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[ad_1] The bill will have to be approved by the House and signed by the president to become law. The Senate has approved the establishment of the National Agricultural Development Fund for the purpose of providing finance to support strategic aspects of agricultural development of Nigeria. This followed the clause by clause consideration of the […]
[ad_1] Other countries identified by the report are Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, The Sudan and Syria Arab Republic. Twenty countries contain areas that could soon experience famine in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, a report has said. The places prone to imminent and famine are Yemen, South […]
[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammed Nanono has commended the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for over 360 million dollars grant towards agricultural development in Nigeria. Nanono says collaboration and partnership arising from international development/donor cooperation have indeed yielded positive result in the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The Minister was speaking on […]
[ad_1] Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday in Akure distributed agricultural inputs and machinery to over 1,000 farmers across the 18 local government areas of the state. Akeredolu distributed the items in Akure during the presentation of certificates of registration to 142 trained youths from three cooperative groups. He said the distribution was […]
[ad_1] With the bid to improve farmers’ techniques in agribusiness, especially crop farming, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, Monday, graduated 269 soil doctors and agricultural extension workers in Borno State. The Executive Director, NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, said the trainees went through two weeks of intensive training under NALDA, in collaboration with the […]
[ad_1] ABUJA – National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) in collaboration with Borno State Government, has trained and empowered about 269 soil doctors, agricultural extension service workers to carry out their field operations in the State to boost agricultural productivity and ensure food security. The 269 soil doctors and agricultural extension service workers were awarded […]
Industry’s leading seafood marketing executive, Victoria Parr joins Veramaris as business development director, North America to anchor further outreach into the US market Victoria Parr brings her industry expertise and relationships to Veramaris (Image source: Adobe stock) Veramaris is a globally oriented scale-up organisation that leads the ongoing revolution in new, sustainable feed ingredients for […]
Focusing on discovery and development of seed traits, Evogene and Ag-Seed division have announced a collaboration agreement targeting novel insect control traits for soybean An agreement between Plastomics & Evogene targeting insect control traits for soybean. (Image source: Adobe stock) As part of the collaboration, Plastomics will introduce Evogene’s insect control genes demonstrating new modes […]
[ad_1] THREE indigenes of Ezhionum community, Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State, a father, his son and nephew, were Sunday, reportedly shot dead by rampaging herdsmen along a road to a farm reserve land in Oghonogbo, a nearby village in Edo State. The attack came a day after two farmers from Umutu community, Delta State, […]
JOSKIN, an agricultural machinery manufacturer, started its traditional JOSKIN open days with a purpose to introduce its wide range of machines and behind-the-scene of production to the general public JOSKIN started its JOSKIN Pro Days fully virtual showroom of over 14,000 sqm on its site. ( Image source: JOSKIN) This year, the event offers a […]
[ad_1] THE National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, weekend, trained over 100 farmers on irrigation rice farming in Niger State ahead of 2021 dry season farming. This was made known by the Coordinator, NALDA, Niger State, Aminu Umaru while speaking with journalists about the training in the Tunga Gana community in Paikoro local government area […]
The NEW Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit 2-23 June will unite global food industry leaders to map out the future of protein Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit. (Image source: Adobe stock) With discussions centred on plant-based, cell-based, and microbial fermentation, the summit will deep-dive into transformative alternative protein technologies and offer unrivalled networking to unlock […]
JOSKIN understands the potential of slurry for growing crops and meadows, and the problem of spreading it evenly The latest generation of implements reduce the cost of purchasing additional mineral fertilisers. (Image source: JOSKIN) The company has introduced technically advanced spreading implements for the past 30 years that offer a range of spreading implements for […]
[ad_1] An expert, Dr Beatrice Chinyem Oganah-Ikujenyo, of the Department of Home Economics, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos, has said studies have confirmed that the main nutritional problems in Nigeria are inadequate intake of proteins and micro-nutrients such as vitamin-A, iron and iodine, among other nutritional and health problems. Reasons are traced to […]
[ad_1] agriculture Abia State Life Improvement Family Enterprises for the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) facilitated project, is being challenged by refusal of communities to donate land for its implementation. The programme is to facilitate cassava and rice production, poultry farming and oil palm processing. The state coordinator of the programme, […]