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The Oikocredit International Support Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Karongi and Muganza Kivu tea factories in Rwanda to produce two million tea seedlings The two factories have already signed agreements with their respective cooperatives to buy all the tea leaves that will be produced through this project. (Image source: Min An/Pexels) […]
Global science-based company Royal DSM has announced the completion of its acquisition of Erber Group for an enterprise value of US$ 1.1bn (€980mn) The acquisition expands the range of higher value-added specialty solutions for DSM. (Image source: Christin Hume/Unsplash) The transaction – which excludes two smaller units in the Erber Group – is expected to […]
[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. The developing countries tend to design their own strategies in food security given the challenges they face in all aspects of their economy including feeding a growing population, […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Following the discovery of oil that changed the country’s cash crops narrative of the 60’s, Nigeria is yet to recover and take its proper place among the comity of cocoa and palm oil producing nations. Since the discovery of crude oil, Nigeria lost its position as one of the world’s largest palm […]
[ad_1] Abakaliki— Report reaching Vanguard has it that the Catholic Priest in charge of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Nkomoro in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Rev. Fr. Ejike, has been attacked by some irate youths of the area. Father Ejike was said to have flogged and held the son of the Councilor […]
[ad_1] With the impact of novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, on food production including climate change, the Vice President, Nigeria Agribusiness Group, NABG, Emmanuel Ijewere, has stated how agricultural research institutions can boost food and agribusiness in the country. Speaking on a telephone chat with Vanguard, Ijewere also asserted that most agricultural institutions are not really […]
[ad_1] Rural dwellers and residents in Ondo State have called on contestants in the coming governorship election to prioritise rural infrastructure such as road networks, farm mechanisation, dam construction for irrigation and processing facilities that could really drive crop production, value addition and economic benefits. Segun Olaniyi, a school leaver and cocoa farmer in Ile-Oluji, […]
[ad_1] OCP Africa, a phosphate-based fertiliser producer, has partnered with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) to train students from five states on agribusinesses. The training, it is believed, would increase skill sets, boost production and increase outcomes. At the launch of the partnership, tagged ‘Empowering African Youths (EMAY) in Nigeria, the Head of Agronomy for […]
[ad_1] A female young farmer and Coordinator of Oyo Young Agropreneur, Miss Ibukunoluwa Tubi, on Monday, urged governments at all levels, especially in the state, to protect lives and farmlands of farmers from being ravaged by herdsmen. Miss Tubi emphasized that unless there is adequate security for young farmers and their farms, the fortune of the sector would nosedive. […]
[ad_1] A three-month training course on Sawah Expansion Strategy of Sawah Ecotechnology for Rice Farming is ongoing for farmers selected from the Abia State rice growing Farmers’ Cooperative Societies in the state and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). During the flag-off of the training at the Sawah Demonstration Field at Ajataeretu in Umuahia North LGA, the Programme […]
[ad_1] Now fewer than 30 students drawn from five northern states have been trained, kitted with tablets, tricycles to boost agri-business and exportation in the Country. An agric firm, Office Chérifien des Phosphates, (OCP Africa) in partnership with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi under its programme – Empowering African Youths (EMAY) project in Nigeria. […]
[ad_1] The Conference of Directors of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Oyo State Local Government Service Commission has called for the provision of storage facilities to prevent wastage of farm produce. They made the call on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of a two-day workshop held at Alayande Teachers Resource Centre, Samonda in Ibadan. […]
[ad_1] Kogi State Command, National Drug Law and Enforcement NDLEA on Wednesday destroyed the largest Cannabis Sativa farms stretching over four KM of land in the State. NDLEA State Commander, Mr. Alfred Adewumi disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the destruction of the farm at Kara Forest in Agbokete Community, of Igalamela/Odolu LGA of […]
[ad_1] The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday described a comment credited to the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, that striking lecturers should consider farming as an alternative profession as alleged “reflection of his shallow understanding of the academic profession and low premium that the government places on education”. Nwajiuba while […]
The concept of vertical farming, the idea that crops can be grown much more efficiently indoors under controlled environmental conditions than conventional farmland would have been possible, has captured the imagination of entrepreneurs and investors alike, with dozens of start-ups around the world raising ever-increasing amounts of investor capital Jones Food Company believes that large-scale […]