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[ad_1] PHOTO: VON The Executive Director of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Yomi Kasali has identified poorly trained tractors’ operators as reasons for short life span of many agricultural machinery in the country. Kasali, represented by one of the directors of NCAM, Dr. Segun Ademiluyi, at the training on Capacity […]
Moba has unveiled a new and unique patented industrial processing system, Moba EggXtreme EggXtreme also uses low temperatures to achieve a gentler pasteurisation process. (Image source: Moba) EggXtreme improves traditional egg processing methods by emphasising the high-quality and freshness of the egg product and reducing the chance of contamination. Thanks to its new integrated low-temperature […]
What the Coronavirus (COVID–19) Means for African Family Farmers and Fishermen Release. Executive Summary In this new report, “Impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s Agriculture: What the Coronavirus (COVID–19) Means for African Family Farmers and Fishermen”, Selina Wamucii, highlights new developments that will shape the food and agricultural landscape across Africa for years to come. This […]
[ad_1] National Strategic Grains Reserve Complex, located along Iwo Road, Ibadan, in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, has become the shadow of itself. For years now, the reserve complex has not been in operation. About two years ago, when The Guardian visited the place, it looked deserted. But now, no one is allowed to […]
ANOTHER round of tension is brewing in the polity following the announcement by the Federal Government that it is remodelling “grazing areas” throughout the country into ranches. This is coming after the RUGA policy was comprehensively rejected in all states in the South East, South-South, South West and majority of states in the Middle Belt […]
A report that Nigerian food products are being rejected in the international market is not cheery against the backdrop of the quest for the diversification of the economy and strong currency. The over dependence on oil has stunted economic development and is no longer sustainable. We need alternative non-oil sources of revenue to boost the […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses From automated milking machines to computerized green houses; drones to satellites; apps to other scientific inventions; research findings to nutritional needs of plants and animals which will ultimately determine the nature of harvest or output, the business of agriculture in Nigeria is fast changing as practitioners are adopting smart farming methods, […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses The Cambridge dictionary defines well-being as the state of feeling healthy, and happy. Dictionary. Com, defines well-being as a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness and prosperity. From these two definitions, Nigeria’s well-being can be said to be the summation of the welfare of her […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world, referred to as the giant of Africa, also has the highest population in the continent put at about 220 million. With her current overall life expectancy recently put at 52.2 years, by the National Population Commission, this may not be unconnected with […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses There is no doubt that there is a renewed effort by government to advance the business of food production in Nigeria to alleviate poverty, end starvation, create employment and attain food sufficiency for the nation. Rural Farmers This, the government has demonstrated genuinely through various intervention funds for agriculture. The setting up of […]
By Jim Lawson Moses In recent times, because of the renewed clamor by government for Nigerians to return to agriculture, and efforts to get it right, government has been making farm inputs available to farmers across the nation either as seeds or equipment. But despite this many deliberate attempts to yield meaningful results, […]
“Looming Food Crisis” The scary reports of imminent food crisis in Nigeria keep coming at us in a fusillade, like the scourge of a devastating flood. Precisely on November 5, 2017 a report jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the National Programme for Food Security projected […]
“Agribusiness Model” As it may be difficult getting lots of enterprising corporate youths involved in agriculture going by the tedious nature of farming with old techniques still in place, an innovative agribusiness startup has allayed the fears with an inclusive and trendy model that now woos many Nigerians across the world to invest in agriculture […]
“Sokoto Gum Arabic Project” The multi-million naira Gum Arabic plantations established in the three senatorial districts of Sokoto State have been abandoned, Daily Trust can report. Gum Arabic is a commodity famed for its commercial value with great export potential and it is used in textile, matches, confectionaries, computers, soft drinks productions among others. It […]
While commissioning the N50 billion new Flour Mills sugar plant in Niger State on February 15, President Muhammadu Buhari said that his government’s agricultural vision ‘continues to be a country that grows what it eats.’