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Wheat, a highly versatile crop, is used in making foods like bread, biscuits, cookies, cakes, spaghetti, and noodles. It is also used for making local foods like ‘Tuwo’, ‘Alkaki’, ‘Fura’, ‘Algaragis’, ‘Alkubus’, ‘Taliya’ ‘Gurasa’ ‘Danwake’ among others. Experts say wheat requires well drained soil and does not tolerate salinity and acidity of soil. Professor I.U. […]
Crops are rotting away in farms in Zamfara State after farmers stopped going for harvest from the lands for fear of being kidnapped or killed. Already far into the harvesting period, many farmers are finding it difficult to go to their farms for harvest, owing to rampant cases of kidnap of farmers and traders by […]
The Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, will on Wednesday commission a new perishable produce railway logistics system at Dutsen Wai in Kubau Local Government Area of the state. This new system, which is the result of partnership between Growth and Employment in States – Wholesale and Retail Trade (GEMS4) and Connect Rail Services Limited […]
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, has said that Nigeria will soon stop the importation of wheat from Russia. . Abba-Ibrahim, represented by Amb. Baba Garba, Director, European Affairs in the ministry, made the disclosure at the end of the fourth Joint Commission meeting between Russia and Nigeria in Abuja on […]
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said that food worth at least N3 billion is being consumed daily by 22 million residents of Lagos State, representing N1.095 trillion spent on food items annually in the state. Meantime, Vice President of Dangote Group, Sanni Dangote, disclosed that Nigeria can save $700 million spent annually on […]
Lettuce, a once affordable vegetable is now one of the most expensive in Abuja markets. The recent trend has been blamed on lack of fertiliser and poor storage of the perishable plant. Our reporters, who were at Utako and Kubwa markets, spoke with some vegetable sellers to ascertain the cause of the recent hike in […]
With hundreds of debates going on about GMO foods and oppositions from Anti-GMO advocacy groups getting tougher by the day, I have always been inquisitive about this topic and concerned with the continuous intensity of the ongoing conflict. It’s not a coincidence my first article as a contributor is about GMO and I predict there […]
—Says Lagosians spend N3bn on food daily Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said agriculture sector remained one of the surest means of revamping the nation’s economy, saying his administration remains committed in its efforts to achieve food security. The governor, who spoke at the maiden edition of the Lagos Food Security and […]
Dangote Industries Group has said for Nigeria’s economy to be firm, its citizens need to patronise locally- made products. The executive director, Stakeholder Management & Corporate Communications of Dangote Group, Engr. Mansur Ahmed made this known at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair organised by Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) in Lagos, yesterday. […]
The much awaited Lagos Food Security Summit and Exhibition 2016, kicked-off yesterday, Thursday, November 10, 2016, at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, with so many players from agriculture, agribusiness, food industry, Academia and Government dignitaries in attendance. The maiden edition of the summit, which had Chief (Mrs.) Nike Akande, DG, Lagos Chamber of Commerce in […]
Following frequent clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers, the Abia State Police command has directed Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, in the state to set up conflict resolution committees to check the trend. Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade who disclosed this at a townhall meeting in Aba, said the committees would include the Transition Committee chairmen […]
It is no longer news that over 70 per cent of Nigerians live in rural areas and greater part of this percentage is made up of women, who mostly have been riddled with abject poverty. Over the years, a major challenge faced by rural women has been a lack of financial inclusion, which has further […]
The controversial bill for an Act to provide for establishment of grazing areas management agency and other related matters, yesterday on the floor of the Senate, suffered a major set back as it was stood down for discussion and further deliberation. The bill, sponsored by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, APC, Kano Central, titled A Bill for […]
What’s Ahead For Agriculture Under Trump? For the past eight years, many farmers have chaffed under what’s seen as regulatory overreach under the Obama Administration. Farm groups and Trump supporters expect that to be pulled back after the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star was elected the 45th U.S. president on November […]
Coconut trees may go into extinction in Nigeria in the next 50 years, a coconut processor, Mr Muheammad Mustafa, has said, cautioning against its use as building materials substitute. Mustafa, Executive Director, Doublem Enterprises Development Centre, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that using the tree’s trunk as planks and […]