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[ad_1] Traditional markets and small-format shops currently account for 80 to 90 per cent of urban food retailing in African cities, a report has shown. The 2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) was launched on Tuesday at the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) virtual summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The report said small farmers reach urban […]
[ad_1] The Sokoto State Government says it is constructing a dam at Kamarawa village to facilitate farming and animal rearing among repentant bandits and others in the state. The Commissioner for Career and Security Matters, retired Col. Garba Moyi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on […]
Pearl Dairy Farms Limited (PDFL), the manufacturers of Lato Milk products, are now exporting their product portfolio to Ethiopia, Malawi and South Sudan underpinned by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ratification agreement PDFL will export yoghurt and milk powder in the initial phase. (Image source: Eiliv-Sonas Aceron/Unsplash) Algeria is next on the list […]
Moba, a leading producer of high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of eggs, has launched the Omnia XF2 grading machine The infeed can be foamed and high pressure cleaned. (Image source: Moba) The XF2 features a new and improved infeed system and new hygienic properties. The Omnia series is now available in […]
[ad_1] Mr Kenneth Egbaran, the Managing Director of Veritas Kapital Assurance has assured farmers affected by the 2020 flood in Sokoto State of prompt settlement of their insurance premium to defray their losses. Egbaran made the assurance on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen after he inspected farms affected by flood in Sokoto, Goronyo, Kware, […]
The Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria chapter and Deputy Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Dr. Rose Suniso Gidado, has disclosed that technological advances are dramatically triggering plant transformation to meet specific needs. That with the help of technology, highly nutritious foods containing essential vitamins and minerals can be developed to […]
[ad_1] John Olateru, Oyo State Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Tuesday said that inadequate rainfall was a big challenge for farmers in the South-West this year. Olateru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that all the crops planted by farmers had dried up due to lack of rainfall. “Farmers […]
The Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security (EEFS) project recently launched an analytical guidance document identifying the enabling environment factors that drive animal source food (ASF) market system success in terms of economic growth, resilience, inclusiveness, and improved nutrition. The guidance document organizes findings in three interconnected categories: supply-side factors, marketing factors, and financial services […]
[ad_1] THE chairman of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chukwudi Nnadozie, has decried the inability of Forest Guards and Vigilante group personnel to check the excesses of herdsmen on farmers in the council area. His outcry followed an alleged shooting of Festus Ayogu, a farmer at Ugbene Ajima, a sleepy community in the […]
Coffee plays a crucial role in generating foreign currency for the national economy of Ethiopia The company turned to Bühler to ensure a superior and more consistent quality of the coffee. (Image source: Bühler) With an annual market share of 26% of all processed coffee for national export, Coffee Processing and Warehouse Enterprise (CPWE) is said to […]
[ad_1] Mrs Victoria Olushola Adetunji is a professor of Food Safety, Food Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health at the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan. She explains dangers associated with abuse of antibiotics in animal production and ways to avoid public health crises. FEMI IBOROGBA reports. To curb the problem […]
[ad_1] In its determination to boost mechanised farming, the Delta State government has inaugurated 20 tractors. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa disclosed that the tractors were to encourage citizens to go back to farming as a sustainable means of livelihood. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, explained that the equipment would be […]
[ad_1] Alhaji Abdulahi Jao, Board Chairman, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, identifies challenges of cocoa production and value chain development while suggesting the way forward, among other issues. FEMI IBIROGBA reports. The cocoa industry is in a shambles despite its contribution to the economy as non-oil earning, and this administration appears to concentrate […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 1,820 farmers benefit from the Khadimya for Justice and Development Anchor Borrower loan programme in Kebbi State.This was disclosed yesterday at a ceremony held weekend. The National Chairman of the Kadimya, Mallami Abubakar, said the aim of the programme was to assist farmers, most especially those that lost their farm produce.He […]
[ad_1] The Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has approved 50 hectares of farmland for three international investors for the production of palm oil in the state. The parcel of land, according to the governor, is on lease to three new companies coming from Asia as part of efforts by the government to boost the state’s […]