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How to Start Cashew Nut Business In Nigeria, Nigeria is currently the 6th largest producer of cashew nut in the world. This alone speaks volumes. There is so much potential within the cashew industry. However, with the potential comes the need for a good understanding on how the industry works. This product comes from cashew […]
Dehorning cattle is the removal of the horns from cattle. It is a labour intensive and skilled operation done to eliminate the potential safety risk to cattle handlers. Dehorning is best done at a young age, from birth to less than eight weeks, in order to minimise hazards. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association however recommends […]
Mr Tunji Adenola, the National President of Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), says poultry industries across the country are closing down because of shortage of maize for poultry feeds production. The poultry industry must be revived and we have a lot of role to play here. Adenola, who revealed this in an interview in Abuja, however, […]
Minister of Communications, Barrister Abdulraheem Adebayo Shittu on Monday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital declared that more than 50 percent of commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as (Okada Riders) in Lagos State have gone back to their farms. He said this was due to various innovations of the present government in agriculture. Shittu who made […]
As herdsmen kill farmer, Tension is mounting in the sleepy community of Anaku in Ayamelum local government area of Anambra State, following the reported killing of a farmer in the area by herdsmen. Anambra State Deputy Governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke, who visited the community in company of the state Commissioner of Police and the state […]
CBN intervention policies, There are strong indications that the sustained and diversified intervention programmes of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would provide the required platform for the numerous micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to position for ultimate transformation into the arena of industrialisation. That would be a landmark achievement in the diversification agenda […]
How to make money from Banana Fiber, Uganda is the second largest producer of bananas after India with about 9 million tonnes produced annually. All this production creates tonnes of waste in form of stems and stocks. These are returned back to gardens to be used as fertilisers or mulching materials. But the stems and […]
Poultry Farmers Advocate in Abuja have called on the Federal Government to review the nation’s policy on exportation of agricultural raw materials to create employment opportunities for youths in the sector. A cross section of the farmers said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, on the […]
As Lagos State government commences sales of Lake Rice for the festive season, residents have lauded government for logistics put in place to ease purchase at designated centres. According to a statement by Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, those who besieged the centres expressed satisfaction with the process, noting that the […]
Agribusiness Group (NABG) has called for the enactment of a law on National Agribusiness Investment Plan for Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria, noting that with it, it is confident that the present administration will achieve sustainable success in its commitment to build upon the foundations of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the previous administration. […]
As part of efforts to address challenges of global demand for safe food, the Food Processing and Value Addition Programme of Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE) held a Five-Day Training Workshop on Food Processing. Speaking at the Workshop, the Director of CEADESE, Professor Okanlawon Onagbesan said food industries are facing […]
The Pioneer Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, (MOUAU), Abia State, Prof. Placid Njoku has challenged researchers at the institution and agriculture universities to focus on how wheat, Onion, apple, lettuce, carrot, and sorghum can be massively produced in Abia and other states in the south east. He flayed academics “who sit […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Audu Ogbeh, has expressed Federal Government’s readiness to prosecute people trespassing landed properties of Federal College of Agriculture, land grabbers Akure (FECA), Ondo State. Ogbeh, who stated this in Akure, during the diamond jubilee celebration of the college, identified land grabbing, destruction of farms and plantations as […]
The Country Manager of Cassava Adding Value for Africa II (CAVA II) (Nigeria), Prof. Later Sanni has identified inconsistency in the supply of raw materials as a major and critical point for the survival of large-scale industries in the country. Sanni, who stated this during the facilitation and communication skills training programme for Development Programmes […]
Nigeria can put an end to hunger, create jobs and wealth if every hand is on deck in the transformation of the agricultural sector and get involved in commercial and mechanised farming, by taking agric production and its value chain as a business and vital means of food security. Delta State, Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, who […]