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[ad_1] The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has called on government to allow poultry and livestock feed millers to have access to the National Strategic Grains Reserve as part of palliatives to support the industry. The NVMA also asked the government to consider providing stimulus packages and social safety net for animal sector value chain […]
[ad_1] Scores of farmers including their wives were wounded when suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded and set four communities in lgbatoro/Ala/Imafon communities in Ondo North, Ondo state ablaze over disagreement on grazing and destruction of their farmlands. The state police commissioner Undia Adie had swiftly deployed detectives to the troubled communities to maintain peace. Also, officials […]
[ad_1] AKIN ADEWAKUN, YINKA OLUKOYA, HAKEEM GBADAMOSI, OLUWOLE IGE and YOMI AYELESO report the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on farmers across states in the South-West. With the growing frustrations occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown in various states within the south-west region, farmers are registering their fear of a looming food crisis. […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government on Monday donated 6,000 bags of rice to Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states as palliatives against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people. Mrs Helen Ngozi, the Area Controller, Oyo and Osun command, delivered the 6,000 bags of rice on behalf of the Nigeria Customs Service to the […]
[ad_1] FARMERS in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State have claimed that they contributed 70 per cent of farm products to markets in the South West region of the nation, as the country is currently under the COVID-19 lockdown. They, similarly, commended Governor Seyi Makinde for considering the Ipapo-Iseyin farm settlement as a beneficiary […]
[ad_1] The Kano State Government has closed down Tiamin Rice Mill along Zaria Road due to complaints of air pollution. The notice is contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Environment and addressed to the Managing Director of the rice mill. According to the circular, the pollution aggravates the condition of Coronavirus […]
[ad_1] Mohammed Nanono The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, Sunday, mourned the death of the late Chie Of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. Nanono expressed his pain in a statement signed by the Director, Information Department of the Ministry, Theodore Ogaziechi. The statement reads in part, “My heartfelt condolences to […]
[ad_1] The Kano State Government has closed down Tiamin Rice Mill along Zaria Road due to complaints of air pollution. The notice is contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Environment and addressed to the Managing Director of the rice mill. According to the circular, the pollution aggravates the condition of Coronavirus […]
[ad_1] • As hatchery owners say cost of diesel, power disrupt businesses Some poultry producers in the have bemoaned their inability to maintain cash flows for their farm operations as the COVID-19 lockdown impairs commercial transactions of most perishable farm produce. Costs of feed ingredients and diesel, some of the hatchery and feed mill operators […]
[ad_1] Moved to empower the disadvantaged as the COVID-19 lockdown continues globally, an agro-allied investor making egg powder in Ijebu-Ode has donated egg powder, noodles, tissue papers and other consumables to School for Children with Special Needs, Sagamu and SOS Children’s Village, an orphanage in Owu-Ijebu, all in Ogun State. The farmer, Mr Samuel Sewoniku, […]
[ad_1] The President of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Dr Agnes Kalibata, has urged the federal and state governments to ensure adequate food production using the existing policies and innovations in agriculture amidst the lockdown. It said the government should take lessons from other African countries to avert impending food crisis. She warned […]
The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr Rufus Ebegba has urged Nigerians to abide by the stay at home directive by the federal Government in other to control the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) in the country. The DG/CEO who said this in statement made available to journalists today […]
[ad_1] Nigeria is one of the leading countries in maize production in Africa. It produces million tons every year, which makes the products available for investors to process and package for local consumption and export. Cornflake is a fast food enjoyed in almost all homes in Nigeria. It can be prepared with hot or cold […]
[ad_1] Awe Local Government Area, located in the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State, is gradually becoming a household name in Nigeria for two reasons. One, it is home to the 30,000-hectare Dangote Sugar Estate, which has already commenced production at Tunga. Secondly, the local government headquarters, Awe town, hosted the deposed Emir of Kano, […]
[ad_1] Many experts say the advent of COVID-19 pandemic and closure of international borders underscore the importance of growing food locally instead of relying on importation. They say a period like this emphasizes the relevance of good policies on import restriction and home-grown food policies championed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), highlighting areas […]