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Ever since women’s involvement in agricultural practices, many have not seen the development as a means of earning a living, but that of feeding oneself. However, the role played by women in meeting challenges of agricultural development in the north cannot be overlooked. It is on record that many women involved in agricultural practices have […]
NOA By Bolanle Lawal In continuation of the campaign to stop the deaths of millions of African children, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and UNICEF have taken the fight against Female Genital Mutilation to the grassroots. The agencies have advised mothers in Ekiti State to stop the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and tried […]
A recent report carried out by World Bank has revealed that the impact of unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies about US$ 110 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses each year. It said unfortunately a large proportion of these costs could be avoided by adopting preventative measures that improve how food is handled […]
There is tension in Taraba as over 750 hectares of rice farm in Dubale Village of Lau local government council, cultivated by Wal-wanne Nigeria Limited have been occupied and completely destroyed by armed herdsmen and their cattle. The farm coordinator, Alhaji Muhammed Musa in a press briefing yesterday in Jalingo lamented that the rice farm […]
Dr. Olaniyan Abayomi Dr Abayomi Olaniyan is the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan. He has over 30 years of experience in agricultural/horticultural research. He talks with the Head, Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, on challenges of agriculture-based research institutes. He says vegetable farming has the potential to lucratively employ […]
IITA World Food Day: Research outputs by Africa Food Prize winner, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and its national partners are helping farmers to come out of poverty, creating jobs and demonstrating the possibility of having a prosperous African continent, says the Director general of IITA, Dr Nteranya Sanginga today. Addressing stakeholders at […]
Matured Moringa seeds The saying that agriculture is profitable and sustainable is neither rhetoric nor a cacophony. Careful inward looking and proactive efforts in the agricultural sector truly have the potentialities. Income generation, employment creation and poverty alleviation potential of the sector are real considering the foreign exchange earnings from cash crops such as cocoa, […]
An agricultural expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has raised alarm over the spread of aflatoxin in local agricultural produce. Olawale, a researcher at the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN reports that Aflatoxin is produced by two […]
Brazil’s environment and agriculture ministers have criticized President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s plans to merge their departments, saying it would hurt the country’s agenda on both fronts. Bolsonaro has pledged to roughly halve the number of existing ministries in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and government bloat. He also vowed to merge the planning, finance and industry […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) says the Agrictech innovations will promote the achievement of sustainable food production and sufficiency in the country, if they are properly applied. Chief Femi Oke, the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of AFAN, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on […]
Paul Gbededo, is the Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. In this interview, he enumerated the challenges facing flour millers and need for government intervention. He said Government needs to encourage inclusive, sustainable and enforceable policies to encourage local investors. Excerpt. Paul Gbededo, Group/CEO, Flour Mills Nigeria Plc […]
[KIGALI] Technological innovations such as use of mobile phones to aid farming are unlikely to increase yields unless strong institutions exist, an academician says. According to the FAO, a renewed focus on technological innovation is needed to promote sustainable agriculture. But some experts say that despite a big focus on technological innovation such as smartphone […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the achievement recorded in the country’s Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development headed by Dr. Audu Ogbeh, the honourable Minister. President Buhari stated this while playing host to some young political appointees to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wednesday night. The President said his grouse however […]
…Governors agree on N22,500 By Henry Umoru & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, yesterday, dissociated itself from claims by organised labour that the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage agreed on N30,000. NLC NACCIMA said it only agreed to pay N22,000, adding that even when the Federal Government proposed […]
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, says government is set to revitalise agriculture extension services in the country. The minister spoke in Abuja during the FGN/IFAD Assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), Commodity Alliance Forum 2018 (CAF), with the theme “Partnership for enhancing productivity and marketing for sustainable […]