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[ad_1] Nigeria’s agricultural sector seems to be taking a turn for the better with the various policies introduced by the current government, some of which were vigorously implemented last year. The government argues that the activities in the sector last year were channeled at improving the lives of average Nigerians. PREMIUM TIMES does a review […]
[ad_1] Onion farmers have recounted how Purple Blotch, a fungal infection, attacked their crops resulting into significant loss. The farmers lamented that Purple Blotch, known as Dan Zazzalau in Hausa, mostly affected the rainy season onion-producing areas in 2019. “It caused stunted growth in the onion plants, making them unable to yield fruitful results,” one […]
[ad_1] For many years now, fiscal spending on agriculture has remained in the lowest position among the key sectors of the nation’s economy. Despite the July 2003 Maputo commitment that require 10% of the national budget, which Nigeria is a signatory to, spending has never gotten to even 5% about 17 years since that declaration. […]
[ad_1] The National Centre for Women Development has stressed the need for more women to be involved in agriculture in an aggressive manner, assuring that large-scale supports are available for them. The director general, Mrs Mary Ekpere-Eta, gave the assurance in Ikom, central Cross River State, when the centre gave out empowerment items to over […]
[ad_1] Extreme cold as experienced last week across some northern states has altered the schedules of most irrigation farmers in Katsina State. Normally, the farmers water their tomato at an interval of every three days and five to seven days for Irish potato. Some of the farmers interviewed at Funtua said they could not risk […]
The Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Alfred Dixon, has called for multiple linkages and collaborations for the dissemination of agricultural research outcomes. He made the call recently while presenting his contract review seminar titled “Scaling up and scaling out of agricultural innovations at IITA […]
For the eighth time, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has given a vote of confidence and commendation to the institute’s management under the leadership of its Director General, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga. Board Chair, Dr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, expressed great pleasure over the management and growth of IITA […]
Major Stakeholders in the Nigerian Agricultural sector have expressed their desire to partner with Premier Agribusiness Academy on capacity building for business sustainability and profitability while commending the academy for their quality of training and facilitators. The stakeholders which includes Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Rome Business School, […]
The programme Skills Development for Youth Employment – SKYE funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with FarmAgric Foundation for Agriculture will train 500 young Nigerians in agriculture on the basics of modern agricultural practices, agri-business and farmer […]
[ad_1] Head, Commercial Agriculture and Training, Lower Niger River Basin Authority, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Olabisis Awoniyi, while recalling happenings in 2019, said, “One of the flaws in agricultural policies last year was in the area of Anchor Borrowers’ programme of the Federal Government. Farmers did not have access to the funds as of when […]
[ad_1] A study by some Brazilian scholars has proven that adding certain enzymes to cassava residues as substitutes for energy-giving ingredients in poultry feeds at a certain age of the birds enhances weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and growth rate. This, they found out, reduced cost of production marginally in broiler production. Cassava is cheaper […]
[ad_1] Africa’s leading chemical and agro-allied company, Notore Chemical Industries Plc, has announced the commencement of the Turn Around Maintenance (“TAM”) of its plant. A disclosure sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange said that the TAM is aimed at returning the company’s operating plant to its 1,500 metric tonnes per day (MTPD) and 500,000 million […]
[ad_1] A study by some Brazilian scholars has proven that adding certain enzymes to cassava residues as substitutes for energy-giving ingredients in poultry feeds at a certain age of the birds enhances weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and growth rate. This, they found out, reduced cost of production marginally in broiler production. Cassava is cheaper […]
[ad_1] Unveiled during the ACAI annual review and planning meeting in Zanzibar archipelago, Akilimo’s recommendations are based on knowledge gathered from field trials in over 5,000 farmers’ fields. It combines this data with weather and soil data in spatial crop models to calculate expected yield increases and revenue gain from investments in improved agronomic interventions. […]
[ad_1] As the New Year begins, Daily Trust on Sunday sought the views of farmers and experts on areas they think government needs to invest more in the sector. Dr Samaila Aliyu, an agronomist based in Abuja, said government should look more into the dry season farming activities. He wants the Federal Ministry of Agriculture […]