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Arrigoni has launched PRISMA thermo-reflective agrotextiles and BIORETE insect screens solutions, particularly for melon and watermelon Paolo Arrigoni is the managing director of Arrigoni. (Image source: Arrigoni) Field tests conducted with Prisma at an Italian manufacturer have shown efficacy in controlling temperature, with a consequent reduction in water consumption and better yield of plants. High […]
[ad_1] Not fewer than 45,000 smallholder farmers in Kano State are expected to benefit from a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Kano State Agro-Pastoral Project, KSADP, and Sasakawa Africa/SG 2000, for the implementation of agricultural interventions in the state. The Deputy Governor of Kano state, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who doubles as the chair, Project […]
Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has inaugurated its Council of Patrons in Accra The plan was developed through the collaboration and consensus building with veritable representatives from actors along the oil palm value chain. (Image source: tristantan/Pixabay) The council is chaired by Nana Otuo Serebour II who is serving as the Chairman of […]
[ad_1] Some farmers and feed millers have called on the President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Agriculture, Sabi Nanono, to save the livestock feeds industry from collapse due to the ‘unprecedented’ maize and soya meal shortage in the country. They said while the Federal Government moves to reposition the economy through the various policies to […]
[ad_1] • As firm targets 1000 hectares in 774 local councils As insecurity worsens, affects most farming households and uncertainty about food security comes to the fore, a leading Nigerian agribusiness enterprise, Green Eagles Agribusiness Solutions Limited, has launched models of a farm estate investment initiative, demonstrating how such could ensure food security, export, economic […]
[ad_1] An agricultural entrepreneur, Mr Oluwole Azeez, has urged Nigerian youths to recognise opportunities in farming and embrace the trade rather than roaming the street. Oluwole, founder of FarmKonnect Agribusiness Nigeria, stated this during the inauguration of ‘Wave City,’ an agricultural project aimed at promoting food sufficiency, national development and agricultural inclusion. He said the mission of the […]
[ad_1] Farm produces worth over N40 million have been destroyed by heavy downpour experienced in Bagwai local government area of Kano State. The Executive Secretary, Kano State Emergency Management Agency, Sale Aliyu Jili disclosed this on Sunday. Jili said the heavy downpour destroyed the farm produce in six villages of Gadanya, Gadanya Gabas, Jobe Gadanyan, […]
[ad_1] New scorecard research conducted by ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has revealed that smallholder women farmers have extremely low access to insurance services in the last five years. This was against the backdrop of warnings by agricultural experts that Nigeria will be the highest hit by climate change if the nation does not offer urgent and […]
[ad_1] In pursuit of its mission, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) said it has set machinery in motion towards mobilising youths back to farm through the Back-to-Farm and National Young Farmers Scheme. The new Executive Secretary of NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, who disclosed this in Umuahia, Abia State during his visit to the […]
[ad_1] Two maize farmers associations, Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) and Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), have received N29 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to produce over 20 million metric tonnes of maize for the wet season. Of this figure, N16bn went to the […]
[ad_1] Planting of cowpea, commonly called beans, a major export crop in some agro-ecological zones of Nigeria, has begun. The global production of cowpea is estimated at 7.1 million metric tonnes with 6.7 million tonnes coming from Africa on an estimated 12 million hectares. Nigeria produces about three million metric tonnes of cowpea on an […]
[ad_1] Non-oil exporters including those of agricultural products have expressed concern on the stringent requirements exporters are expected to fulfill before accessing international markets. They complain that these requirements are cumbersome and costly. In a communiqué issued at the end of its first virtual dialogue convened by the Department for International Development (DFID), Policy Development […]
[ad_1] Cabbage is one of the most profitable vegetables if one grows them at the right time, that is when demand is high. However, despite the good prospects for the vegetable, one of the diseases that affect it, thus hurting farmers’ earnings, is soft rot. Affected crops normally develop water-soaked spots which enlarge over time […]
[ad_1] Adamawa State House of Assembly has granted the approval of N550 million Agricultural loan to Gov Ahmadu Fintiri. The loan approved was to enable the state government procured 5,000 metric tons of NPK fertiliser for the 2020 farming season. The approval followed a letter sent to the house by the governor, read and considered […]
[ad_1] Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday pledged to revitalise the agriculture sector in the state toward boosting food production. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge during the inspection of the Songhai Model of the Agricultural Youth Empowerment Scheme (AGRIC YES) located in Avia-Igborosun in Badagry. The governor said having inspected the project, he realised […]