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Coffee farmers must invest in technologies that will add value to their coffee if they are to earn more money from the cash crop. According to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) executive director, Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, most Ugandans are selling raw berries which fetch lower price than when a little value was added to […]
The Partnership Initiatives for Niger Delta (PIND) recently sent Dr. Ogho Okiti and Mr. Al-Habib Onifade out into the field to find out the impact of the naira’s devaluation on different parts of four key agricultural value chains (palm oil, cassava, aquaculture and poultry) in the Niger Delta. The question of whether to devalue the […]
U.S. Borax, part of Rio Tinto, has launched a mobile crop guide to help agronomists, growers and researchers identify and treat boron deficiency in soils, a key issue facing agriculture. Boron is an essential micronutrient to plant growth. In recent years, there’s been increased attention to the role micronutrients–such as boron and zinc–play in the […]
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have discovered a ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that can increase the thale cress plant’s resistance to stress from drought and salt. The discovery could help illuminate a new pathway to engineering drought- and salt-tolerant plants, including food crops, said Dr. Liming Xiong, AgriLife Research associate professor, Dallas. “This is the […]
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition released today. At the same time, multiple forms of malnutrition are […]
A new factory on Praslin, the second-most populated island in Seychelles, is launching a new and innovative way to manage and make better use of seaweed: turning it into agricultural fertiliser. Bernard Port-Louis told SNA that the business, called ‘Seaweed Seychelles,’ is the brainchild of his son Benjamin. “He is currently in his final year […]
An estimated 60-90 million quintals of crop produce is lost annually in Ethiopia owing to poor post-harvest handling, researches indicate. The amount accounts 20-30 percent of the total production. To put it into an understandable perspective, the stated produce could feed over 20 million people for about a year. Currently, Non-for-profit organizations in partnership with […]
A total of 378 young farmers at the weekend concluded a one-week training in agriculture as well as other entrepreneurial and leadership development courses at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Center, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State. The training which was organized by the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) drew participants from the Apex Leading Farmers […]
Experts in the agriculture sector have revealed that over N16 billion can be saved annually through the reduction in the application of insecticide by farmers. One of the experts, Prof. Mohammad Ishiaku, disclosed to Saturday Telegraph that the use of insecticide by farmers in Nigeria has caused more problems than solution due to limited knowledge. […]
The Yobe Ministry of Agriculture has commenced spraying of farmlands against invasion by army pests in seven out of the 17 local government areas. Alhaji Mustapha Gajirima, state commissioner for agriculture, confirmed this on Saturday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. He said the army pests were reported in Tarmuwa, […]
Victims of the recent flood in Benue State are still trying to come to terms with their situation. JOHNSON BABAJIDE writes that the losses are not quantifiable and may take time to be recovered, despite promises of help from different quarters. HEAPS of damaged properties are now common sight in major parts of Makurdi in […]
The Lagos State Government(LASG) said it had directed a non-stop sale of LAKE rice across the state in all the designated centres. Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State gave the directive in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Sunday in Lagos. The Commissioner for Agriculture, […]
Prices of staple food, including garri, yam and potatoes, have decreased in Asaba and environs, a market survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has shown. Buyers at the Ogbe Ogonogo Market, on Sunday, expressed happiness over the situation as the food dealers attributed the price fall to the reduction in the cost price […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, last week, said the reason the frequent herdsmen and farmers’ clashes might not end anytime soon was because of two things: planning and funding. But the excuse was both inane and beneath a government entrusted with the protection of life and property, writes Anayo Okolie […]
The Programme Manager, Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP), Mr Onyema Nwodo, says the government is tackling cocoa-yam disease in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the disease withers cocoa-yam plants. Nwodo told NAN in Enugu on Saturday that ADP had collected samples from the farmers in the area and sent […]