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[ad_1] The need to have accurate and reliable agricultural data has been stressed by experts in the sector.  The stakeholders, including a farmer, Mr Azeez Oluwole Saheed; Prof. Femi Ajayi and Dr Olubunmi Alawode have said agricultural data is key to achieving food security in Africa and Nigeria in particular.  Prof. Ajayi of the Department of Agricultural Extension […]

[ad_1] To grow Nigeria’s economy and further encourage locally made products, Titan Farms, agro-commodity processing and trading outfit, is set to commission its rice factory and corporate head office in Ibadan.  The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, will commission the event, which is billed for next month.   This is as Ooni Ogunwusi, who […]

[ad_1] Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have urged more farmers to key into the different intervention programmes of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), especially the Anchor Borrowers’ scheme for small-scale individual and cooperative farmers to boost food production. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and various farmers’ associations, such as the Poultry Association of Nigeria […]

[ad_1] ABUJA- Arc Kabir Ibrahim, National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN) has warned that the current high level of insecurity plaguing the country will lead to food shortage in 2021. A statement by Ibrahim entitled “The Nexus between Insecurity and Food Security: AFAN Experience,” he lamented that every part of the country is […]

[ad_1] Yewande Kazeem African leaders have been advised to invest in research and development and to also encourage innovative ways to process nutritious foods through indigenous food products. The Chief Executive Officer of Wandieville Media, Yewande Kazeem, who gave the advice at a High-Level Dialogue on Feeding Africa: Leveraging existing and successful innovations, organised by […]

[ad_1] [files] Poultry industry stakeholders have expressed their displeasure over the inappropriateness, and the ill-timing of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Photo: DUTABLE In its bid to address the productivity gap in maize production in Nigeria, stakeholders have proffered innovative solutions to assist farmers maximize their farm use and secure their harvest from pests and […]

[ad_1] The Lagos State Government has attributed the sudden disappearance of the Lake rice to the disruption of COVID-19 pandemic and last year’s devastating flooding, which wreaked havoc on rice plantations in Kebbi and other northern states. The Lagos-Kebbi Rice christened Lake rice was an initiative borne out of the collaboration between Lagos and Kebbi […]

[ad_1] Nike Tinubu suggest ways the government can strengthen the Bank of Agriculture. Nike Tinubu, 59, is a cassava processor in Oyo State. She is the CEO of Egaleson Farm, and cultivates1800 hectares of land. With 53 staff, 11-19 casual workers and seasonal workers, and farm machines, she produces between 20 and 38 tonnes of […]

[ad_1] The state government had acquired about 500 hectares of lands in 1985 to revatalise food production in the state The Lagos State Government says it has begun payment of compensations to the 16 traditional land owning families for the land it acquired for agricultural activities in Igbodu Area of Epe, Lagos. The state Commissioner […]

[ad_1] As agribusiness continues to be the focus of wealth and job creation towards boosting food security, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, has concluded plans to boost cassava production with a packaging plant in Ogun State. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary, NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, during a courtesy visit to the […]

[ad_1] Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has vowed to resist maize importation into the country. Emefiele, who stated this at the unveiling of the first maize pyramid and flag-off of the 2021 Maize wet season farming under the CBN-Maize Association of Nigeria, MAAN, Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, in Kastina, yesterday, […]

[ad_1] Adesh Agro Farm Limited has lent its voice to the call for more attention given to agriculture in the country as it is the only guarantee of food security. The call was made in consideration of the rising population in Nigeria and globally. Making the call during the official launch of its processed and […]

[ad_1] Poultry farming is the raising of domesticated birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese, for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food. Poultry are farmed in great numbers with chickens being the most numerous. More than 500 million chickens are raised annually as a source of food, for both their meat […]