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Farm settlement was a government intervention scheme initiated to promote efficiency in the utilization of land resources and dignity in farming through provision of infrastructure.
Food handling and preservation processes in some of the nation’s oldest markets have become a major challenge for wellness and nutrition security in the country. It is estimated that about 50 per cent of perishable farm produce including fruits, vegetables, roots and tubers and about 30 per cent of food grains like maize, millet, rice […]
World Bank indicators show that Sub- Saharan Africa has 1 billion hectares of agricultural land which is approximately 42% of the land in sub-Saharan Africa. Of this, approximately 25% is currently under crop today, the majority of which is on a seasonal basis. The population in the region is some 856 million, a population density […]
A consensus exists among value-chain drivers that almost every exported finished product uses some inputs which have an imported content. While this truism cannot be dismissed, the Nigerian economy, which has been caught in recession, needs to reduce its import bill by exploring more local content and value-addition. Such efforts require the nation linking its […]
And how the private sector can help lead agricultural mechanization Source: graine-gabon.com As the prestigious news magazine The Economist mentioned this year, Gabon is reinventing itself from being almost totally dependent on oil exports, to a healthy diversified economy, that is not so exposed to the volatility of one sector alone, with the recent collapse […]
Integrated fish farming is a system of producing fish in combination with other agricultural/livestock farming operations centered on the fish pond. The farming sub-systems e.g. fish, crop and livestock are linked to each other in such a way that the by products/wastes from one sub-system become the valuable inputs to another sub-system and thus ensures […]
The holiday weekend is mostly bringing dry conditions for much of the Midwest, but rain will may make an appearance on Sunday in some states. Farmers in Nebraska, South Dakota, western and northern Iowa, Minnesota, and western Wisconsin should be on the lookout for some rainfall starting on Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms will likely stretch […]
Recently, the Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Protocol partnership released the first-ever global standard that provides requirements and guidance to measure, report on, and manage the amount of food removed from the food supply chain. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard, or the FLW Standard, was created with the hope that global […]
According to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), close to 17 percent of the world’s livestock breeds face extinction. Many of these livestock breeds are indigenous, adapted to local conditions with long agricultural and pastoral traditions. Africa alone is home to more than 150 cataloged breeds of cattle. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) […]
—As Experts Caution Against Overuse Of Chemicals Nigeria’s dried beans on display for sale in an open market, but rejected abroad The extension of the European Union (EU) ban on export of beans from Nigeria has started to take its toll on agricultural produce exporters, especially those who trade in beans, as they continue to […]
The development and maintenance of an efficient, reliable infrastructure system is critical to the success of American agriculture. To ensure that the necessary investments are made, Agri-Pulse and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) recently held a Rural Infrastructure Summit to address challenges and propose potential solutions. “Infrastructure is undoubtedly linked to agriculture and rural […]
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku writes that with the increasing interest of Nigerian banks in agriculture and strong government backing, the sector can be developed to become a major revenue earner for the country in the near future Erisco Foods Limited, an indigenous manufacturer of food products in Nigeria, has, over the last one year, even without a […]
Do you put your tomatoes in the fridge? I’ve been working on a project at work, a children’s book that tells the story of tomatoes from the farm to their school cafeteria. Part of the story talks about all the ways you can use tomatoes and how to store them. It seems everyone has a […]
At 24 years old, Adrian Ivory left his picturesque farm in Perthshire, Scotland, for a job in the London, England, financial sector. “I had always planned to go back to farming,” he says. “This was a chance to see how a different sector worked and to see if I would enjoy living in a big […]