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The crashed rice trailer belonging to Senator Tayo Alasoadura Senator Tayo Alasoadura, the owner of the branded rice inside the truck which crashed into a busy market in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, has condoled with families of victims. At least 20 persons died in Iworoko, Ado-Ekiti when the driver of the trailer lost control and rammed […]
Nigeria will in the first quarter of 2019 begin the production of ethanol and glucose syrup from sweet sorghum for industrial use. In this interview, the Director General of Raw Materials Research Council (RMRDC), Dr. Ibrahim Hussaini Doko, explained the journey so far and the drive to also make animal feeds from the crop. […]
[FILE PHOTO] Technology<br />Photo: Odd Hill As a way of reducing cost of extension service delivery across the country, the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) must be widely adopted by all the Agricultural Development Projects (ADPs) and reduce physical visit to farmers. Executive Director, National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Prof. […]
Patron and leader of all Fulani groups in Nigeria, Ibrahim Dangirka, has described those attributing the killings going on in Zamfara, Taraba, Kaduna and Benue states by armed bandits to the Fulani race as blackmailers. Speaking at a meeting of the Ardo’s (Fulani Chiefs) Forum in Kaduna over the weekend, he further exonerated the Fulani […]
The Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria has appealed to the Federal Government to invest in seed yam production. The post Farmers call for investment in seed yam production appeared first on – Nigeria and World News. Source link
Regular consumers of plantain, banana, mango and other types of fruits, especially those bought in markets, risk contracting life-threatening diseases. The health threats have been linked to application of agents to forcefully or prematurely ripen these fruits and make them ready. The most commonly used ripening agent is Calcium carbide. It is capable of quickly […]
Image: Premium Times Some suspected herdsmen have chased away farmers in Amurri, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State. The herdsmen have allegedly not allowed the farmers to enter their farmlands and have been causing untold harm to the people of the community. In a video posted by IPOB News, a woman was heard […]
Nigeria Customs Federal Operation Unit, Zone ‘B’ has made seizure of three cartons of Tramadol 255mg and 1,100 bags of foreign per boiled Rice Duty worth over 54 million Naira in Kaduna. The Area Controller of the zone, Mohammed Sarkin Kebbi disclosed this in Kaduna while conducting newsmen round the seized items. Controller Kebbi explains […]
CBN headquarters building No fewer than 120, 000 rice farmers in Kano State would benefit from the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrower programme for this year’s dry season farming. The state chairman of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in […]
The Director-General, SON, Osita Aboloma The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has enjoined farmers and processors of sorghum in Kano State and its environs to embrace constant innovations provided in the standardisation process to enable them to earn premium prices on commercialisation of high quality products. The SON Director-General, Osita Aboloma, gave the charge in […]
A fleet of tractors Head of Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, writes on the crass deficit of functional tractors, other farm mechanisation equipment and how small/medium-scale investors can close the gap, with insights from some industry professionals. Agricultural operations are still predominantly at the subsistence level in Nigeria, with each farmer or household, as stated by […]
Cross-section of farmers at the event The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), in partnership with the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and Oxfam International, have organised a forum for Lagos State governorship aspirants to present their manifestos to farmers. The farmers also presented expectations they termed farmers’ manifestoes/petitions. The farmers’ manifestoes, which are based on […]
President-General, Chief Nwokoro (third from left), performing the ground-breaking ceremony; Mrs Ejekam, Dufil Prima Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, (third from right) and other community and company representatives at the ceremony at Item, Abia State A 1040-hectare oil palm farm has been given by Amokwe and Okai villages of Item in Bende local government area to Dufil Prima […]
Kano The Kano State government has supported the state chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) with N132 million to enable it take delivery of the 44 tractors it ordered recently from India. The state AFAN chairman, Alhaji Faruk Rabi’u, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in […]
The Country Coordinator of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr Rose Gidado, has debunked claims by some non-governmental organisations that genetically modified beans are harmful to humans. In a statement in Abuja, Gidado said that the conspiracy claims were targeted at discrediting a 10-year research work carried out by scientists at the Institute of […]