Nigeria’s Sorghum Farmers Expect Higher Output On Weather, Increased Demand
Nigerian sorghum farmers are expecting higher yield this year on favorable weather and increasing demand for local sorghum for human, industrial and animal consumption.
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Nigerian sorghum farmers are expecting higher yield this year on favorable weather and increasing demand for local sorghum for human, industrial and animal consumption.
Sokoto Residents Happy As Tomato Prices Drop, Few days after Eid el fitri celebration, prices of tomatoes have dropped in Sokoto even as the merchants attributed the general high cost of tomatoes in the state to non -availability of tomato produced in the state. From N22, 000 per basket, it plummeted to between N12, 000 […]
“Jigawa Farming Activities Resume” Farming activities in the 2018 rainy season have started in most of the local government areas of Jigawa, investigations by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) have revealed. NAN observed that in view of the regular rainfalls across the state, most farmers have considered the soil wet enough for them to start […]
Dizengoff Monster Tractors, A two high capacity tractors from Dizengoff Nigeria has arrived Jigawa state to help boost sugar cane farmers productivity in the state. The tractors were received by the Great Northern Agriculture Business Limited for the cultivation of its ambitious 12,000 hectares sugarcane farm in Jigawa state. The two CASE IH tractors delivered […]
100 Ekiti Cocoa Farmers Get Improved Seedlings: A community leader, Chief Sesan Fabamise, has donated 10,000 cocoa seedlings to 100 farmers in Ijan-Ekiti, Ekiti, to increase cocoa production and to boost the economy of the community. Speaking during the distribution of the seedlings, Fabamise said his desire to embark on the mission was borne out […]
Lagos Plans 32 Tonnes Per Hour Rice Mill: The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Toyin Suarau, says the state is completing the process of establishing a 32 tonnes per hour rice mill at Imota, projected to produce 2.6 million 50kg bags of rice per annum. The commissioner made the disclosure at the recent 2018 […]
A bill seeking to prohibit the production, transportation and sale of charcoal in Kwara State has passed through second reading at the Kwara State House of Assembly. (Kwara Ban Charcoal Production) Also, another one seeking chain saw mills to plant a tree in place of felled ones passed the second reading. To this end, a public […]
Benue Fertiliser: The Benue State Executive Council has approved N4,000 for the sale of 50kg bag of all brands of fertiliser for the 2018 cropping season. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Lawrence Onoja, who disclosed this in Makurdi while briefing newsmen, said the SEC had ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to source for vendors that […]
Unhealthy Food: Kunle Iyanda, a cardiologist at Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, has described Nigerian diets as unhealthy.
The Lagos State Government says it has begun the rehabilitation of old coconut plantations in the state with improved seedlings in a bid to develop a value chain for the produce.
IITA To Hold Training On Novel Techniques For Weed Management in Cassava Farming Systems that guarantee more than 20 tons per ha.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh disclosed that the federal government is to introduce a new programme called “Agriculture Implement and Mechanization Scheme (AIMS)” as a substitute to Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES).
Poultry Farmers: Olademiji Akinlolu runs a flourishing poultry farm. He is a 25-year old farmer based in Iseyin, Oyo State. Akinlolu started his poultry business three years ago while still an undergraduate. However, his constant efforts to sell his eggs often hit a brick wall, and this is becoming a yearly occurrence.
The Chairman Governing Council Chairman of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Chief Bayo Oyero, has urged all colleges and institutes of agriculture in the country to emulate the initiatives and projects going on in FECA, so as to expedite the agricultural policies of the Federal Government.
Rice Mill:The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said rice production would start at the Imota Rice Mill in Ikorodu by February 2019, with a production capacity of 32,000 tonnes per hour.