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[ad_1] To curb losses in the fish farming value chain, the Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to grant farmers special movement permit to move fish and its products from various fish farms to areas of need within Nigeria. Mr Rotimi Oloye, the CAFFAN National President […]
[ad_1] Nine days after a Celestial Church Pastor was killed at Ibusa, near Asaba, an Anglican Priest, Revd. Anthony Oyi was yesterday kidnapped with his wife, his children and one of his friends by suspected herdsmen at Issele-Mkpitime, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State. The Priest who resides at Oko-Ogbele and a native of […]
[ad_1] The Police Command in Edo on Saturday recovered the bodies of two kidnapped victims allegedly killed by their abductors. According to the command, the deceased were kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders on Jan 1 and killed on Jan 7. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, told newsmen during […]
[ad_1] President Donald Trump, on Friday, announced a 19-billion-dollar aid package for farmers hurt financially by the coronavirus crisis. The aid plan includes $16 billion in direct payments to farmers to boost their incomes, along with $3 billion in government purchases of meat, dairy products, and other foods. “The programme will include direct payments to […]
[ad_1] NOTWITHSTANDING the security seal in Delta State, where Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, introduced a dusk-to-dawn curfew, Tuesday, to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, some suspected armed herdsmen have flagrantly undermined the security measures and unleashed a reign of terror on residents at Ibusa and Okpanam communities in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the oil-rich state. […]
[ad_1] ABAKALIKI- Poultry Farmers Association (PAN), Ebonyi State Chapter, yesterday disowned one Joshua Igwe, who is alleged to be using the name of the association to collect illegal revenue from poultry dealers in the State. The suspect, it was gathered, was apprehended by Ebonyi State Government Tax Team on IGR following a tip-off, and was […]
[ad_1] Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state directed the 23 Local Government Council Chairman of the state to commence the recruitment of new members the state Livestock Guards to shore up the enforcement of the state’s open grazing prohibition law. The directive followed the recent surge in activities of armed herdsmen in the state that […]
[ad_1] The President-General of the apex Igbo cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, has lamented the alleged indifference of the Federal Government to the plight of the orgy of violence being unleashed on the people of Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity […]
Nothing is perfect and everything can go under many changes and improvements. The IT sector is all set to revolutionize the world, so how can it leave the most important sector i.e. the agricultural sector behind? The UK Food and Agriculture Association estimates that the world population will increase by 47%, to 8.9 billion […]
[ad_1] Not less than six persons have been reportedly killed in some parts of Edo state by suspected armed herdsmen and cult related fight over supremacy. Two farmers in Odighi, Ovia North East local government area were allegedly killed by suspected herdsmen on their ways to their farms. An eyewitness, Hilary Omoregie, disclosed yesterday that […]
[ad_1] By Daniels Ekugo Stallion Motors in Nigeria has braced up for the coronavirus pandemic as they have donated tons of free rice and fish to the COVID-19 hospitals in Lagos State with the Stallion Group Team. The selfless people working in the frontline have risked their lives to ensure that aid reaches where it […]
[ad_1] Makurdi—A 25-year-old farmer, John Chinter, was reportedly killed by suspected armed herdsmen that invaded Tse Igba community in Mbabai council ward of Benue state, yesterday morning. It was gathered that the deceased before his untimely death was a member of IFAD-VCDP supported farmers’ cooperative society in the community. A member of the cooperative, who […]
[ad_1] IBM is giving Indian farmers and agritech startups the chance to use its weather monitoring tools for free during the country’s strict Covid-19 lockdown. The US tech firm is offering a 30-day free trial of its Operations Dashboard – developed by its subsidiary, The Weather Company – to assist smallholders and supply chain-focused startups […]
[ad_1] Setting perspectives at a recent stakeholders’ forum, President of the Alliance for the Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), Dr. Agnes Kalibata noted that the economies of many African countries are growing faster than anywhere else in the world – and agriculture, which accounts for a third of Africa’s GDP, is poised to be the […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – As the Coronavirus pandemic continue to ravage the world, stakeholders in the agricultural sector have lauded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for its various initiatives towards agriculture. They said that some of these initiatives such as the import restriction and emphasis on the home-grown foods, driven by the CBN on behalf […]