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Ten African heads of state have issued a strong call to other world leaders to increase their funding for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) or to risk threatening sustainable development targets to eradicate poverty and hunger, particularly in Africa Around 75% of the world’s poorest people live in rural areas and depend on […]
Ethiopian Airlines and the United States have announced a new partnership agreement that will enable the flagship carrier of the nation to produce locally grown products and ingredients for preparing in-flight meals for global passengers The US government loan facility will also expand access to financing for local companies. (Image source: D Mz/Pixabay) Ethiopian Airlines […]
[ad_1] The Umueri community in Anambra East Local Government Area has asked the Anambra Government to relinquish to it some part of the vast land it donated to the government for the construction of a cargo airport for farming activities. The traditional ruler of Umueri, Igwe Ben Emeka, while speaking newsmen at his palace in […]
A global study of worry and risk – the first-ever Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll – has revealed the global state of food and water safety The survey shows that the burden of food-related diseases is not spread equally across the world. (Image source: gingerbreadca/Pixabay) The first of its kind, the World Risk Poll, […]
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has launched a first-of-its-kind vaccine to protect poultry from Infectious Laryngotracheitis, Marek’s Disease and Infectious Bursal Disease (classic and variant types) Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health’s existing non-vectored vaccine protects against ILT. (Image source: Rawpixel Ltd/Flickr) “This new trivalent vaccine provides a strong immune foundation, optimises protection for flocks and offers reliable […]
Over the last 12 months, food security has been under serious threat from devastating locust swarms, destroying crops from East Africa to the Arabian Gulf Helicopters were tasked with surveying vast areas throughout the counties of Marsabit and Turkana in northern Kenya. (Image source: Hotel Kaesong/Flickr) With experts warning of a ‘rolling emergency’ that could […]
C&C Ag Solutions has announced the launch of Mutiny Crop Performance Each of these products has been specially formulated to drive higher yields and bring better ROI to growers. (Image source: Mariana Lazaro mari_lazaro/Pixabay) Mutiny is a new line of crop production solutions specially designed to serve farmers with the innovative tools needed to boost […]
The Clinton Foundation and Africa Improved Foods (AIF) are helping to source soybeans from Malawi’s farming communities to the AIF market in Rwanda, supporting farmers’ livelihoods and strengthening local agricultural economies Ubudehe is a socio-economic stratification system in which social protection schemes support the most vulnerable population. (Image source: Annie Spratt/Unsplash) This partnership began in […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- Mr. Kabiru Ibrahim, National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has described the appointment of the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Association by former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, as unconstitutional. A statement issued by Ibrahim explained that Nyako, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees […]
[ad_1] Kenaf plants and (inset) kenaf fibre • As jute bag imports cost N2.75b yearly Maximizing import substitution strategy using local contents, jute bags, which cost the country about N2.75 billion yearly to import, and other environment-friendly products such as vehicle parts can be developed from kenaf and save the country from economic crises. Jute […]
[ad_1] Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Prof. Felix Kolawole Salako, speaks on how Nigeria can be food-secure in 2021 despite challenges of crop cultivation, including COVID-19 lockdowns, poor rainfalls in some parts of the country and insecurity of farmers. FEMI IBIROGBA reports. The estimated number of Nigerians living below the poverty line is […]
[ad_1] The National Centre for Women’s Development (NCWD) has trained 100 on how to use Information Communication Technology (ICT) in agriculture to enable them adopt efficient farming techniques and boost quality food production. Director-General of the centre, Mary Ekpere-Eta, made this known at the weekend in Abuja when she said the women were drawn from […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 4,025 Abians will, by 2026, be empowered to commence their chosen agric-businesses after training under the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises – Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project. The project, an initiative of the Federal Government and nine participating Niger Delta state governments, is being funded from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the […]
[ad_1] Barely four years after the launch of the Lagos-Kebbi Rice christened LAKE Rice, an initiative borne out of the collaboration between Lagos and Kebbi State Governments, the rice has gone out of circulation. During the launch, held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Lagos on December 21, 2016, the former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi […]
[ad_1] Task FG, CBN, BOI On Local Farmers Empowerment Despite the benefits attributed to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and food production, experts have raised fresh concern on its effect on human health and the environment. GMO is a system of recombining DNA technology or transferring engineered genes into an animal or plant or […]