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Weeding in cassava is a tortuous and a back-breaking exercise that limits the ability of farmers to expand their cropped area. However, scientists working with the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have identified some postemergence herbicides that farmers can use during the growing period of cassava to […]
“In addition to my fear for health because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am also concerned about food scarcity and prices skyrocketing. The price of smoked herring which is a basic source of protein we buy from traders from Ghana has doubled overnight as the government is closing down marketplaces as well as borders”. Those […]
Owning and running your own farm is a dream that only few are able to achieve. What is it that sets the dream apart from the reality? You need to be able to identify possible challenges that you may face and know how to tackle them when or even before they arise. If you are […]
Africa is a major producer of cassava in the world, but many farmers are recording low yield per hectare (less than 10 tons per ha) due to poor weed management, wrong application of fertilizers, low knowledge of cassava agronomy, and the cultivation of poor quality seeds with low genetic potential. On the flip side, countries […]
30000 rice farmers in Bauchi State are to gain from the 2019 dry season rice farming lending. According to the state Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RFAN) , Dr. Yahaya Adamu Yusuf disclosed during the flagging off of commodities distributions below the Anchor Borrower’s programme for this year’s farming season in Bauchi during the […]
Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers Association (ZHCFA) has called for exclusive use of organic fertilisers for the production of fruits and vegetables that are consumed without being processed because of the health benefits. The association made the call in a communique issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja and released in Ilorin on Sunday. […]
Aminu Tambuval. Photo: Twitter / SokotoGovtHouse IFAD distributes cash: The support program of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support IFAD-CASP on Sunday distributed cash and pet to five farmers in Sokoto. Presenting the points to the beneficiaries, the Governor Aminu Tambuval of Sokoto described the IFAD as a formidable […]
Harvest Plus Nigeria, an international agricultural agency, has trained more than 1.2 million farmers in parts of the country in the production of cassava vitamin A. Young people and women also learned how to turn cassava by-products into confectionery and food products. He said that the training provided recipes for the production of vitamin varieties […]
“Abuja Farmers” After Esther Panya (not actual identify) was bitten by a scorpion on the farm, initially of this year’s farming season in Jikwoyi Phase I, a suburb of Abuja, many farming households in the neighborhood had been pressured to regulate their security practices. The incident is an unpleasant reminder of deadly incidents of toxic […]
The Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) in Ilorin, Kvara, is collaborating with the African Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO) on initiatives that will contribute to broader rural development and agricultural development. AARDO Secretary-General Vassi Hasan El-Sreikhin, who was on a visit to ARMTI, to resume and strengthen cooperation and cooperation with the institute […]
Agric investors groan as fall armyworms invade farmlands: Farmers across the country have called on the government, scientists and other stakeholders to urgently intervene and find a lasting solution to the armyworm invasion ravaging the farms. As farmers flee their farmlands due to increasing insecurity across the country, another set of invaders are on the […]
“Farmers toll free lines: Farmers to assess toll free lines in August” A toll free call centre for farmers will be made available to the public in August, the managing director of a Kaduna-based tractor plant, Springfield Agro, Mr Tarun Kumar Das, announced during a briefing in Lagos. He said the toll free call, which […]
The Ministry of Defence Staff Agricultural Cooperative Society (MODACS) has appealed to the federal government to declare a state of emergency on family planning and agriculture in order to eradicate poverty, achieve sustainable development. MODACS President, Babatunde Gbadamosi stated in Lagos at the weekend while delivering a lecture at a seminar organised to commemorate the […]
A new pest—southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Stoll)—has been discovered in West and Central Africa! This introduced second armyworm species from the Americas was first found in cassava fields in south-eastern Nigeria in December 2016, reported Dr Georg Goergen, Entomologist/Biocontrol Specialist and Head of IITA’s Biodiversity Center in Bénin. Its presence was confirmed by DNA barcode […]
A New League Of Proxy Farmers In Nigeria: Juwon Gbolade a 45 years old farmer in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, grows rice, soybeans and maize on 20 hectares of land yet he has never been to a farm. Gbolade has no practical knowledge about farming and does not understand the fundamentals of agriculture yet […]