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[ad_1] AFTER a careful appraisal of what can be regarded as a show of shame, total disregard to human health and embarrassment to the nation, a group under the aegis of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers, LOMEP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately dismiss the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs […]
[ad_1] Monsanto’s acquisition of The Climate Corporation in 2013 marked a major turning point for the then-nascent agri-foodtech space. Since then, investment has flooded into startups innovating for food and farming from row crop production to traceability to food safety to grocery stores. Apart from Merck’s record-breaking $2.4 billion acquisition of livestock tech digital health […]
[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Tuesday sent 100 trailer loads of rice and other grains to the Kano State government for distribution to the needy, vulnerable and people of concern in the state. The government had two weeks ago sent 10 trailer loads of bags of rice […]
[ad_1] Contrary to claims made by the Humanitarian Affairs minister, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk., the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it did not conduct any test on the rice distributed to some South-West states by the Nigeria Customs as COVID-19 palliative. The Oyo State government a few […]
[ad_1] Idongesit Ashameri, Uyo 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 […]
[ad_1] ASABA-YOUTHS at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, rose against suspected herdsmen, who stormed the Admiralty Neighbourhood Estate in the town to kidnap a victim, Monday, and chased them away. Vanguard learned that some concerned residents of the estate were at Police Headquarters, Asaba, to lodge a complaint about the frequent abductions […]
[ad_1] AGRICULTURE is an evolving sector which dwells on research to increase its productivity for the growth of the sector and also make the sector attractive to youths. The National Agricultural Research Institutes over the years have been doing some researches which could be beneficial to the country’s agricultural sector, but regrettably, those researches ended […]
[ad_1] IBUSA – SUPPOSED Fulani herdsmen have continued their onslaught against unsuspecting residents of Delta State, following the kidnap of three peasant farmers and a resident at Admiralty Neighbourhood Estate, Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state, weekend. The suspected herdsmen, numbering five, had stormed a compound in the Ibusa neighbourhood to abduct […]
[ad_1] Slugs are greedy guests on farms. Some estimates reckon a single slug is capable of killing up to fifty wheat seeds within one week of sowing. Nor is a slug ever single for long; as hermaphrodites, slugs are prolific breeders regardless of their relationship status, capable of self-fertilizing and laying hundreds of eggs in […]
[ad_1] Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has rejected bags of rice sent to the state by the Federal Government as palliatives. It was gathered that most of the 1800 bags received by the state from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management were not fit for human consumption. The 1,800 bags of rice […]
[ad_1] Despite the lockdown in Delta State over COVID-19 pandemic, suspected herdsmen, weekend, stormed Azagba-Ogwashi community, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state, abducting a drink distributor, Mr Greg Azubike. Azubike’s kidnap came on the heels of the killing of a poultry farm manager and night guard by suspected herdsmen, who invaded the Issele-Azagba […]
[ad_1] Nigerian farmers, analysts and agricultural scientists have called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, roll out a strategic plan to assist crop producers, poultry and livestock farmers as the United States of America (USA) has done. The US President Donald Trump, in a bid to bail distressed farmers out of […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Landing (NIRSAL) has called on smallholder farmers and other agricultural stakeholders to enroll in a new programme it has launched to ease access to finances, training, inputs and other incentives in the sector. NIRSAL said the package has a target of enrolling eight million farmers across […]
[ad_1] Farmers under the auspices of Concerned Members of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, CMAFAN, Sunday, wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, which the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, was accused of alleged interference and antagonism. The letter with the subject ‘The Need To Check The Honourable Minister of Agriculture, […]
[ad_1] Kwara State Government has received 1,800 bags of 50kg rice and 700 pieces of 25 liters of vegetable oil as its share of the Federal Government palliative to cushion the effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The commodities were received on behalf of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. […]