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[ad_1] LAGOS – As the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic is biting hard on every sector of the economy, farmers that shared their experiences with DAILY INDEPENDENT, called on the government for assistance so that the country will not experience food shortage after the pandemic. Some of them in separate interviews with our correspondent […]
[ad_1] Come rain, shine, or coronavirus, there’s just no halting the AgFunder Research mothership. From a safe social distance this Thursday, AgFunder remotely unfurled its new 2020 Farmtech Investment Report — a data-driven snapshot of global investment in startups building technologies for the farm. Our flagship “Agri-FoodTech Funding Report,” released in February, is broad in […]
[ad_1] The Ogun Ministry of Agriculture says there was no movement of Cattle into Isheri Kara, Ogere, Sapade and Iperu areas of the state as being alleged. Dr Dotun Sorunke, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, made the clarification in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta. Sorunke said that the state Ministry of Agriculture […]
[ad_1] Covid-19 started in Asia, and the region was the first to feel the social and economic impacts of the disease as it spread worldwide. It’s also where businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and governments have spent the most time dealing with Covid-19 and its effects. Their insights and experience – and the strategies they’ve adopted to […]
[ad_1] The Welsh controlled environment farming company Phytoponics designs, develops, and supplies Deep Water Culture systems for large scale hydroponic crop production. This week, the company informs AFN, it has completed another £500,000 ($650k) equity financing round. The investment, which follows one of a similar sum two years ago, comes from existing shareholders with match […]
[ad_1] Agriculture has a big nitrogen problem. As farmers spread synthetic nitrogen fertilizer on fields, runoff carries it into adjacent waterways where it wreaks havoc on aquatic ecosystems. Algae thrives on the excess nitrogen leading to algal blooms that decrease oxygen levels in the water and create dead zones beneath the surface. A number of […]
[ad_1] The Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin in Kwara State is advocating for wider adoption of organic agriculture because the inputs are “cheap” and can be “easily sourced”. The institute’s mission is to identify and analyse management needs, problems and develop appropriate interventions to improve managerial practice in the agricultural and rural […]
[ad_1] INVESTIGATIONS by Vanguard have revealed that over 86 persons have been killed, with hundreds maimed following invasions of different Delta State communities in recent years. Operating in over 30 camps in the Delta forests, the criminal herdsmen have kidnapped and tortured many individuals they could lay their hands on and extorted ransoms from their […]
[ad_1] The effect of COVID-19 is biting hard on livestock farmers particularly those in the poultry industry. The lockdown shrunk their market by almost 50% because those buying are no longer in business and many are struggling to feed their birds as farm incomes seriously affected. As COVID-19 locks down their markets, there is increasing […]
[ad_1] Onion is one of the most-prized crops because growers can make a fortune from them if they time the planting well. However, one of the challenges farmers growing the crop face is ending up with small bulbs. Here are few guidelines that make you excel in growing onion -Minimum tillage should be avoided in […]
[ad_1] The news cycle for the entire Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been awash with crises in the food industry. First up, stockpiling left consumers without fresh vegetables (as well as toilet paper!) as grocery stores struggled to keep up with unprecedented and panicked consumer demand. (This spelled good news for online grocers that were able […]
[ad_1] The imbroglio between the Oyo State government and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the 1,800 bags of rice continued on Wednesday with the Oyo/Osun command closing its gate and refusing the state government access into its Ibadan premises to return the bags of rice. Keeping to its word to return the rice deemed […]
-Farmvest Agricapital SA secures a multi-year contract agreement for production and processing of Moringa Farmvest Agricapital a SA based company with Operations in Zimbabwe and South Africa announced that they have sealed a 5-year offtake agreement contract for the production and processing of Moringa in Zimbabwe and South Africa with a Big regional exporter of […]
[ad_1] Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has suspected that the 1800 bags of custom bonded warehouse rice sent to the State as Federal Government palliative for Covid-19 may not be suitable for consumption. Governor Emmanuel has, therefore, announced a decision to subject the rice to scientific test to ascertain whether such should be […]
[ad_1] Starbucks is set to become an investor in China’s tech startup scene after announcing a partnership with VC firm Sequoia Capital in the country. Following last week’s launch of meat-free alternative proteins in Starbucks’ Chinese stores, the collaboration signals that the US coffee chain plans further forays into agrifood innovation. Belinda Wong, chair and […]