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Customs closes gate to stop Oyo govt from returning 1,800 bags of rice

[ad_1] The imbroglio between the Oyo State government and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the 1,800 bags of rice continued on Wednesday with the Oyo/Osun command closing its gate and refusing the state government access into its Ibadan premises to return the bags of rice. Keeping to its word to return the rice deemed […]

FARMVEST SEALS MORINGA CONTRACT, EYES GLOBAL MARKET

-Farmvest Agricapital SA secures a multi-year contract agreement for production and processing of Moringa Farmvest Agricapital a SA based company with Operations in Zimbabwe and South Africa announced that they have sealed a 5-year offtake agreement contract for the production and processing of Moringa in Zimbabwe and South Africa with a Big regional exporter of […]

Zoetis’ acquisition of Performance Livestock Analytics is major milestone for livestock tech space

[ad_1] Monsanto’s acquisition of The Climate Corporation in 2013 marked a major turning point for the then-nascent agri-foodtech space. Since then, investment has flooded into startups innovating for food and farming from row crop production to traceability to food safety to grocery stores. Apart from Merck’s record-breaking $2.4 billion acquisition of livestock tech digital health […]

COVID-19: FG sends 110 trailer loads of rice, other grains to Kano State

[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Tuesday sent 100 trailer loads of rice and other grains to the Kano State government for distribution to the needy, vulnerable and people of concern in the state. The government had two weeks ago sent 10 trailer loads of bags of rice […]

Customs did not invite us to test Oyo rice – NAFDAC

[ad_1] Contrary to claims made by the Humanitarian Affairs minister, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk., the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it did not conduct any test on the rice distributed to some South-West states by the Nigeria Customs as COVID-19 palliative. The Oyo State government a few […]

COVID-19: I can’t share FG’s rice to Akwa Ibom people — Emmanuel

[ad_1] Idongesit Ashameri, Uyo Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has suspected that the 1800 bags of custom bonded warehouse rice sent to the State as Federal Government palliative for Covid-19 may not be suitable for consumption. Governor Emmanuel has, therefore, announced a decision to subject the rice to scientific test to ascertain whether […]

Youths confront, chase away herdsmen in Delta community

[ad_1] ASABA-YOUTHS at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, rose against suspected herdsmen, who stormed the Admiralty Neighbourhood Estate in the town to kidnap a victim, Monday, and chased them away. Vanguard learned that some concerned residents of the estate were at Police Headquarters, Asaba, to lodge a complaint about the frequent abductions […]

Reviving agricultural research institutes in Nigeria

[ad_1] AGRICULTURE is an evolving sector which dwells on research to increase its productivity for the growth of the sector and also make the sector attractive to youths. The National Agricultural Research Institutes over the years have been doing some researches which could be beneficial to the country’s agricultural sector, but regrettably, those researches ended […]

Residents cry out as suspected herdsmen abduct four more persons in Delta

[ad_1] IBUSA – SUPPOSED Fulani herdsmen have continued their onslaught against unsuspecting residents of Delta State, following the kidnap of three peasant farmers and a resident at Admiralty Neighbourhood Estate, Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state, weekend. The suspected herdsmen, numbering five, had stormed a compound in the Ibusa neighbourhood to abduct […]

Arise, robotic slug slayers?

[ad_1] Slugs are greedy guests on farms. Some estimates reckon a single slug is capable of killing up to fifty wheat seeds within one week of sowing. Nor is a slug ever single for long; as hermaphrodites, slugs are prolific breeders regardless of their relationship status, capable of self-fertilizing and laying hundreds of eggs in […]

Ondo rejects expired rice from FG

[ad_1] Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has rejected bags of rice sent to the state by the Federal Government as palliatives. It was gathered that most of the 1800 bags received by the state from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management were not fit for human consumption. The 1,800 bags of rice […]