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[ad_1] To enhance food security and industrialisation, a professor of Industrial Microbiology, Olakunle David Teniola, has urged the Federal Government to overhaul its strategic planning and give attention to food industry development. He also gave the assurance that if grants were made available to explore more potential of the nation’s bio resources, “better results leading […]

[ad_1] • Govt allocates 45,000 hectares The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has signed a pact worth nearly N100 billion with seven oil palm investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP) Investors Group to rejuvenate oil palm production for global competitiveness. Obaseki, who reassured that his government would sustain reforms and policies to […]

[ad_1] A non-governmental organization, called Vonhera Widows Foundation, has boosted farming with distribution of farming inputs and other materials to more than 2,000 widows for the 2021 season. Materials distributed included improved varieties of cassava stems, maize, coconut and palm seedlings, fertilizer, face masks and wrappers, among others. The event also featured training on the application […]

[ad_1] Ekiti State police command on Sunday said it have begun a manhunt for the abductors of a farmer, Isaac Agbanigo who was kidnapped in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local government area of Ekiti State. Agabnigo was said to have been abducted in the presence of his family members while returning home from his farm at […]

[ad_1] The Chief Research Officer, Cassava Research Programme at the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, says Nigeria’s productivity is too low. Cassava is one of the most important food crops in Nigeria. It feeds majority of the country’s population, yet, the country has never had enough of it and the prices of derived products […]

[ad_1]   Residents of lsokun area of lgangan, in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, were thrown into another confusion, as the Fulani herdsmen allegedly macheted a retired school principal, Mr. Modede Ojedokun, on his farm on Saturday afternoon. As of the time of filing this report, he had been admitted at a […]

[ad_1] Hope Isaac also speaks about farming and schooling. Hope Isaac, a final year student of a Nigerian university, owns farms and bee hives in Imo State. She is the CEO of Hopifloral Resources. She practices both livestock and crop farming on four acres of land. She shares her experience with PREMIUM TIMES. PT: Can […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – A group, under the aegis of Forum of North East Market Women on Saturday, called on the Federal Government to come to their aid, alleging that over 200 of their members have fallen victims to insurgent attacks from the Boko Haram sect. Describing how they have been impacted negatively, the group said […]

[ad_1] The Anambra State government last year said more than 1,00 active erosion sites across the state have become a major natural disaster. On a sunny Thursday afternoon in October in Ifite Nanka, a town in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State in South-east Nigeria, Felicia Okpara sat on a chair, taking a […]

[ad_1] The organisation also launched a report on the various factors affecting farmer’s productivity in the region. Access to arable land for agriculture is stifling the productivity of farmers in the Niger Delta region of the country, a group, Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND), has said. The disclosure was made at […]

[ad_1]  Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is an important industrial and export crop whose potential is yet to be fully exploited in Nigeria.  Cashew has for many years been used for food and income generation.  The trees are usually grown for their kernels which when roasted have a very pleasant taste.  Cashew is the common name for […]

[ad_1]  Oba Dokun Thompson is the Oloni of Eti-Oni and Chairman, Eti-Oni Development Group. He is an expert in the cocoa and chocolate industry in Nigeria and outside the shores of the country. In this interview with Seyi Taiwo-Oguntuase, he speaks on the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on the cocoa and chocolate industry. Excerpts:  […]

[ad_1] Universal Insurance Plc is set to commence micro insurance business as the company has applied to the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, for an operating license. Managing Director of the company, Mr. Ben Ujoatuonu, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos    said: “The board has approved that Universal Insurance apply for micro […]