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[ad_1] LAGOS – For the past 13 years, Linda Sheknami Auta has grown rice, maize, yam and soybeans by hand. It is a long and arduous process that has prevented the 34 years old Linda from growing her business as quickly as she would like. Ploughing her 20 hectares farm in Niger State in Nigeria’s […]
[ad_1] The former president promised to support the youth association with 500 hectares of farmland. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday stressed the need for youth to be actively engaged in agricultural business to enhance jobs creation, poverty alleviation and the desired national development. Mr Obasanjo made the assertion in Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government Area […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday launched the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) in the Awe Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Speaking during the launching ceremony, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Mohammed Nanono, said the programme which is a pilot one would be replicated in other states that […]
[ad_1] Customs a residential address in Lagos arresting three suspects and seizing 196 sacks containing 7,137 kg of pangolin scales, 4.6 kg of pangolin claws and 846.34 kg of ivory. The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested three suspected high-level traffickers with 7.1 tonnes of pangolin scales and 846 kg of ivory seized. This was disclosed […]
Nutreco has formed two joint ventures with the Kenya-based, feed miller in East Africa Unga Group Plc to meet the growing demand for high-quality protein within the East African region With the increase in population, the demand for high quality protein from the aquaculture and agriculture sectors will rise accordingly. (Image source: Adobe stock) This […]
[ad_1] Small-scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), Gombe State chapter, has lamented how insecurity in north-eastern Nigeria has disrupted farming, agribusiness and means of livelihood of thousands of households. In its 14-point communiqué, the group, after a stakeholders meeting recently, added that insecurity in the zone had negative impacts on food production. The stakeholders […]
The Government of Zimbabwe through the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement (MoLAFWRR) with technical support from FAO has launched a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) with an aim to strengthen agricultural extension services in Zimbabwe The objective of the project is to improve access to extension and advisory services by smallholder agricultural […]
[ad_1] Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have decried poor access to credit and financial services by small farmers, particularly women, saying that the criteria to accessing the credit schemes and Programmes can neither be understood nor met by over 70% of smallholder women farmers. The stakeholders made this known in a communiqué from the two-day […]
The 44th edition of EIMA International 2021 will host the Tractor of the Year awards ceremony, and feature a parade of the fourteen finalist models The Tractor of the Year awards ceremony is a new addition to this year’s edition of EIMA International exhibition. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The Bologna-based event focuses on new products and offers a […]
[ad_1] Many Nigerian communities still operate the traditional and family inheritance system of land ownership that gives preference to male children. In Nigeria, gender plays a critical role in land ownership. While women farmers contribute about 70 per cent of food production in the country, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, land rights discrimination, […]
Startup business, eHempHouse has announced that it has filed two patents relating to Smartbox, a hemp processing machine that can be used off-grid, and will supply power eHempHouse plans to give the box away, free of cost, to farmers in Africa. (Image source: eHempHouse) eHempHouse plans to give the box away, free of cost, to […]
Thirteen small- and medium-sized businesses from Africa and the Middle East have won the “Good Food for All” competition, held in conjunction with the UN Food Systems Summit Food SMEs ensure resilience to shocks such as COVID-19 and climate change. (Image source: UN Food Systems Summit) Selected and shortlisted from nearly 2,000 applications, from 135 […]
[ad_1] ABUJA – A firm, Eden Moringa and Allied Agricultural Products, has said that it is targeting the generation of N7 billion annually from the sale of Moringa products. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, National President of Eden Moringa, Mr Michael Ashimashiga, said the products of the medicinal plant are high in demand […]
Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for a biowaste equipment The equipment would help smallholder farmers in West Africa, manage and generate income from biowaste. (Image source: Royal Academy of Engineering) The equipment would help smallholder farmers in West Africa, manage and generate income […]
[ad_1] Ma’amun Da’u-Aliyu, the Managing Director of Hadejia/Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (H.JRBDA), explains how the agency is addressing perennial flooding that has has caused many deaths in the states. Many communities in Jigawa, Kano and Bauchi states have, for many years during the rainy season, been ravaged by floods; causing the deaths of hundreds […]