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[ad_1] PHOTO: VON The Executive Director of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Yomi Kasali has identified poorly trained tractors’ operators as reasons for short life span of many agricultural machinery in the country. Kasali, represented by one of the directors of NCAM, Dr. Segun Ademiluyi, at the training on Capacity […]
Moba has unveiled a new and unique patented industrial processing system, Moba EggXtreme EggXtreme also uses low temperatures to achieve a gentler pasteurisation process. (Image source: Moba) EggXtreme improves traditional egg processing methods by emphasising the high-quality and freshness of the egg product and reducing the chance of contamination. Thanks to its new integrated low-temperature […]
What the Coronavirus (COVID–19) Means for African Family Farmers and Fishermen Release. Executive Summary In this new report, “Impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s Agriculture: What the Coronavirus (COVID–19) Means for African Family Farmers and Fishermen”, Selina Wamucii, highlights new developments that will shape the food and agricultural landscape across Africa for years to come. This […]
[ad_1] National Strategic Grains Reserve Complex, located along Iwo Road, Ibadan, in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, has become the shadow of itself. For years now, the reserve complex has not been in operation. About two years ago, when The Guardian visited the place, it looked deserted. But now, no one is allowed to […]
A report that Nigerian food products are being rejected in the international market is not cheery against the backdrop of the quest for the diversification of the economy and strong currency. The over dependence on oil has stunted economic development and is no longer sustainable. We need alternative non-oil sources of revenue to boost the […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses From automated milking machines to computerized green houses; drones to satellites; apps to other scientific inventions; research findings to nutritional needs of plants and animals which will ultimately determine the nature of harvest or output, the business of agriculture in Nigeria is fast changing as practitioners are adopting smart farming methods, […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses There is no doubt that there is a renewed effort by government to advance the business of food production in Nigeria to alleviate poverty, end starvation, create employment and attain food sufficiency for the nation. Rural Farmers This, the government has demonstrated genuinely through various intervention funds for agriculture. The setting up of […]
By Jim Lawson Moses In recent times, because of the renewed clamor by government for Nigerians to return to agriculture, and efforts to get it right, government has been making farm inputs available to farmers across the nation either as seeds or equipment. But despite this many deliberate attempts to yield meaningful results, […]
“Looming Food Crisis” The scary reports of imminent food crisis in Nigeria keep coming at us in a fusillade, like the scourge of a devastating flood. Precisely on November 5, 2017 a report jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the National Programme for Food Security projected […]
“Agribusiness Model” As it may be difficult getting lots of enterprising corporate youths involved in agriculture going by the tedious nature of farming with old techniques still in place, an innovative agribusiness startup has allayed the fears with an inclusive and trendy model that now woos many Nigerians across the world to invest in agriculture […]
While commissioning the N50 billion new Flour Mills sugar plant in Niger State on February 15, President Muhammadu Buhari said that his government’s agricultural vision ‘continues to be a country that grows what it eats.’
How Nigeria Can Develop Rice Varieties As Response To Large Methane Emission, A recent report by World Resources Institute (WRI) and Food and Agricultural Organisation, (FAO) says that Green House Gas released by rice farms alongside other agricultural practices are major environmental polluters. In this piece, CHIKA IZUORA dissects experts’ opinions on a way out, […]
“Minister Ogbeh Should Tread With Caution” IT is dangerous to be overzealous and to run too far ahead of the pack when there is social tension. In a democracy, it pays for government officials to consult thoroughly, think carefully through policies and apply circumspection in their execution to carry the public along. True democrats are […]
How food production, rural infrastructure upscale through ATASP-1 in north-west, The quantum of cassava production in Kila, Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State will surprise any first time visitor – it is cassava everywhere. However, with the state government’s processing company for garri, cassava flour and starch now comatose, the farmers’ effort at processing […]
Introduction: “grazing reserves” Pastoralists-farmers’ conflicts in Nigeria have grown, spread and intensified over the past decade and today poses a threat to national survival. Thousands of people have been killed, communities have been destroyed and so many farmers and pastoralists have lost their lives and property in an orgy of killings and destruction that is […]