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[ad_1] Knowledge gap and lack of good agronomic practices have been attributed to the low rate of Soybean yield in Nigeria. The Director-General, Premier Agribusiness Academy (PAA), Mr. Toromade Francis, who said this during the institution’s first Nigerian Soy Excellence Centre (SEC) advisory council meeting, held at Protea Hotel, Lagos, said if there is proper […]

[ad_1] A Farmfunding agro firm, H.O CORN has opened an e-commerce platform for Nigerians to purchase fresh corn and have it delivered from the farm to their doorsteps, free. The firm, with its 30,000 acres farm located in Ofiki community, Iseyin, Oyo State, is currently harvesting over 120,000 tonnes of maize for households and industrial […]

[ad_1] The Nigerian Institute for Oil palm Research (NIFOR), established in 1939, is saddled with the mandate to conduct research into the production, products of oil palm and other palms of economic importance with the aim of transferring its research findings to the public. Celestine Ikuenobe, acting executive director of NIFOR, in this interview with […]

[ad_1] The Zamfara State Government has directed all Secondary Schools in the state to include Agricultural Science-based subjects in their curriculum. The State Commissioner of Education, Dr Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this in Gusau on Friday while inaugurating a School Farm Programme and E-Quality Assurance Training, organised by the State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB). Abdullahi […]

[ad_1] As Nigeria celebrates diamond 60th independence anniversary, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, and the Nigeria Agribusiness Group, NABG, Friday, scored performance, productivity, and impact of the agricultural sector, which they expressed their expectations to improve agribusiness. Speaking with Vanguard on the journey so far of the agricultural sector, the National President, AFAN, […]

[ad_1] Forrmer Nigeria President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Africa needs simultaneous productivity push and policy pull to transform farming from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. Obasanjo, who is the chair, Africa Food Prize Committee, made the observation in Kigali, Rwanda, today , while congratulating the winners of this year’s , […]

[ad_1] At the just concluded African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Kigali, Rwanda, the Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation, Mr William Asiko, said the closure of markets during the lockdowns occasioned by COVID -19 pandemic showed the fragility and lack of resilience of African urban cities in terms of the food chain. Asiko said Africa has […]

[ad_1]  As the Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement, and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) project ended its six-day joint Monitoring Exercise to implementation sites.  Abisola Olusanya, the State’s Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, who made the disclosure, stated that the State will soon start the implementation and promotion of urban farming for food security in the state.  Olusanya […]

[ad_1]  SEYI TAIWO-OGUNTUASE  LAGOS  Exporters in the country have called on the Nigerians Export Promotion Council (NEPC), to assist farmers and exporters to advocate and push for legislative laws to bar foreigners from encroaching farmlands across the country.  In separate interviews with some exporters, they commended NEPC for the various trainings been organised for exporters, […]

[ad_1] Lagos – Ogun state government has pledged its support to the ongoing cassava cultivation and processing project of the Odu’a Investment Company limited situated at Imeko area of the state. Dr Adeola Odedina, Ogun state Commissioner for Agriculture made the pledge during a visit to the cassava plantation in company of Dr Dotun Sorunke, […]

[ad_1] Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) has announced activities to commemorate its 60-years of creating innovative and sustainable value in agriculture and food production. It said a rich leadership and value-chain in the food industry through a legacy of impactful investments, job creation, community development, and economic growth are qualities that would help deepen […]

[ad_1] Despite the passage of the Oyo State Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law 2019 by the state House of Assembly, herdsmen go on the rampage, killing farmers, destroying farms, and raping minors in over 60 communities in the Oke-Ogun zone of the state.  The law states that anyone who engages in open rearing or grazing of […]

[ad_1] Chairman, Board of Directors of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has identified five core areas that should be articulated in the quest to transform the agricultural sector in Nigeria and on the African continent.   The chairman stated this in his welcome address at the virtual Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) organised by the […]

[ad_1] To mark Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary, Xtralarge Farms is giving out plots of land to agriculture enthusiasts. In a statement made available to The Guardian yesterday, the firm also promised to train farmers at no cost, help them in cultivation and arrange for off-take of their harvests for three years. The firm set up […]