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[ad_1] Ibru Mr Emmanuel Ibru, Chief Executive Officer, Aden River Estates Limited and Chairman, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON), speaks on the potentialities of the oil palm industry, its challenges, and how more investments and policies can help the country explore inherent diversification of the economy through the multipurpose oil palm sector. FEMI IBIROGBA, […]
[ad_1] To ensure economic diversification from oil to non-oil sectors, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has entered partnered with the Imo State government to boost palm oil and allied products through the state owned Adapalm Oil Company, Ohaji. This was disclosed when a team from the bank, led by the Special Adviser to the […]
[ad_1] Fully mechanised cassava farm operations Nigeria is rated the largest producer of cassava in the world when its farmers are harvesting fewer than 10 tonnes per hectare with numerous challenges, including the myth that cassava farms do not require fertilizer, as the chemical will contaminate the crop, and the belief that cassava does well […]
[ad_1] Research reports have indicated small-scale farming utilizing good agricultural practices in Zambia with the use of the latest hybrid seeds for maize, along with improving health on neutral soils, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change. Researchers at Cornell University, New York, the United States, reported this in Global Environmental Change recently. The nexus […]
[ad_1] A new analysis by the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) have identified Nigeria and 26 other countries across the globe as front liners of an impending food crisis, driven by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The joint analysis warned that the “hotspot countries” are at high risk […]
[ad_1] An agronomist has warned the government to prepare against impending food scarcity and its attendant effects. Mr Azeez Oluwole, a retiree from the Nigerian Navy, gave the warning during an interview with The Guardian in Ibadan, Oyo State recently. The founder of Farmkonnect Nigeria also stressed the need for Nigeria to look at the direction of […]
[ad_1] Fertiliser • Borno distributes 6,000 bags The Kebbi State government has inaugurated a committee for the distribution and sale of fertiliser and other inputs to farmers for the 2020 wet season. Inaugurating the committee on behalf of the state government, Chief of Staff to the State Government, Alhaji Suleiman Argungu, said the committee is to […]
[ad_1] Paul Ilona, Country Manager of HarvestPlus-Nigeria, has been selected as the Chair of the Steering/Advisory Committee of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II). BASICS II aims to transform the cassava seed sector by catalyzing the dissemination of improved varieties, thereby creating a community of commercial seed entrepreneurs across […]
[ad_1] meat As more Nigerians are getting conscious of their health, security and safety during this scary time, farmers, as well as stakeholders in the agricultural sector and marketing experts, are shifting to online sales. This appears to be the right option, as more people are working remotely and choosing to stay indoors, as it is […]
[ad_1] To mitigate the effect of coronavirus pandemic on the Ondo State economy, 1,000 youths are being trained in modern tomato production and processing. The training, organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ondo Province 4, in partnership with the state government, was geared towards teaching the beneficiaries on modern techniques in […]
[ad_1] Kwara State Government has canvassed for more investors into the state, especially those who would make the state an agro-industrial hub of Nigeria. Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Kayode Alabi, who made the appeal during his inspection visit to Versa Farm, mechanised tomatoes and pepper farm at Oke-Iya Ipo, Ifelodun Local Council, said the […]
[ad_1] A project— Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System (BASICS) has demonstrated that the cassava seeds system can be profitable for players involved across the value chain and can sustainably deploy improved varieties of cassava stems to farmers while creating jobs. Researchers say in the last five years, BASICS has created a viable […]
SaharaReporters has uncovered how Managing Director of Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, Aliyu Abdulhameed, has siphoned close to N1bn using the private bank account of the agency’s Head of Finance, Idris Issa Aweda, as a conduit. Aweda uses three personal bank accounts: FCMB (4986133010), GTB (0245155058), and Stanbic IBTC (0021195810) to receive […]
Agriculturists and financial managers have reiterated that farmers have to be empowered with critical farm inputs such as seeds, fertiliser, insecticides and tools to rev food production. This is just as over 75,000 farmers are to benefit from a post-COVID-19 mitigation strategy aimed at boosting income of smallholder and medium-scaled farmers in Nigeria to avert […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to look towards agriculture as he aims to rebound the Nigerian economy, which has largely been affected by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: Goat Farming, A Goldmine Waiting To Be Tapped Shuiab Mubarak, an agricultural investor, said, “The coronavirus outbreak has made farming and other agro sectors […]