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By Betty Amihere, Northern Regional Editor Despite government efforts at reducing the cost and improving accessibility of fertilizer to farmers, stakeholders in the agricultural sector have continued to bemoan the high cost of the commodity lamenting that a bag still goes for as high as N10,000. Recall that in 2016, the presidential Fertiliser initiative was […]
Soybean farmers in Benue State are optimistic of bumper harvest this year despite the challenge of inadequate and high cost of fertiliser in the market. A soybean farmer in Gboko, Titus Atondo, told our correspondent in Makurdi that he expected bumper harvest this year. He said his eight-hectare soybean farm located at Mbatiav in Gboko […]
The Centre for Genomics Research and Innovation (CGRI) has said that the use of genomics methods would make the country self-sufficient in meat and dairy production. Prof Nash Oyekanmi, the director, CGRI, made this known in Ibadan during the second edition of the strategic research interest group meeting on livestock genetic improvement. Oyekanmi said that […]
It has been revealed that 32, 721 farmers have applied for agricultural intervention across value chain through the Agro-processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support Project (APPEALS). Its developed data base showed that out of this number, 11, 210 farmers met the criteria. However, only 2, 521 were said to have been randomly selected for screening. […]
A 50-year old civil servant, Mrs Magdalene Suleiman, on Saturday said she had made millions of naira since she ventured into fish farming eight years ago. Suleiman, who resides at Sabon Tasha area, Kaduna, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Kaduna. READ MORE: Investing In Fish Farming […]
AGROBUSINESS TIMES (www.agrobusinessngr.com) 1-day conference and expo on research and innovations in agriculture received a major boost following a partnership deal with BUSINESSPAGENGR.COM, for execution. The event, tagged: International Conference and Expo on Research and Innovations in Agriculture (ICERIA 2019), with the theme: Harnessing Sustainable Agricultural Innovations for Economic Development, is scheduled to take place […]
By Betty Amihere The Kebbi State Governor and Chairman, Presidential Task Force Committee on Rice and Wheat Production, Atiku Bagudu, has appealed to Nigerian commercial banks to increase their loan portfolio to the agricultural sector, saying investing in agriculture is not as risky as other sectors that benefit up to 90 per cent loan facilities. […]
From Betty Amihere, Abuja As stakeholders in the public and private sector converge to seek ways that will see Nigeria attain self sufficiency in food production and earn foreign exchange through export of agricultural products, Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed of federal government readiness to partner with development bodies to establish, promote and […]
Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Sebastian Maimako, says an anti-snake bite venom vaccine known as COVIP-Plus has been developed by its team of researchers. Speaking, yesterday, at a press conference in the university’s senate chamber, Maimako said the anti-snakebite vaccine is the first of its kind in the world, and that it […]
One person has been reported killed and many others injured in a violent clash between farmers and herders in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Bala Senchi, on Wednesday, confirmed the attacked in an interview with Freedom Radio in Dutse. He said the clash resulted from […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari was by profession a soldier. Like many retired military men, he is a farmer by vocation. Given his electoral promises, the situation of the country since he became president and his inclination to be seen as doing something rather than merely marking time by holding a ministerial portfolio, one would have expected […]
The Israelis authorities, Monday, announced that it will partner with the Federal Government to address numerous insecurity challenges currently confronting the country, especially to end the Boko Haram insurgence in the North East zone. The President, Galilee International Management Institute, Professor Joseph Yossie Shavel, disclosed the Institute was drawing up proposition to provide framework towards […]
The Agricultural Summit fits into the African Union’s goal to drive Intra-African trade enunciated in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), reports Daniel Essiet The oft-repeated declaration that Nigeria is the giant of Africa is mainly due to its abundant human and natural resources. Indeed, the country is so blessed with vast arable land […]
Poor diets are the number one risk factor in the global burden of disease: they account for one in five deaths globally. In higher income countries sugar, fat and red meat increase the risks of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. These usually kill people later in life. Meanwhile people in lower income countries struggle to […]
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday inaugurated its Agro-Rangers unit to check farmers and herders clashes in the state. The State Commandant of the Corps, Lucy Samu, said during the occasion that the inauguration presented an opportunity for the nation to be hopeful security-wise and embrace peace. Ms Samu said the […]