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Ondo Hosts Maiden Cocoa Industry, Investment Conference Ondo State government has concluded the maiden Akure Commodity Exchange, initiated by the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko to help farmers midwife their sale internationally. The 1st International Cocoa Industry and Investment Conference, held from Tuesday, November 1 to Thursday November 3, 2016, was facilitated by government in […]
Head of Department of Crop Protection, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Prof Jonathan Atungwu has said Nigeria can leverage on the growing market interest in organic agriculture for economic development. According to him, organic agriculture involved raising plants and animals in a sustainable manner without the […]
Over the years, farming in Nigeria has taken a dramatic turn for the better by creating jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs who have the passion to go into farming business. Millionaires are currently being made every year through farming in Nigeria and there is no end to the prospects of creating more wealth through farming. […]
Crises have been averted between some host communities in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State and the Fulani herdsmen, following the intervention of Cleen Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, during a roundtable discussion, where the parties agreed to embrace peace. Tension had heightened in the area, when a Fulani herdsman used his machete to […]
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday released nine cows arrested for contravening the state’s anti-grazing law, after signing peace pact with members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN. The cows were seized a couple of weeks ago by the Ekiti State Grazing Enforcement Marshals for contravening anti-grazing law. The Miyetti […]
The export business remains one of the most lucrative endeavours anyone can engage in judging by the abundance of many products that can be exported from Nigeria to many countries across the world. It is also a business that offers lots of room for new entrants to come into it as the industry is still […]
The World Bank has supported 10, 845 farmers under the FADAMA III Additional Financing project in Kano State in the last 10 months. Mr Sha’aibu Sulaiman, the state project coordinator, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Suleiman said the support was rendered after signing of […]
Farmers in Akwa Ibom State have decried the havoc they experience as a result of the oil and gas exploration with its attendant negative effect on their means of livelihood. The farmers made this known on Wednesday when a delegation of Fishing and Farming Multipurpose Cooperative Societies (MPCS) from the coastal communities of Akwa Ibom […]
Dr Kunle Ajasa, a Fishery and Aquatic Management expert, has said that adequate investments by the three tiers of governments in the fishery would boost the sector in the country. Ajasa, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Osogbo, said this would impact on the contribution […]
Commodity Price Between October 28, — November 3, 2016 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 30,000 Congo 500 342 30,500 500 -500 0 Garri (White) 60Kg 18,167 Congo […]
Commodity Price Between October 21, — October 27, 2016 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 30,500 305 Congo 500 342 31,000 500 -500 0 Garri (White) 60Kg […]
Commodity Price Between October 14, — October 20, 2016 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 31,000 Congo 500 342 32,333 510 -1333 -10 Garri (White) 60Kg 20,000 Congo […]
Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 32,333 Congo 510 349 35,000 530 -2667 -20 Garri (White) 60Kg 19,500 Congo 295 246 19,000 322 500 -27 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 32,000 […]
Commodity Price Between September 30, — October 6, 2016 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 35,000 Congo 530 363 34,500 520 500 10 Garri (White) 60Kg 19,000 Congo […]
Commodity Price Between September 9, — September 15, 2016 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 28,500 Congo 463 317 25,667 430 2833 33 Garri (White) 60Kg 18,000 Congo […]