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[ad_1] Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent – known collectively by the acronym BAT – pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the agrifood vertical last year, according to AgFunder’s China AgriFood Startup Investing Report 2019, published with Bits x Bites. Between them, they invested in agrifood startup funding rounds worth just over $640 million during 2019. […]
[ad_1] AKURE— RESIDENTS of Arimogija community in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, yesterday, raised an alarm of how a helicopter supplied weapons to herdsmen to unleash terror on them. The helicopter was alleged to have landed in the bush where the weapons were said to have been supplied to the herdsmen. A rice farmer, […]
[ad_1] The dwindling demand for and subsequent fall in the prices of crude oil due to the global upsurge of the coronavirus pandemic drove down international prices for major food commodities, a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation Food Price Index (FFPI) of the United Nations, has said. The index measures, monitors and […]
[ad_1] Agricultural professionals have warned the Federal Government and state to avert food crisis in 2021 by making inputs, enabling environment and credit facilities, among others, available to farmers now. It is time for clearing, stump removal, ploughing, harrowing and ridging of farmland in predominantly rain-fed agriculture (which takes about 98 per cent of agriculture […]
[ad_1] National Strategic Grains Reserve Complex, located along Iwo Road, Ibadan, in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, has become the shadow of itself. For years now, the reserve complex has not been in operation. About two years ago, when The Guardian visited the place, it looked deserted. But now, no one is allowed to […]
[ad_1] Scottish fruit farmers have solved a recruitment crisis which could have resulted in this year’s harvest of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries being destroyed. Several thousand people, including students and restaurant and bar workers laid off due the coronavirus outbreak, have taken low-paid fruit-picking jobs in Tayside and Fife normally done by seasonal workers from […]
[ad_1] Jakarta-based social commerce startup Chilibeli has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Alto Partners, Golden Gate Ventures, Kinesys Group, and Sequoia Capital’s Surge accelerator also participated in the round. Chilibeli is a group-buying network that aims to connect farmers and suppliers directly to consumers. To achieve this, it […]
[ad_1] To assuage the pains of lockdown arising from the need to stem the tide of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has commenced the distribution of no fewer than twelve thousand pieces of hand sanitisers to residents across the twenty-three local governments of Sokoto State. The Special Assistant to Senator Wamakko on Youths […]
[ad_1] Palpable tension enveloped Arimogija, in Ose council area of Ondo state weekend over alleged supply of weapons by a helicopter to herdsmen to unleash terror on the residents of the community The helicopter was alleged to have landed in the bush where the weapons were said to have been supplied to the herdsmen. Recall […]
[ad_1] Scientists are making progress to expand the prediction coverage of AKILIMO to five regions in Tanzania and nine states in Nigeria. Once completed, farmers in the regions will have access to site-specific recommendations on agronomic practices in cassava farming systems. Developed by the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) of IITA and partners from the […]
[ad_1] Tunde Amole, the country director of International Livestock Research Institute, believes Nigeria could achieve food security if it has all the data of who is doing what in the agricultural value chain and if the food safety bill which has been on the floor of the National Assembly since 2016 had been passed. In […]
[ad_1] Recently, the price volatility of Crude Oil in the international market began a steep downward slide causing apprehensions on Nigeria’s fragile economy. In this interview, Taiwo Adewole, General Manager Okitipupa Oil Palm Company (OOPC) Plc, tells GBENGA AKINFENWA that development makes it imperative for the country to make agriculture the mainstay of her economy. […]
[ad_1] As the lockdown occasioned by the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic grounds commercial, human and vehicular activities in some parts of the country, hunger has begun to stare Nigerians in the face as prices of foodstuffs and other agro commodities increase at an alarming rate. Currently, the restrictions have negatively impacted the food supply […]
[ad_1] To cushion the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic, Animal Care Services Konsult has donated 2,000 freshly dressed chickens; 19,200 eggs (160 cartons); 1,200 bottles of family size 3 litre bottles; and 20,000 bottles of 60cl Funtuna water to Lagos and Ogun State Governments, for distribution to the needy, and those risking their lives daily […]
[ad_1] The monarch made the call at the closing ceremony of the 15th International Research and Development Conference of Children and Youth in Agriculture programme in Nigeria (CYIAP Network), held at the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State. Oba Ogunoye lauded the organisers and management of the college for targeting youths and children in a […]