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[ad_1] A professor of crop production in the Kaduna State University (KASU), Ibrahim Sodangi, has described herbicides as “huge blessing” to agricultural production in the country. Sodangi, who specialises in weed science, said this in Kaduna at the 8th Inaugural Professorial Lecture, organised by the KASU in his honour. He said herbicides were chemicals used […]
[ad_1] Tomato is grown in different parts of Nigeria and is one of the daily consumables of the people. Research shows that about 30 per cent of yearly production of this crop is wasted for lack of preservation mechanism. To stop this wastage, investors have been called to come into the agriculture sector and set […]
[ad_1] To cushion the effect of market closure across Lagos State, as a restrictive measures to break the transmission of Covid-19, the state government has set up makeshift markets for food and agricultural produce in selected schools across selected council areas. The makeshift markets will be located at Bishop Aggey Primary School, Ilasamaja; Ajenifuja Primary […]
[ad_1] Ogun State Government has announced the commencement of the second phase of its broiler project. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, who disclosed this during an inspection tour of Eweje Farm Institute in Odeda Local Government Area, said the new phase, is a build-up to the pilot phase, where 54 beneficiaries were empowered […]
[ad_1] Edo State Government said it has commenced the disbursement of over N202m to 2,250 start-ups, which spreads across five Local Government Areas of the state. The councils were selected to benefit from the programme in 2012 and 2013 based on their low-income status, but the implementation of the programme reportedly failed until Governor Godwin […]
[ad_1] With a lockdown imminent, the Lagos State government is set to distribute an economic stimulus package to Lagosians as they continue to strive to limit the spread of coronavirus. The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, explained that the first stage is targeting 200,000 households at an estimation of six people per household. With images […]
[ad_1] Deputy Editor, SAM NWAOKO, reports that after complaints of sustained destruction of their crops and economy, farm holders and settlers at the Ido (Olowa) Farm Settlement in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State decided to take the bull by the horns by personally chasing both the cows and their herders from their farms, […]
[ad_1] Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), says it stands to lose about N3 trillion over government’s restriction order on vehicular interstate movement to curb the spread of the COVID-19. The PAN President, Mr Ezekiel Ibrahim, who disclosed this during a press conference on Friday in Maiduguri, said the measure was à threat to the country’s […]
[ad_1] The Lagos State government has announced an economic stimulus for residents of the state who are currently indoors over the coronavirus as it has offered to provide some food items to them at their doorsteps which will last them for 14 days. Disclosing this on Friday, March 27, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the idea […]
[ad_1] Hard hit by the drastic fall in oil prices, Chad and Angola have found an unusual way to honour their financial commitments. Chad has committed to deliver 75,000 cattle to Angola over six years to repay a debt of $100 million contracted in 2017. This is equivalent to about $1,300 per cow. More than […]
[ad_1] Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, spoke to some journalists in Lagos, last week, on what his government is doing to uplift the state in the areas of agriculture, infrastructure development and power among others. He also disclosed how states are short-changed of earnings from mineral exploitation and his plans to make Nasarawa one […]
[ad_1] Stakeholders in the agricultural sector recently gathered at the Johnson Agiri Complex in Oko-Oba, Agege area of Lagos state to discuss and give more enlightenment to farmers on the importance of record keeping in their various farms. The meeting which was put together by the Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support […]
[ad_1] As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the deadly Coronavirus on Nigerians, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has affirmed the need to upscale the nation’s agricultural production. Ibrahim, in an address titled a Clarion call to all stakeholders to help mitigate the effects of […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Government has adopted a number of biosecurity measures at every facility within the Oko-Oba abattoir and lair age complex and other slaughter houses in the State to mitigate the spread of the novel COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Gbolahan Lawal, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, explained that the Government has stopped all […]
[ad_1] Country Director of Oxfam in Nigeria, Constant Tchona, has called for an urgent need for improved agricultural productivity in the country especially given the changing climate patterns that affect rainfall and speed up erosion and desertification through the country. He stated this during the launch of Oxfam Agriculture Budget Trends Analysis Report, as he […]