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The Ogun State government has directed all poultry farms of more than 250 birds, hatchery operators, livebirdmarkets and poultry processing facilities in the state to register with the Ministry of Agriculture in accordance with Animal Disease Control Act 2004. The registration has the nod of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PANOG) Ogun State Chapter. According […]
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has commended efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in the development of the Nigerian nation The association said the contribution of agriculture to the development of the grassroots through its various support programmes has helped reduce hunger in Nigeria. ALGON said some Nigerians depend on agriculture for livelihood […]
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said yesterday that governors, rather than the Federal Government, have a greater responsibility to develop the country, since they are closer to the grassroots. Sanusi, who spoke at the commissioning of Olam International’s Feed Mill Poultry, said: “Development is now being driven by cities and not by the […]
Prices of cassava stems have nosedived to N400 per bundle after touching a high of N1200 as demand eases in Nigeria. Last year and earlier in 2017, prices of cassava roots and its derivatives such as gari climbed to an all-time high as demand outstripped supply. Researchers are still expecting data on demand and supply […]
The outgoing President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Ibrahim Karaye has hinged the development of Nigeria through agriculture on the involvement of the local government councils. The ALGON President in a press statement issued in Abuja yesterday, noted that as Nigeria is an agrarian society, with agriculture contributing about 24% […]
Global food trader, Olam International Ltd. invested $150 million in animal-feed mills and poultry farms in Nigeria as it seeks to boost its agribusiness venture in Africa’s biggest food market by population. These include bird- and fish-feed mills with the capacity for 360,000 metric tons each, according to Bloomberg, located in the northern Kaduna and […]
Africa’s biggest hatchery and feed mill constructed by Olam Grains Nigeria was inaugurated Tuesday in Kaduna. The company, constructed at$ 150 million, consists of feed mill, hatchery and breeder farm, Olam’s Business Head, Vinod Mishra, has said. Mishra told journalists that the company would process 180,000 tonnes of corn and 75,000 tonnes of soya beans […]
Noting important progress in delivering life-saving aid to millions in north-east Nigeria, the top United Nations humanitarian official underscored that international assistance to people suffering amid the crisis must not dwindle. “We have averted famine, but millions of people are still at risk if more international help is not forthcoming,” said Mark Lowcock, the UN […]
The consistent fight against fake and adulterated medicines and other regulated products by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has again gained global recognition. This is even as the agency has been nominated to lead the Steering Committee for Regulatory System Strengthening and Harmanisation in Africa. This is the outcome […]
Niger State Government on Wednesday signed a €49 million (N18 billion) Memorandum of Understanding with an Hungarian investor for the setting up of an Integrated farming project and a Tomatoe Paste processing factory in the state. The state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello signed for the state government while the country representative of the Hungarian […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has donated a portable motorised milking machine to FrieslandCampina WAMCO, while lauding the company as the biggest investor in Nigeria’s dairy sector. The machine has a capacity to milk 50 cows a day. Ogbeh made the symbolic donation while declaring open the national livestock conference […]
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the on going National Conference on Livestock will address persistent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the country. Osinbajo disclosed this yesterday during the Livestock Stakeholders Conference organized by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) […]
14 farmers were arrested by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State on Tuesday for cultivating Cannabis. Mr Aliyu Adole the Commandant of the agency in the state told newsmen in Gombe that the farmers were arrested with 413.19 kilogrammes of Cannabis. He said nine of them were arrested with 322.6 kg […]
Zimbabwe produced enough food to feed its people for the first time since adopting a controversial policy to strip land from white farmers, President Robert Mugabe told parliament on Tuesday. From the year 2000, hundreds of white farmers were evicted from their farms, often violently, and land was handed to allies of the ruling ZANU-PF […]
Nigeria’s southwest Ogun State Friday activated bird flu control measures at a breeder poultry farm, located in Orile-Ilugun area of the state. The state took the proactive steps to prevent the spread of the Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu, which was discovered on the farm, Adepeju Adebajo, the Commissioner for Agriculture told Xinhua […]