […]

‘Why Nigeria needs palm oil council’

[ad_1] Mr Fatai Afolabi, Chief Executive Officer, Foremost Development Services Limited and Consultant/Adviser, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON), explains ways to revamp Nigeria’s oil palm industry, how the government interventions should look like and the need for smallholder and commercial models of oil palm cultivation and value chains. FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy, reports. Nigeria […]

‘How honey value chain can create jobs, alleviate poverty’

[ad_1] Honey For post-COVID 19 economic growth in Nigeria, beekeeping and honey production can substantially result in poverty alleviation and job creation in addition to the country being able to export experts in various aspects of beekeeping to other countries, Prof. H. D. Ibrahim, Director-General, Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has said. Beekeeping […]

Buhari orders NASENI to handover refurbished tractors to farmers

[ad_1] PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday gave a marching to the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, to handover all the tractors which the agency was refurbishing and housed at its institute in Minna, Niger State. The directive was to ensure food sufficiency and to revamp the agricultural […]

EU-funded ‘ARTOLIO’ project to support small olive oil producers across the Mediterranean

The US$3.5mn ARTOLIO project is coordinated by Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization and sees the participation of nine partner organisations from Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Spain The project aims to provide knowledge in marketing and sales, as well as to provide technology that helps improve the global visibility of the local product. (Image […]