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One of the dangerous effects of counterfeit, fake and adulterated agrochemicals is that it leads to dramatic decline in the profit farmers make from their investments. Many farmers spend a lot of money buying these agrochemicals yet productivity or harvest remains far below expectation. It is so common to hear farmers complaining about how most of […]
SON Canvas Use Of Quality Pesticides Farms: The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has carried out a sensitisation exercise for Nigerian farmers on the dangers of using adulterated pesticides on their farms. Osita Aboloma, director general, SON, said at a one-day sensitisation workshop organised for farmers and agro-chemical dealers in Kano that good pesticides enhance […]
Glut In Egg Production Triggers Call For Industrialisation, Value Chain Creation • As PAN, scientists proffer solutions Femi Ibirogba aggregates views of farmers, scientists and entrepreneurs in the poultry industry on the way out of low demand for eggs, industrialisation of the product and other issues around value chain development. Farmers and input producers in […]
FAO, WFP Launch Agricultural Livelihoods Programme In Northeast: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP) have flagged off livelihoods support programme to people affected by insurgency with seeds and fertilizer in the Northeast. The UN food agencies’ support was to reduce dependence of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) […]
Animal technologists and scientists have harped on integrated farming, robust collaboration between the gown and town, cooperative activities and application of modern techniques and technologies in fish and livestock farming for sustainability. They said these during the Nigerian Association of Animal Health and Husbandry Technologists’ (NAAHHT’s) annual lecture at the Federal College of Animal Health […]
States Called To Buy Into FG Agricultural Policies: The Dean, Committee of Chairmen, River Basins Development Authorities in Nigeria, Eseme Eyibo, has called on states yet to key into the Federal government efforts at revamping the agricultural sector to do so as such is aimed at boosting value chain development in the sector.Eseme, who is […]
Farming Resumes In Troubled Katsina Communities As Security Improves: Normalcy is gradually returning to troubled Katsina villages neighbouring Kaduna and Zamfara states. This follows the security measures taken against the armed bandits terrorizing the area some months back. Our reporter, who went round some of the villages, observed that farming activities have sprang up and […]
579 Nigerians In 4 States Killed In Farmer-Herder Clashes: At least 579 people have been killed from January to June in clashes and reprisal attacks between farmers and herdsmen in four states alone, a Daily Trust check reveals. The deaths come from four north-central states of Benue, Plateau, Kogi and Nasarawa. Some 503 people, including […]
How Nigeria’s Low Investment On Seeds Undermines Food Security: One of the major issues that worry stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector is the lack of vibrant seed industry, which is the backbone of any productive agriculture economy. Nigeria has an estimated national demand of over 350,000 metric tons of certified seeds every year, according to […]
Stakeholders in the organic farming sector are advocating the need to put pressure on the Federal Government to enact policies that will encourage farmers to go back to organic farming, to promote healthy ecosystem in the country. While making the assertion at the 2018 National Organic Agriculture Business Summit (NOABS), with the theme: “Organic Agriculture: […]
Driving Sustainable Economic Growth Through Plant Conservation: The change in Nigeria’s climate and weather patterns has been linked to the drastic depletion of trees and vegetation across the country. This has consequently led to increased flooding, loss of freshwater due to receding rivers, poorer soils, and irregular farming cycles, among myriad problems. Plant conservation, a […]
Normalcy is gradually returning to farmlands in Ikwerre Local Council Area of Rivers State, following efforts of the council chairman, Samuel Nwanosike, who vowed to chase out criminals terrorising the farmers. Activities of the hoodlums, who took over the forests and farmlands, as their hideouts, in the last four years, led to the sacking of […]
Nigeria Loses 40% Of fruits, Vegetables Harvests Yearly, Says Don: A Professor of Food Science and Technology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Dr. Gregory Onwuka has disclosed that over 40 per cent of fruits and vegetables harvested in Nigeria yearly get destroyed before they get to the market. READ MORE: AfDB Sets […]
Olam Introduce Sea Fish Specie: The Federal Government has welcomed the plan by Olam International to introduce Barramundi cultured fish (Sea Bass) to Nigeria. Sea Bass is a common name for a variety of different species of marine fish of which Barramundi is one. According to organicsfact, “Barramundi has a number of impressive health benefits, […]
Sokoto State Boosts Agriculture With 15,000 Metric Tonnes OF Fertiliser: The sokoto state Government has commenced distribution of 15,000 metric tones fertiliser, loaded in 500 trucks, for the 2018 wet season farming. The fertiliser will be sold to farmers at the heavily subsidised rate of 4000 Naira per bag, according to a statement by the […]