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[ad_1] Reduced rainfall and herders’ invasion of farms, both directly or indirectly linked to climate change, are forcing women farmers to adopt changes in Nasarawa. To verify the claims of reduced rainfall in Nasarawa by the female farmers, PREMIUM TIMES on May 4 requested from NiMet data on rainfall pattern in the North Central region […]

[ad_1] The Dangote urea plant pushes out 120 trucks everyday. After months of speculation, Dangote urea fertiliser is now finally on sale nationwide and it currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country. The Group Executive Director (Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development), Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, revealed to […]

[ad_1] Reduced rainfall and herders’ invasion of farms, both directly or indirectly linked to climate change, are forcing women farmers to adopt changes in Nasarawa. One night in 2014, Victoria Alkali’s husband was killed and their house set on fire following a clash between herders and farmers in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, […]

[ad_1] “For those of us who cannot acquire foreign methods of preserving food, we are still comfortable with what we saw our ancestors use and they are still useful to us.” The Gbagyi ethnic group in Kuje Area Council of Abuja say their traditional ways of preserving grains and other food crops are still the […]

[ad_1] There are growing concerns over billions of naira worth of foreign exchange, being lost by the country to the incessant rejection of its agro produce internationally. The rejection has been largely on safety and quality grounds. In the last eight years, for instance, the country has lost about $2.9b to the ban on the […]

[ad_1] The adoption of digital marketing by farmers has the capacity to address the challenge of post-harvest losses, which the country has been grappling with for years now. This is the position of Bellefu.com, an online marketplace, which insists that post-harvest loss is responsible for wiping off as much as half of tomatoes, vegetables, and […]

[ad_1] The Nigeria Agriculture Land Development Agency (NALDA) has concluded plans to establish integrated farm estates across the 109 senatorial districts. The Executive Director of NALDA, Paul Ikonne, who disclosed this during a briefing to mark his one-year in office, said the programme under the National Youth Farm Scheme, is expected to engage at least 1,500 […]

[ad_1] The president says the ABP initiative has “resulted in a sharp decline in the nation’s major food import bill.” President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said his government has financed 2.5 million small-holder farmers under the Anchors Borrower Programme (ABP) launched in 2015. Mr Buhari said this during a broadcast to commemorate this year’s Democracy […]

[ad_1] IBADAN – Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday expressed happiness over the inclusion of 1,300 women in the state, who are to benefit from the Support to Women Entrepreneurship in the Agri-food sector in Nigeria (SEFAN/SWEAN) programme. The governor, while speaking at the official launch of the training programme at IITA, Ibadan, stated […]

[ad_1] Akeredolu. Photo/FACEBOOK/ONDOGOV • 20 LIFE-ND participants receive N20m Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared that his administration will stop the age-long capital flight from the country by encouraging massive production of pork as viable alternative to beef in the state. Akeredolu said this yesterday during the commissioning of Big Dutchman’s piggery and its […]

[ad_1] [FILES] Rice Farmers • To train 32,000 farmers No fewer than 32,000 rice farmers in Katsina and Jigawa States are to be trained in modern rice farming methods to help improve production and check importation of the commodity into the country. The training is a collaborative effort between the Katsina State Government, Dangote Industries […]