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Methionine has always been, and will remain, the first limiting amino acid for efficient poultry production, be it for meat or eggs Methionine is the first limiting amino acid for efficient poultry production. (Image source: Evonik) So ensuring that the most cost effective source is used, has always been, and remains, crucially important. How should […]
Aviagen South Africa completed its first Grandparent (GP) export to their exclusive Ross distributor, Ross Breeders Zambia, early in 2021 The logistics and the local Aviagen South Africa teams provided a solution to assure food security for the people of Zambia, through the local export operation. (Image source: Aviagen) The chicks were transported to Ross […]
FAO has launched its first In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) training for the first cohort of veterinarians and para-veterinary professionals in Kenya Zoonotic diseases can have long-ranging socio-economic consequences. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The programme provides a structured on-the-job training to develop animal health capacity to prevent, detect and respond to potentially zoonotic viral […]
The DLG (German Agricultural Society) and the Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) are planning to enter a strategic partnership, to jointly promote the field of indoor and vertical farming, in Germany and rest of the world Production of plant-based food in urban spaces, requires modified resources. (Image source: DLG) Joint platforms for knowledge exchange, as […]
[ad_1] …Targets N1.7bn In The First Year ABUJA – Prince Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has said its commissioned Integrated Farm Estate in Suduje, Katsina State, would employ over 1,500 youths and women. Ikonne who stated this on Monday in Katsina at the commissioning of the […]
[ad_1] Kogi State government says in a financial report that it spent over two billion naira on agric-related projects to help the sector recover from the COVID-19 pandemic but farmers in the state deny receiving any support. Adams Aduojo was dissatisfied with the conduct of the labourers he contracted to plough his farmland for planting […]
[ad_1] The Livelihoods Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta, (LIFE-ND) has said it will collaborate with the state Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) to strengthen extension service delivery to farmers in Edo State. The National Component Coordinator, Rural Institution Youth and Gender, LIFE-ND, Dr Clement Uwem, made this known during a one-day policy engagement with extension agents […]
[ad_1] The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated tractors and other farm implements to the Bauchi State government to boost food production. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Mohammed Alkali, while speaking at the graduation ceremony of the 204 trainees in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at the Government House. He […]
[ad_1] Sweet potato-included bread ‘Cassava flour now N20,000, uncompetitive in bread’ Reducing cost and maintaining a reasonable level of profitability requires creativity, research and development of new products, raw materials and import substitution on the part of industrialists. The necessity has, therefore, compelled master bakers to adopt orange flesh sweet potato puree in wheat bread […]
[ad_1] OCP Fertilisers Nigeria Limited To ensure that farmers in underserved markets have seamless access to fertilisers and other quality inputs, OCP Africa Fertilisers Nigeria Limited (OCP Africa), is establishing 55 one-stop-shop Farm & Fortune Hubs across the country. The gesture is part of efforts to empower agro entrepreneurs on how to use its hubs […]
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A woman holds cashew nuts at a warehouse in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/ Luc Gnago/File Photo<br /> The African Cashew industry has been described by cashew market experts as the most promising of the global cashew industry. President of the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), Mr. Babatola Faseru, who disclosed this […]
[ad_1] The current administration has disbursed more loans, credit facilities and other interventions into the agric sector, compared to past administrations, going by the reports of the Federal Government. Though there is no specific figure on what has been released so far, but in spite of this, the country is facing the worst food crisis […]
AgDevCo has announced a multi-million-dollar mezzanine debt investment in Victory Farms, an aquaculture company in Kenya Victory Farms operates with its own hatchery, nursery ponds and deep-water cages in Lake Victoria. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The investment will support the company’s continued growth and impact, including the construction of a feed mill and expansion into […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Stakeholders present at the just concluded one- day Coconut Value Chain forum have called for a strong partnership with the Nigeria Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Development Initiative for the development of the coconut Value Chain. They also called for an increase in its daily consumption and the setting up of a committee for […]
[ad_1] To ensure that farmers in underserved markets have seamless access to fertilizers and other quality inputs, OCP Africa is establishing 55 one-stop-shop Farm & Fortune Hubs across the country. OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Limited (OCP Africa), a leader in the production of phosphate-based fertilizers, has also empowered agro entrepreneurs on how to use its […]