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Much ado about Nigeria’s dwindling coffee cultivation level |

Directly Above Shot Of Roasted Coffee Beans In Cup And On Table Despite the rising demand for coffee globally, Nigerian farmers seem not to be tapping the potential as the produce has seen a significant dip in both production and export. Coffee is a tropical plant, which comes in two main types: Robusta and Arabica. […]

Customs Distributes Over 3000 Bags Of Rice To IDPs

The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has distributed a total of 3,131 bags of rice as relief material to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in 2018 in Adamawa State. The Area Comptroller, Mr Kamardeen Olumoh, at a press conference said the bags of rice were intercepted from smugglers in the state and […]

TADAN, triton seek ban on importation of Tilapia |

Tilapia fish being harvested at the Ikere Gorge Dam, Iseyin, Oyo State. The Federal Government has been urged to place outright ban on the importation of tilapia, to protect fish farmers and ensure the growth of the aquaculture industry. Stakeholders in the aquaculture industry who made the appeal during a meeting with members of the […]

Experts raise alarm over influx of processed food

Following the rising concern on the influx of processed food in the system; nutrition experts have raised alarm on the growing rate of child obesity, considered another form of malnutrition. The post Experts raise alarm over influx of processed food appeared first on – Nigeria and World News. Source link

FUNAAB hopeful of CEADESE sustainability

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Kolawole Salako has expressed confidence that programmes under the Centre for Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE), would be sustained and given necessary support by the university. Salako gave the assurance at the meeting of the principal officers with the International […]

Herdsmen Tells Buhari What To Do To Atiku

Atiku weeps as he picks nomination form/premiumtimesng.com President Muhammadu Buhari should place the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, under security watch, according to a Fulani socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. Miyetti Allah’s call came in a communiqué at the end of an emergency where it noted that the former Vice-President was capable of destabilizing […]

Top seed Svitolina crashes out in Brisbane

Top seed and defending champion Elina Svitolina crashed out of the Brisbane International at the hands of Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Wednesday. In a replay of last year’s final, Sasnovich reversed that result as she ousted Svitolina 6-4, 0-6, 6-3. The Belarusian displayed some breathtaking shot in the first set before Svitolina stormed back in […]

Economics and techniques of modern cashew farming |

Cashew A young bricklayer in Kwara State, simply identified as Alaba, was getting frustrated in 2015 because his craft was not fetching him enough money to take proper care of himself and his family. He was contemplating on what to do when an idea struck him. It was in March 2015, and the idea was […]

Osun farmers demand GSM network at farm settlements

Vox Media The farmers in Osun State said they want the digital mobile network of the Global System for Mobile communication to be extended to the farm settlements in the state to enable them link up and connect with the modern world. One of the farmers, Moruf Babalola, made the appeal during the 2018 Odun […]

Nigeria rice mill hits 250 tonnes daily production

Nigerian flag By Abolade OgundimuKano-based Amarava Rice Mill says it is targeting to record 500 tonnes of daily production by June, just as it hit 250 tonnes to boost local self-sufficiency. Mr Subhash Chand, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. […]

New Year: What Will Happen To Nigeria’s Economy, Herdsmen

Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed The country will experience a shaky economy in the coming year, according to a cleric, William Okoye of the All Christian Fellowship Mission. Okoye, who is the General Overseer of the church in Abuja, said this during the 2019 crossover service. “Looking at the herdsmen killings, I believe that our problem […]

Saving Nigeria’s dwindling tilapia fishing sector

Nigeria’s tilapia fish industry is facing some challenges, a scenario that makes it fail to register meaningful and sustainable growth. Stakeholders suggest ways to save the industry, DANIELESSIET reports. Nigeria has always been a major consumer of fish, and demand for fisheries products has increased in recent years due to health-consciousness of the citizens. With […]

FAO, WFO to help farmers drive global agricultural agenda

The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have reaffirmed their commitment to help farmers become the drivers of the global agricultural agenda. The new FAO-WFO agreement will focus on supporting and promoting the key role those farmers and their organisations play in efficient, inclusive and sustainable agriculture and food […]