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[ad_1] The Okitipupa Oil Palm (OOP) Plc has embarked on measures aimed at consolidating the company to respond effectively to emerging challenges and reclaim its past leading glory in the industry. The oil giant has now partnered with the Nigerian Institute For Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin, Edo State for a massive re-training of its […]
[ad_1] The Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Prof. Maduebibisi Ofor Iwe, has assured of his administration’s readiness to actualise the Federal Government policies and programmes, especially on agriculture, food security and education. “My vision is to be responsive to the agricultural needs of Nigeria and the mantra of agricultural evolution by the Buhari administration […]
[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 […]
[ad_1] The Ekiti State Government has welcome the recent truce between the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the state truce was at the instance of the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Mr Babatunde Mobayo, on the directive of the Inspector General of […]
[ad_1] In this 18th episode of our Women in Agriculture series, Ebimoboere Eniyekpemi shares interesting experience. Ebimoboere Eniyekpemi, 28, is a farmer in Delta State. A graduate of Plant Science and Biotechnology, she is the CEO of Afritropic Farming and Agro Services Ltd (AFAS). In this 18th episode of our series, Ms Eniyekpemi shares her […]
[ad_1] The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has called for unity and decisiveness to tackle the unabated farmer herders crisis in the country. Tinubu, in a statement on Saturday by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, said that the herder-farmer dispute had taken acute and violent dimensions and had […]
[ad_1] The national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the raging crisis between herders and farmers is not ethnic, advising stakeholders not to complicate the situation further as they “should know better” than “tossing about hate-tainted statements”. Tinubu listed the cause of the crisis to include economic hardship and the […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government has disclosed moves to adopt efficient technology in massive cassava production to compete favourably in the international market and create wealth. This was made known by the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture in the Ministry, Karima Babangida, during a capacity building workshop on youth and women farmers to address ‘Yield Gap […]
[ad_1] A secondary school leaver turned farmer, Ikumuyi Isreal has reportedly raped a ten-year-old primary school girl, Esther Friday to death in Igbotako, Okitipupa council area of Ondo State. But for timely intervention, Israel who was beaten black and blue would have been lynched by neighbors of the deceased parents. The suspect, aged 27 who […]
[ad_1] A Kaduna High Court on Friday ordered the remand of an applicant, James Adaji, in a correctional facility over alleged $12,000 romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, had charged Adaji with romance scam. Earlier, the EFCC Prosecuting Counsel, P. C. Onyeneho told the court that Adaji, who doubles […]
Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank (AfDB) director general for Southern Africa, Leila Mokaddem Africa is strengthening its food systems as an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build […]
[ad_1] THE Nigeria Inter-religious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, said yesterday that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country were linked to climate change. It stated this in a press release signed on behalf of […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in January 2021 announced that about 300,000 metric tonnes of maize were ready for supply from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), which would reduce the high price of maize from N155,000 per metric tonne. According to the apex bank, the planned release followed […]
[ad_1] Mechanisation is a multi-dimensional concept and widely used in agriculture. There is, however, a major difference between the application of mechanisation in developed and developing countries. The developing countries tend to design their own strategies in food security given the challenges they face in all aspects of their economy including feeding a growing population, […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Interreligious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Thursday, said that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country are linked to climate change. It stated this in a press release signed on behalf […]