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[ad_1] The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TITAN Farms Limited, Aare Eyiolawi Gbenga Olatubosun has promised better days for rice consumers with a price slash very soon owing to the operations of the railway transport system in Nigeria. Eyiolawi who disclosed this while featuring on a media interactive program tagged ‘Time Out With Broadcasters’, […]
South Sudan will benefit from two new projects totalling US$116mn that aim to improve agricultural production, strengthen farmer capacity, and restore livelihoods and food security The two complementary projects provide a continuum of support from stabilising household food security. (Image source: Adobe Stock) South Sudan is facing increasing levels of food insecurity despite increased production, […]
[ad_1] Abari is one of the communities on the bank of the River Niger in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State. Morgan Agidi, 84, stood at the eroded shore of Abari creek, gesturing as he spoke about the havoc flooding has wreaked on the living and the dead in his community. “Most of our […]
[ad_1] Agriculture will always be a crucial industry, but it will look entirely different in the future. People have been farming for all recorded human history, so the profession has seen some significant changes over time. With today’s rapid advances in technology, we might be on the brink of another agricultural revolution. Smart farming is […]
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the pilot phase of the Green Cities Regional Action Programme for Africa with an aim to scale-up fast-action measures for large, medium and small cities to make them more resilient towards unforeseen dangers, and food and nutrition secure Praia in Cabo Verde, Kisumu and Nairobi […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB), with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided approximately US$1,182,400 grant to help smaller agro-processing enterprises boost production and quality control AfDB has approved a US$1mn grant to boost local content and the development of initiatives of small and medium enterprises. (Image source: AfDB) The project is expected […]
Meyn has unveiled Killer M2.0, a high-speed slaughter solution offering flexibility, precision, and safety The new Killer M2.0 is designed to reduce the adjustment time substantially. (Image source: Meyn) Poultry processing requires continuous investment in developments to meet today’s challenges, declining margins, demand fluctuations, food safety and workers’ safety. These are all factors to consider. […]
• To reduce N100 per kg of puree included The national body of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has endorsed the inclusion of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) puree in bread production as part of its ongoing efforts to cut the cost of bread production in Nigeria. It will be recalled […]
[ad_1] In the ongoing efforts to tinker with the 1999 Constitution, the Senate Committee on the review has been urged to consider the right to food of every Nigerian as part of the fundamental human rights ingrained in the constitution. As food production, storage, processing, and marketing suffer challenges, lawmakers and policymakers are called upon […]
[ad_1] The project will assist the private and public sectors with easy access to data on quality fertilisers, good pricing, consumption, and product availability. The Development Gateway in partnership with the International Fertilizer Development Centre on Wednesday launched the Visualizing Insights on Fertilizer for African Agriculture (VIFAA) dashboard for Nigeria. The project, sponsored by Bill […]
Evonik and the Qingdao Vland Biotech Group have developed an innovative product, AQUAVI, for improving water quality in aquaculture. It is tailored primarily to the requirements of shrimp farming in ponds Probiotic additive for shrimp farming expands Evonik’s system solution for aquaculture. (Image source: Adobe stock) The new AQUAVI ProPond, is the result of about […]
[ad_1] A smallholder farmer in Abuja says the government needs to do more to help food production. Ihuoma Chijioke is a smallholder farmer in Abuja. Ms Chijioke is a cassava processor; she also grows rice, maize and owns a poultry with about 500 birds. On her three hectares of land, she rents tractors to assist […]
Located in the country’s Amhara region, the first seeds produced at BASF’s new production facility in Ethiopia enter the global vegetable seed market The site fulfills BASF health, safety and environmental standards and goes beyond Ethiopia’s common sustainability requirements. (Image source: Adobe stock) The facility offers ideal year-round production conditions for sweet pepper, tomato and […]
[ad_1] ABUJA – Mrs Karima Babangida, Director, Federal Department of Agriculture in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(FMARD), has said agriculture must be practised as a business, rather than cultural practice, for Nigeria to achieve food and nutritional security. Babangida stated this at the flag-off of a five-day training on Farmers Business School(FBS) […]
The new sensor, SY-SM1, is designed under norm EN 60079-0, EN 60079-31 and with Directive 2014/34 / EU that guarantees a safe use in explosive atmospheres that occur inside of the silo due to combustible dust occurrences The new membrane sensor is its integration of a regulation column, which allows for sensitivity adjustment. (Image source: […]