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Animal Care, one of the largest agro-allied industries in the livestock subsector in Nigeria has introduced a new boiled egg technology which prolongs the shelf-life of boiled egg for more than one month. According to the company representative at the exhibition, Mr. Shola, “this is actually the boiled egg and coloured. It is coloured like […]
Asaju Energy Limited excited farmers and processors at the event with the exhibition of the prototype of the new technology that will solve many problems of the farmers and enhance their capacity to be productive. Patrick Aighemie who represented the company at the exhibition arena said the technology was developed by the technology centre, Europe. […]
John Deere is introducing two new solutions for 2017 that will help producers better monitor and control a variety of machinery functions and field operations. The first solution, the Gen 4 Extended Monitor, lets you expand what you see in the cab. Designed to work exclusively with Deere’s 4600 CommandCenter, this solution is meant for […]
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) Lagos, a multidisciplinary marine research institute and Nigeria’s prime institute for Marine Sciences, is building the capacity of fish farmers under the aegis of West Africa Aquaculture Productivity Initiative (WAAPI)-an innovative platform in the aquaculture industry which deals with the entire value chain. The capacity building is […]
Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto, is entering the European market with the company’s acquisition of VitalFields, a farm management software company based in Estonia. This is part of Climate Corporation’s efforts to deliver ag technologies to farmers around the world. “At Climate, our vision is to deliver one centralized digital agriculture platform to provide […]
The story of Nigerian agriculture is embedded within the country’s political history. Nigeria had a predominantly agricultural economy in the hundred odd years spent under British colonial rule and well into its first decade of independence. In the 1960’s, Nigeria was the world’s second largest producer and exporter of cocoa, the largest exporter of palm […]
As part of measures to accelerate Federal Government’s sustainable growth policies on Rice production in the country, AfricaRice, pan African intergovernmental agricultural research center has provided 50 Rice Farmers with modern mechanised technology training.28 of the benefiting youths were trained with the use of locally fabricated Rice threshers, while others specialised in the maintenance of […]
The Federal Government has commenced training 120 Nigerians across the 36 states on the fabrication of agro-processing machines, to serve as a catalyst for agricultural revolution in the country. The scheme, rolled out through the Federal ministry of Agriculture, is aimed at spreading the skill so acquired and imparting same to other interested Nigerians. Yesterday, […]
A new technology, ZipGrow Vertical Farming Towers has evolved, to assist farmers in need of space, to boost their agricultural productivity. It is a soil-less farming system that can empower farmers to grow more within a little space and make more money. ZipGrow line of products allows farmers to grow from micro to subsistence at […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has called on farmers across the country to adopt the genetically modified (GM) technology, saying it is not geared toward pushing them out of business. The National President of the association, Mr Ike Ubaka, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Ubaka was […]
Representatives of IYA defending the Fished Up app at the Hackathon. A community-based fish farmers’ web application developed by the Abuja IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) was judged the best during the semifinals of the Fish Farming Agrihack West Africa 2016 competition. The contest was organized by The Technical Centre for Rural and Agricultural Cooperation (CTA), […]
The Propcom Mai-Karfi program in Nigeria is helping to increase access to tractors, which will aid farmers in increasing their yields. The first gasoline-powered tractor rolled down a Midwestern wheat field in 1892. Since then, this technology has evolved and spread around the world—but it has spread unevenly. While globally there are 196 tractors for […]
The National Vice President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Chris Onwuka , has condemned those campaigning against biotechnology in the country as he asked them to come up with scientific evidence to back their stance. Speaking at a Stakeholders meeting in Abuja recently, he said “a group came and were telling us […]
Use of machinery has become more important in agriculture as labour costs continue to rise, National Sales Manager, Dizengoff Nigeria, Mr Kunle Dabiri has said. Dabiri said Dizengoff Nigeria has made vegetable and crop production easier with the use of modern and affordable farm equipment, kits and improved varieties of seeds and seedlings. Dabiri spoke […]