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[ad_1] For the past decades, Africa has been grappling with the sustainable diffusion of improved cassava varieties due to a weak and uncoordinated dissemination strategy. Consequently, improved varieties have often failed to reach the hands of farmers, forcing the yields of cassava in Africa to remain low. However, the project— Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated […]
[ad_1] Transportation, Dearth Of Farm Hands Is Responsible —Daramola We Should Buckle Up For More Inflation —Adesola Lagos Master Bakers Threaten 60% Bread Price Increase For the first time in two years, food prices hit 15.03 per cent in April, the highest since March 2018. The upsurge was largely driven by the coronavirus pandemic crisis, […]
[ad_1] The Palm Oil (CPO) sector is currently facing a significant challenge, due to restriction on inter-state movement and smuggling of the produce, despite closure of all land borders. The Chairman, Okomu Oil Palm, Gbenga Oyebode, who said this during the company’s 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) reports and accounts presentation for the year 2019, […]
[ad_1] Extension Agents working under the Justice Development and Peace Movement (JDPM), Oyo and the University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) have concluded plans to resume training activities previously halted by the COVID-19 lockdown, under a cautious regime. The training activities will adhere strictly to the rules on physical distancing set by the country on COVID […]
[ad_1] The Poultry and Fishery sectors have lost over N60b to Coronavirus pandemic lockdown. According to the Voices of Food Security (VFS), a coalition of farmers associations, over five million crates of eggs estimated at N40b have perished; N20b was lost by fish farmers, due to closure of hotels, eateries and restaurants; N20m lost at […]
[ad_1] The Lagos State Government says it has released hybrid maize seedlings to 650 farmers, as palliatives to support them for the on-going planting season. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this, explained that the donation was part of the state’s efforts at dealing with the problem of food shortage caused […]
[ad_1] To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food security, the Federal Government has embarked on a four-year post COVID 19 Agricultural Policy Strategy that will guide modernisation and build resilience in the sector. Deputy Director, Irrigation Agriculture and Crop Development Federal Department of Agriculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Abuja, Mrs. […]
[ad_1] Nigeria has in abundance all the basic raw materials needed to produce and package quality toothpicks. All it takes is for investors to identify and harness them and in no time begin to smile to the bank. Market survey shows that toothpicks are in high demand and, of course, have a high turnover. Market […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 29 Fulani herdsmen were massacred by men dressed in military fatigues, in a village in central Mali, a local government official and a Fulani association said on Saturday. The attackers on Friday targeted the village of Binedama in the Mopti region, which has seen dozens of tit-for-tat ethnic massacres over the […]
[ad_1] Kano governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Saturday called on federal government to work toward reviewing the West African Protocols that allow for free movement to stop herdsmen migrating into northern Nigeria. He said the international blockades due to coronavirus pandemic was an opportunity to stop entry of weapons-bearing herdsmen into the country. Ganduje spoke at […]
[ad_1] KANO – Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, has on Saturday called on the Federal government to ban herdsmen from the West African countries and others from coming into the country to end the incessant farmers and herders clashes among other insecurity challenges. This was as he called for the review of the […]
[ad_1] At least 50 million people could face a severe food crisis in West Africa if the current coronavirus pandemic worsens, an official of the UN food body, FAO, has said. Coumba Sow, FAO Resilience Coordinator for West Africa, said in an interview published on the website of the Food and Agriculture Organization that the […]
[ad_1] The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has recommended safer and environment-friendly pre-emergence herbicide options for weed control in cassava production in Nigeria. The institute, in a report published June 6, said the herbicides have excellent efficiency against broadleaf weeds and grasses for up to eight weeks after planting cassava when combined with good […]
SaharaReporters has uncovered how Managing Director of Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, Aliyu Abdulhameed, has siphoned close to N1bn using the private bank account of the agency’s Head of Finance, Idris Issa Aweda, as a conduit. Aweda uses three personal bank accounts: FCMB (4986133010), GTB (0245155058), and Stanbic IBTC (0021195810) to receive […]
[ad_1] The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI has distributed agricultural items including seeds, fertilizer and other agric implements to 100 local farmers in three Local Government Areas of Kano state. Delivering an address at the flag-off of the distribution of the items, held at the Secretariat of Kura Local Government […]