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Farmer/Herder clashes: Victims, stakeholders seek timely payment of compensation

[ad_1] Herders Eight weeks after the National Economic Council (NEC) recommended payment of compensation for property and farms destroyed during targeted attacks on communities, victims and other stakeholders in the agric sector have called for speedy implementation of the plan. The recommendation was the outcome of the first physical meeting of NEC on February 18, 2021, […]

‘How uncommon decisions restored Ondo Oil Palm Giant’

[ad_1] Mr. Taiwo Adewole, Managing Director Okitipupa Oil Palm Company (OOPC) Plc. Fifteen years after it was revived, the moribund Okitipupa Oil Palm Plc has begun to contribute to the country’s economy by providing jobs for thousands of Nigerians. The Managing Director, TAIWO ADEWOLE speaks on his team’s drastic decisions in the last three years […]

Naira falls at official market

[ad_1] The currency rate remained unchanged on the black market. Nigeria’s naira fell against the U.S. dollar at the I&E window of the foreign exchange market on Friday, data posted on the FMDQ Security Exchange where forex is officially traded showed. However, the currency rate remained unchanged on the black market. This happened as foreign […]

FCTA bans farming activities, illegal markets on airport expressway

[ad_1] The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, made this known when he led the management team of the administration, political leaders, and some traditional rulers to inspect various developments on the road axis on Friday in Abuja. Bello, who frowned at the bizarre conducts of residents constituting nuisance to the public, stated that no resident […]

Pandemic underscores flaws in Nigeria’s farming and food supply chains

[ad_1] Vendors, such as market women, don’t have food to sell. In addition, without buffer capacity in stores the cost of goods and services skyrocket. Ademola Adenle, Colorado State University During the lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, I joined a humanitarian team to distribute food to poor people in the urban slums. The project was launched […]

QSIT implements AI solution for Egyptian agriculture sector

Esri, a specialist in location intelligence, has announced that Egyptian partner Quality Standards for Information Technology (QSIT) has implemented the crop mapping and field boundary detection solution for the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) in Egypt Esri partner QSIT implements crop mapping and field boundary detection solution for the ARC in Egypt. (Image source: Adobe stock) […]

Local, Foreign Consortium To Invest $500m In Cassava Processing

[ad_1] A team of technocrats and business development partners under the auspices of Zealhosts Project Bolt Consortium to invest 500 million dollars into cassava manufacturing industry in Nigeria. Dr Tony Bello,  Chairman of Shine Bridge Global and Zealhosts Consortium Partner made this known in a statement on Friday. He said the private sector investment would […]

Nutritional additive betaine strengthens chicken bones

A study led by scientists from the Roslin Institute has shown that bone quality in egg-laying hens benefits from a common feed supplement as well as from traits that help their skeletons store calcium Hens that lay lots of eggs do not experience loss of bone quality, the related study suggested. (Image source: Adobe Stock) […]

Dangote fertiliser to train farmers in the South East

Dangote fertiliser has promised to train farmers in the South East, on better ways of farming to obtain bumper yields Dangote Fertiliser promises to train farmers in the South East. (Image source: Adobe stock) A representative of Dangote fertiliser, Ekene Obiefuna, in his presentation at the 2021 Enugu International Trade fair said that, with the […]

Institute discloses how foreigners encroach on space, sell fish to Nigerians

[ad_1] • Invites investors into fishing vessels Stakeholders in the marine and fisheries industry are seeking the intervention of the Federal Government to ban the importation of fish into the country while calling on investors to explore opportunities in the fishing space.  They lamented the lack of adequate vessels in the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography […]

There can’t be food security without safety, says don

[ad_1] • Backs UN’s call for dialogues in North East Dialogue has been described as a tool for improving the safety of life and food security in Nigeria, especially in the northeast zone. A professor of agriculture at the Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Demo Kalla, at the weekend, supported the United Nations (UN’s) call for […]

Bayer Nigeria trains farmers, extension officers on best agronomic practices

[ad_1] Seventy-five farmers and 75 agriculture extension officers have been trained on best agronomic practices on rice, maize, and cassava in Ilorin, Kwara state. At the training conducted by Bayer Nigeria, a German agrochemical company, the participants were also trained on pest management on all crops, safe and responsible use and handling of pesticide Speaking […]

Ministry of Agric distributes, empowers 7,500 women farmers in N’Central with various agric inputs 

[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Thursday, empowered 7, 500 smallholder women farmers in North Central geopolitical zone as part of measures to cushion effects of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic that left  women farmers in limbo. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, handed over the inputs for onward distribution […]

LASG Trains Women On Maize, Cassava Cultivation

[ad_1] The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) has reiterated its commitment to empower more women. Mrs Bolaji Dada, the Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation said this  in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Dada made the commitment after the conclusion of a 3-day training on maize […]