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Prof. Olawole Obembe, who is a professor of Biotechnology at Covenant University expressed his notion about the available opportunities that plant biotechnology has in the offing for both Africa and the world, as it could help suppress the constraints of increasing demands for food, feeds and fibre production, including the need for well-being and healthy […]
With the aim of improving the agricultural sector of the country, recent reports have it that a Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed upon and successfully signed by the Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation and Equipment Leasing (NAMEL) and Mantrac Nigeria to open up an additional 500,000 hectares of farmland to boost mechanised farming in the country. […]
It is no longer news that Nigeria remains a net importer of fishery products, with a total fish imports amounting to about USD 1.2 billion and exports valued at staggering USD 284 390 million in the year 2013. This has however, prompted Dr Oji Onu Ekumankama, who happens to be a Professor of Agricultural Extension […]
Sources from the Southsouth geopolitical zone of the country can confirm that Over 120 people have received training on ginger and mushroom cultivation and value chains development in Delta State. The programme was mainly organised for youths and women from the three Local Government Areas Ukwani, Ndokwa West, and Udokwa East, which are all part […]
First African Coconut Company (FACC) has publicly confirmed their readiness to host a forum on coconut based business ventures in the country. One of the promoters of the firm, Anthonio John-Bede, affirmed that it has reached the level where intensification for upscaling the value chain economic crop through cultivation and value addition must be rooted […]
In its quest to upscale agricultural activities within its geographical confines, Edo State Government has received a significant boost as it is reportedly been gifted with a partnership opportunity with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on a synergy between the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) and the state’s Agripreneur initiative. Joe Okojie, the Special Adviser […]
The Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration of Lagos State Government has ensured inhabitants within the state about their plans to make use of the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project to enhance productivity, processing and marketing of agric value chain. This information was revealed by Oluwatoyin Suarau, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, […]
The Rotimi Akeredolu led administration of Ondo state has been receiving showers of praises for their significant contribution to the development of agriculture, which is currently a plus to both human capital and general development of the state. The Campaign Concourse disclosed that agriculture has been a focal point for the present Ondo state leadership, […]
Sources in Abuja, the nation’s capital have disclosed that thousands of farmers, researchers and seed processing companies are about to be converged and hosted by the Nigeria Agricultural Seed Council in the continent-wide seed fiesta. With Nigeria being the largest seed supplier in the West Africa sub-region, the council’s aim for hosting the second edition […]
Kaduna state is gradually becoming a hub for tomato paste production as Mira Mehta, an expatriate tomato farmer is about to hit the market with her tomato paste brand in the coming months, with boastful figures of 500 hectares around Kangimi Dam in Kaduna State. Though the inititial plans of establishing the tomato paste brand […]
The National Horticultural research Institute (NIHORT) has trained 120 farmers in Delta State in mushroom production and ginger processing for commercial purposes. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of NIHORT, Dr Abayomi Olaniyan, said his organisation had identified mushroom and ginger as highly medicinal and rich in protein, vitamins and other minerals, capable of tackling […]
Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Jigawa , Alhaji Yakubu Dole-Zugo has sent an outcry over the recent invasion of over 1,000 hectares of irrigation fields in Guri Local Government Area of the state. Guri expressed his dissatisfaction about the fact that stubborn weed had created a blockade in the irrigation channels […]
With the menace of kidnapping becoming a rampant criminal activity in our present society, the profitable occupation of farming has been projected to slow down particularly in Taraba state where an alarming rate of the criminal activity experienced. As of late, reliable sources in Taraba have disclosed that the farmers residing in the rural communities […]
Good news in the Nigerian agricultural sector as it has been announced that about 10,000 small scale farmers in Kaduna State are coming close to become beneficiaries of the World Bank Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) in Africa. Yahya Aminu who is the State Coordinator of the project exposed this during […]
In its quest to promote the nation’s agricultural dream, Tractor Owners and Hiring Facilities Association of Nigeria (TOHFAN) disclosed that the country is in dere need of mechanisation requirements to boost food sufficiency. National Chairman of the Association, Alhaji Danladi Garba said in an interview that the country needs between 70,000 and 100,000 functional tractors […]