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[ad_1] The Edo State Chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has endorsed Governor Godwin Obaseki’s re-election bid, citing the governor’s laudable agriprenuer programme and other farmer-friendly policies, which have transformed the state’s agricultural sector. Chairman, Edo State Chapter of AFAN, Chief Emmanuel Ighodefeyi Odigie, who addressed journalists in Benin, said the executives of […]
[ad_1] The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has urged cowpea farmers in Nigeria to take advantage of the recent push to ban food importation to cultivate SAMPEA-20T, the new variety of cowpea also known as Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea. President Mohammadu Buhari at a recent media parley with journalists advised Nigerian farmers to increase […]
[ad_1] Tongcheng Life, an online portal that facilitates group-buying of fresh produce, has raised $200 million in Series C funding. Half of the capital came from Joyy, a NASDAQ-listed, Guangzhou-based tech company that runs several social media and gaming platforms including short video site YY.com, popular livestreaming app Huya, and Southeast Asia’s Bigo. Co-leading the […]
[ad_1] The African Development Bank (AfDB), has enlisted Ogun State as a special agricultural processing zone to revive all aspects of the agricultural value chain, especially in aquaculture. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, disclosed this on Wednesday when he led the management team of the Ministry of Agriculture to Ijebu Development Initiative […]
[ad_1] An outbreak of cattle disease called Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) has occurred in Kano State, killing many cows. The chairman of Dairy and Livestock Husbandry Cooperative Union in the state, Usman Abdullahi, stated this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday. CBPP is a disease of cattle and water buffalo caused by Mycoplasma […]
[ad_1] Palm oil processing plant • Farmers commend border closure, CBN interventions Agriculture, health, education and security sectors, among others, have suffered degrees of neglect while the country concentrates on the economy of crude petroleum. The oil and gas sector is terribly affected by corruption, incompetence and inability to emplace enabling legislative framework for the […]
[ad_1] The Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria has painted a devastating picture of how COVID-19 and uninspiring government policy were destroying wheat production in Nigeria. Alhaji Salim Mohammed, the national president of the Wheat Farmers Association in an extensive webinar conversation with Agriculture Journalists recently expressed anger and dismay towards government’s attitude to wheat […]
[ad_1] Goat farming is an untapped gold mine, which many households can feed on. It offers a number of opportunities to make money, from selling live animal or meat. The farmer can make money from their milk production, manure, hides and skin etc. For small farmers and homesteaders, rearing goats can be the best choice […]
[ad_1] A new report by Biovision, IPES-Food and the UK-based Institute of Development Studies has revealed that only a fraction of agricultural research funding in Africa is being used to transform food and farming systems. Kenya ranks third in sub-Saharan Africa in spending on agricultural research after Nigeria and South Africa. The Money Flows report […]
[ad_1] Despite the menace posed by foreign herdsmen, the Federal Government has said that there are currently no laws preventing cross-border movements. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who stated this on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, however, assured that the Federal Government […]
[ad_1] There are many different technologies being offered to farmers to tackle everything from more efficient input use, different categories of inputs, new sensors to monitor conditions, robotics, and alternative marketplaces. But these innovations are only as good as farmers’ willingness to adopt them en masse. “Over the course of their careers, farmers shoulder much […]
[ad_1] The Ekiti State Government’s drive to attract investment to the State has started to yield results, especially in agriculture, where various investors have finalized plans to site their production facilities in the State. The State recently issued a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to Stallion Group for a $10 million rice mill in […]
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Kevin McKernan is founder and chief science officer of Medicinal Genomics, a startup working on cannabis technology including safety testing capabilities. He was the first to sequence the cannabis genome. He is the former Team Leader for Research and Development at The Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research during the Human Genome Project. […]
[ad_1] Toxins, molds and pathogens are responsible for 500 million tons of food spoilage, which causes nearly $250 billion in food losses and 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. “By the time you throw away that tomato in your fridge, it has already led to significant emissions,” Dan White, co-founder of Clean Crop Technologies, tells […]
[ad_1] In order to secure food sufficiency in the next coming season due to the challenging period of coronavirus pandemic, researchers have advised yam seed producers and farmers to work in shifts to ensure continuity even during the pandemic. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) said this in a report published June 8, 2020. […]