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[ad_1] Sweet potatoes Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to emplace infrastructure for food production to reduce hunger and malnutrition. This, they argued, could be done with a more enabling environment for greater food production to meet rising demand as the population increases. Prices of food items have consistently been on the increase, while […]

[ad_1] Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) has expressed its readiness to work with the National Association of Technologists in Engineering (NATE), Lagos State branch, to eliminate post-harvest food wastage. Acting Director-General of FIIRO, Dr (Mrs) Yemisi Asagbra, expressed FIIRO’s readiness to deploy its human and […]

[ad_1] Decades after being the leader in oil palm production in the world, Nigeria is currently an importer of the product due to negligence of the sector. In the 1950s and 1960s, oil palm farming was a key sector of the Nigerian economy. The sector generated about 43 per cent of the world’s total production. […]

[ad_1] A non-governmental organisation working to combat poverty and promote social justice in Nigeria, ActionAid Nigeria, Tuesday, called for upward review of Agriculture, Health, and Education allocations in the 2021 Budget Proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last Thursday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Country Director, Ene […]

[ad_1] Four years after Fulani herdsmen massacred the largely agrarian people of Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, some suspected herders have returned to destroy crops with their cattle while also setting farmers’ settlements ablaze at Efu-Ozara  and Ugwu-Iga, also in Ukpabi Nimbo community. The herders also allegedly destroyed crops in Ezi […]

[ad_1] The Ebonyi Government has restated the need for peaceful co-existence between herders and farmers across communities in the state, urging traditional rulers, youth leaders and farmers to be law-abiding. Mr Hyacinth Osuji, Chairman, Local Government Advisory Committee in the state, made the call in Abakaliki during a meeting with traditional rulers, the leadership of […]

[ad_1] LAFIA- Farming activities have become a great source of livelihood and lucrative work in Nigeria in view of the economic challenge bedeviling the country in the current dispensation. In Nasarawa State, farming activities has greatly reduce restiveness amongst youths  if not 40 per cent is about 55 per cent in the State findings revealed. […]

[ad_1] Benin- No fewer than 43 youths had been trained under the Federal Government Vocational Training and Strategic Empowerment Scheme on agricultural export produce. The vocational training was organised by the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The training was sponsored by Rep. Peter Akpatason, (APC-Edo) […]

[ad_1] The Union Building lawns in Pretoria, South Africa were covered by several hundred mainly white farmers some carrying flags and crosses, in angry protest on Saturday of the perceived lack of government response to the assaults and murders on farms in the rural parts of the country. The event organiser, Kallie Roux, shared a […]