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Fertilizer isn’t just for thousand-acre row crop operations in the Midwest. The demand for garden fertilizer in the US alone is slated to reach $3.3 billion by 2023, growing 2.6% annually. And as more Americans explore cultivating food at home to fight pandemic-related shortages, that figure could skew even higher. Blend in the growing interest […]
[ad_1] As part effort to ensure that Nigeria is food sufficient, the Nigerian Army Farms and Ranches Limited (NAFARL) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are set to collaborate towards achieving food security and boosting agribusiness development in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the office of the […]
[ad_1] Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves have shot dead 10 vigilantes in Zamfara state, police said Sunday, in the latest violence to hit the restive region. But local residents said 21 people were killed and 16 were seriously injured in the attack on Ruwan Today village late Saturday. The gunmen opened fire on the vigilantes […]
[ad_1] • Action Against Hunger laments high rate in the northProfessionals and other stakeholders have called on the Federal Government, states and local government authorities to take drastic steps to minimise rising protein deficiency, which is a major factor in malnutrition, stunting and wasting of under-five children and women. Protein is one of the essential […]
[ad_1] Butchers slaughtering their cattle on the floor at Lafenwa Abattoir, Abeokuta, Ogun State Deplorable conditions of abattoirs in Ogun State pose a threat to the public health, especially amid COVID-19 pandemic believed to have originated from live animal marketplaces in Wuhan, China. In a study conducted and published on June 8, 2020 by a […]
[ad_1] The Vice Chancellor, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Professor Shehu Alhaji Musa, yesterday, canvassed a renewed structural national action plan on agriculture to mitigate the post-COVID-19 pandemic impact on the nation’s food security and growth. Addressing journalists on the likely impacts of the pandemic on the sector, Shehu explained that the government […]
[ad_1] Jihadists linked to the Islamic State have killed six people in raids on herding villages in Borno, militia and residents said Sunday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked Bunuri and Gaderi villages as well as a nearby herding settlement in Gubio district late Saturday, stealing livestock and killing residents, they […]
[ad_1] • Losses Are Not Issue, But Cost Of Inputs — Adhuze• Exporters Are The Real Victims — Iyama• Unavailability Of Pesticides, Inputs Already Taking Its Toll — Elujobi Just like the case of other agro commodities farmers, Cocoa farmers and exporters are currently in a serious economic crisis over the impact of the coronavirus […]
[ad_1] A project— Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System (BASICS) has demonstrated that the cassava seeds system can be profitable for players involved across the value chain and can sustainably deploy improved varieties of cassava stems to farmers while creating jobs. Researchers say in the last five years, BASICS has created a viable […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 6,000 farmers have been given farm inputs by the Osun State Government, as part of measures aimed at enhancing food security in the state. Governor Gboyega Oyetola said the state had created an enabling environment for agric businesses to thrive so that more youths and investors could earn a living and create employment […]
[ad_1] Maize farmers and merchants in Katsina State are worried that the current insecurity in some parts of the state may affect maize production this year. Our correspondent in the state reports that Sabuwa, Faskari, and Dandume are the main maize producing areas in the state, which are currently being threatened by bandits. Daily Trust […]
[ad_1] By Vincent A Yusuf Since the advent of COVID-19, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been introducing a new interest rate regime to keep the nation’s productive sector alive. The apex bank slashed the lending rate from 13.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent, in addition to the extended moratorium and lower […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – A call has gone to the federal government and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to promote demand- driven agriculture in order to develop the sector rather than the supply-driven, which is prevalent now. Emmanuel Ijewere, Vice President of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NAGB) gave the advice while speaking in a telephone interview […]
[ad_1] In order to improve the daily consumption of protein in the country, women, farmers, cooperatives, traditional institutions, religious organisations, town unions, labour unions, media, film industry and institutions of learning among others have been called upon to join in the campaign. Food experts and nutritionists while stressing the need for the country to increase […]
[ad_1] The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has denied an online report that he stopped the investigation of the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). The minister, through his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu said in a statement on Saturday […]