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The Benue State House of Assembly yesterday set up a six-man Ad-hoc committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the difficulty being faced by farmers to access agricultural loans from the Bank of Agriculture. The House took the decision after a debate on a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Majority Leader, Benjamin Adanyi.He […]
Government has come up with a $20 million loan facility to benefit small scale tobacco growers and ensure auction floors remain functional. This follows realisation that the bulk of flue-cured tobacco was being grown under the contract system. Few farmers were now selling through auction floors. Addressing farmers at Howgate Farm in Murehwa yesterday, Agriculture, […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) have launched the Youth Technical Training Program (YTTP) – an initiative that aims to train young African professionals in research and technology transfer, contributing to local capacity development. The YTTP initiative is sponsored under the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (SSCTF) and will consists of an […]
Stricter quotas are failing as fishers turn to poaching to make a living. On weekends when the sun is shining and the wind isn’t gale force, the natural amphitheatre of rocks surrounding the Hawston harbour slipway is filled with locals quenching their thirst with beer, braaiing fish and sharing jokes. That was the scene this […]
Coffee farmers must invest in technologies that will add value to their coffee if they are to earn more money from the cash crop. According to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) executive director, Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, most Ugandans are selling raw berries which fetch lower price than when a little value was added to […]
U.S. Borax, part of Rio Tinto, has launched a mobile crop guide to help agronomists, growers and researchers identify and treat boron deficiency in soils, a key issue facing agriculture. Boron is an essential micronutrient to plant growth. In recent years, there’s been increased attention to the role micronutrients–such as boron and zinc–play in the […]
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have discovered a ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that can increase the thale cress plant’s resistance to stress from drought and salt. The discovery could help illuminate a new pathway to engineering drought- and salt-tolerant plants, including food crops, said Dr. Liming Xiong, AgriLife Research associate professor, Dallas. “This is the […]
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition released today. At the same time, multiple forms of malnutrition are […]
A new factory on Praslin, the second-most populated island in Seychelles, is launching a new and innovative way to manage and make better use of seaweed: turning it into agricultural fertiliser. Bernard Port-Louis told SNA that the business, called ‘Seaweed Seychelles,’ is the brainchild of his son Benjamin. “He is currently in his final year […]
An estimated 60-90 million quintals of crop produce is lost annually in Ethiopia owing to poor post-harvest handling, researches indicate. The amount accounts 20-30 percent of the total production. To put it into an understandable perspective, the stated produce could feed over 20 million people for about a year. Currently, Non-for-profit organizations in partnership with […]
A total of 378 young farmers at the weekend concluded a one-week training in agriculture as well as other entrepreneurial and leadership development courses at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Center, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State. The training which was organized by the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) drew participants from the Apex Leading Farmers […]
Experts in the agriculture sector have revealed that over N16 billion can be saved annually through the reduction in the application of insecticide by farmers. One of the experts, Prof. Mohammad Ishiaku, disclosed to Saturday Telegraph that the use of insecticide by farmers in Nigeria has caused more problems than solution due to limited knowledge. […]
The Yobe Ministry of Agriculture has commenced spraying of farmlands against invasion by army pests in seven out of the 17 local government areas. Alhaji Mustapha Gajirima, state commissioner for agriculture, confirmed this on Saturday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. He said the army pests were reported in Tarmuwa, […]
Victims of the recent flood in Benue State are still trying to come to terms with their situation. JOHNSON BABAJIDE writes that the losses are not quantifiable and may take time to be recovered, despite promises of help from different quarters. HEAPS of damaged properties are now common sight in major parts of Makurdi in […]
The Lagos State Government(LASG) said it had directed a non-stop sale of LAKE rice across the state in all the designated centres. Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State gave the directive in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Sunday in Lagos. The Commissioner for Agriculture, […]