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Nestlé Nigeria’s says it is using its Sorghum and Millet in the Sahel (SMS) Project to improve livelihoods across the communities in which the company operates, a top official has said. Nestle’s Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Victoria N’dee Uwadoka, made the assertion while reviewing some farmers visit to the company’s factory at Agbara […]
An upsurge in commodity prices has pushed up the earnings of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc as the firm continues to focus on cost containment with a view to bolstering margins. For the first six months through June 2017, Okomu Oil Plc’s net income surged by 73.53 percent to N6.23 billion from N3.59 billion earned […]
A lot of times, we are tempted to think entrepreneurship has to begin with one grand never-before-seen idea that will change the way we live forever. While that is true, what is also true is that at the core of entrepreneurship is solving problems and the easiest way to discover a problem, is to take […]
Europe is roiling under toxic eggs scare making countries pull eggs from the shelves and Netherlands poised to cull millions of chickens. Britain said 20,000 of the contaminated eggs have already been sold and consumed, according to the country’s Food Standards Agency. The eggs were imported between March and June, it said. The scare began […]
Non-oil export is generating controversy as some Nigerians argue that the export of agricultural produce like yam would create scarcity in the local market and lead to price hike. Some even argue that Nigerians don’t have enough of the agricultural produce to eat not to talk of exporting. But the Minister of Agriculture and Rural […]
The Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has raised alarm over the smuggling of expired rice into the country and fraudulently selling it to unsuspecting customers as locally produced rice at exorbitant prices. This was revealed in a statement jointly signed by the association’s Chairman and Secretary, Peter Dama and Saifuddeen Abdulrahman respectively. “We have […]
Oluomo Oluwole Oluleye, an indigene of Efon Alaye, Efon Local Council, Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Ekiti State and a livestock farmer, is the Chairman, Daytin Ventures Limited Efon-Alaaye. He delved into the industry after a fulfilled career, which spanned over 33 years, from the National Productivity Centre, to the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), […]
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has commissioned WACOTRice Limited’s state-of-the-art rice mill, with capacity of processing over 120,000 metric tonnes of paddy per annum. The N10b investment, sited in Argungu, Kebbi State, will also create over 3,500 direct and indirect jobs, as the company participates in the entire rice value chain, from seed multiplication […]
♦ Importation Is The Remedy-Toromade The maize industry is currently challenged by an array of diseases and pests, especially armyworm caterpillar, stem borers; and Corn earworms, among others, which have dealt deadly and devastating blows on maize plantations across the country. That the development is a serious threat to the country’s annual turnover of US$6b […]
The University of Ilorin and a Lagos-based company, Origin Group Nigeria Limited, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the commercial production of honey through the university’s Apiary Unit. Speaking during the MoU signing ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, commended the group for being the first company […]
Sweet potato farmers in Sokoto State say they are ready for mass production of the commodity with necessary support from the stakeholders in the agricultural sector. Many farmers in the 23 local government areas of the state are into sweet potato production but grow them mostly for local consumption. “We should be encouraged to produce […]
Governor Samuel Ortom has raised the alarm over alleged plot by suspected herdsmen in the West African sub-region to invade Benue State to prevent the implementation of the anti-open grazing law this came as the Ekiti State High Court has sentenced a herdsman, Ali Haruna, to two years imprisonment for destroying crops worth N1.5 million […]
Uche Odozor is the Managing Director, AG Aviation Nigeria, operator of Air Tractor, an agricultural plane used for spraying agrochemicals, fertilizer and seeding in large farms. In this interview, he explained how state governments and commercial farmers in the country could leverage on cheap and affordable air tractors for massive food production. Excerpts: How would […]
With imported greenhouses designed to help farmers produce quality and increase yield selling for about N3 million, a young entrepreneur and Co-Founder, PS Nutraceuticals, Samson Ogbole, has found a cheaper option with low cost ones constructed with bamboo.The aim is to encourage more Nigerians with little money to be involved in profitable farming. DANIEL ESSIET […]
The Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, has developed a high-yield new variety of tomatoes. A statement from the university on Thursday said the new variety, named Eva F1, was cultured to suit the Nigerian market through the collaborative efforts of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT) and the Teaching and Research Farm […]