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[ad_1] The Global Food Prices Index has registered a sharp rise in November to its highest level in nearly six years, led by vegetable oil, sugar, cereals, dairy and meat the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has said. Details of this were highlighted in the FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) report released […]
[ad_1] As Borno State and Nigerians mourn slain 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday, Civil Society Orgsanisations, CSOs, Thursday, expressed sadness and demanded for sack of Service Chiefs and new security approach to protect lives and property across the country. Speaking on the horror unleashed on innocent rice farmers on their field […]
Two leading Russian fertiliser producers, Uralkali (Berezniki) and Uralchem (Moscow) have announced that they will start supplying fertilisers to Sudan in 2021 The two companies aim to expand business on the African continent. (Image source: Adobe Stock) On December 1, 2020, Dmitry Mazepin, chairman of the board of directors of URALCHEM, deputy chairman of the […]
[ad_1] The authority would make available the rabbits, cage, vaccine and training for the youths free. The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Paul Ikonne, has said that the authority has commenced a programme to train 17,000 youth on rabbit farming in the southern part of the country. Mr Ikonne disclosed […]
[ad_1] ABUJA – Kabir Ibrahim, National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has once again warned that the unending insecurity in the country which would result in food crisis may threaten the stability of the country. A statement on Wednesday by Ibrahim, appealed to the government, to as a matter of urgency, sit […]
[ad_1] The Boko Haram jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a brutal massacre of farmworkers in Borno over the weekend as the death toll rose to 76. The grim search for bodies continues after gunmen on motorbikes attacked the area outside Borno state’s capital Maiduguri on Saturday, slaughtering dozens of labourers in rice fields […]
[ad_1] ABUJA-National Agricultural Land Development Authority(NALDA) on Wednesday announced that it has begun the recruitment of 17,000 youths who would be empowered to engage in rabbits rearing. Prince Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary of NALDA, who revealed this in Abuja at a media parley, said already the Authority had started the pilot programme in four States […]
Sustainable agriculture company CH4 plans to build the first farm and processing plant to turn red seaweed into a feed supplement for cows in order to reduce their methane production by 90% Cattle is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The construction is expected to begin mid next year in […]
[ad_1] A Civil Society OrganisCivil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Monday, blasted the Senior Special Assistant, Media, and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, over comments made on the killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno on Saturday, in an interview with the BBC on Monday. Reacting to the alleged comment made by Shehu, […]
Syngenta has unveiled Spiropidion, an innovative new insect control technology that will help farmers protect their crops against harmful pests in an effective and environmentally sustainable manner Spiropidion is the result of chemistry-driven innovation within a rare class of insecticides. (Image source: Artur Roman/Pexels) Sucking pests, such as aphids, whiteflies and scales, devastate high-quality fruit […]
[ad_1] The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Monday, expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno State on Saturday while on their farms by Boko Haram insurgents. This was contained in a statement made available to Vanguard, where the National President of AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, said the killing portends […]
[ad_1] Prof. Eustace Iyayi is a Rector of Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, and also the Chairman of Organising Committee of Feed Nigeria Summit 2020. He spoke with Cornelius Essen in Abuja on the event, and how agricultural policies and activities can boost Nigeria’s economy. Tell us more about ‘Feed Nigeria Summit.’ The Feed Nigeria Summit is […]
[ad_1] The British government on Monday confirmed that a new farming policy would replace the current EU subsidies when the Brexit transition period ends on Dec. 31 this year. The new system, named Environmental Land Management (ELM), will pay farmers if they protect “heritage’’ farm buildings and stone walls, expand hedges, capture carbon in soils […]
[ad_1] Not fewer than seven farmers including a nursing mother have been killed by bandits who attacked three communities of Tashar Bama, Dogun Muazu, and Unguwar Maigayya villages of Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. The lawmaker representing the area at the statehouse of Assembly, Ibrahim Danjuma Machika, confirmed the killing during the plenary […]
[ad_1] PROMINENT Urhobo leaders have called on investors to harness the huge agricultural potentials in Urhobo land to create employment and reduce the level of poverty among the people of the ethnic nationality. The leaders held that the age-long practice of subsistence farming was no longer fashionable, and could not create the desired level of […]