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Industry’s leading seafood marketing executive, Victoria Parr joins Veramaris as business development director, North America to anchor further outreach into the US market Victoria Parr brings her industry expertise and relationships to Veramaris (Image source: Adobe stock) Veramaris is a globally oriented scale-up organisation that leads the ongoing revolution in new, sustainable feed ingredients for […]
Focusing on discovery and development of seed traits, Evogene and Ag-Seed division have announced a collaboration agreement targeting novel insect control traits for soybean An agreement between Plastomics & Evogene targeting insect control traits for soybean. (Image source: Adobe stock) As part of the collaboration, Plastomics will introduce Evogene’s insect control genes demonstrating new modes […]
[ad_1] THREE indigenes of Ezhionum community, Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State, a father, his son and nephew, were Sunday, reportedly shot dead by rampaging herdsmen along a road to a farm reserve land in Oghonogbo, a nearby village in Edo State. The attack came a day after two farmers from Umutu community, Delta State, […]
JOSKIN, an agricultural machinery manufacturer, started its traditional JOSKIN open days with a purpose to introduce its wide range of machines and behind-the-scene of production to the general public JOSKIN started its JOSKIN Pro Days fully virtual showroom of over 14,000 sqm on its site. ( Image source: JOSKIN) This year, the event offers a […]
[ad_1] THE National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, weekend, trained over 100 farmers on irrigation rice farming in Niger State ahead of 2021 dry season farming. This was made known by the Coordinator, NALDA, Niger State, Aminu Umaru while speaking with journalists about the training in the Tunga Gana community in Paikoro local government area […]
The NEW Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit 2-23 June will unite global food industry leaders to map out the future of protein Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit. (Image source: Adobe stock) With discussions centred on plant-based, cell-based, and microbial fermentation, the summit will deep-dive into transformative alternative protein technologies and offer unrivalled networking to unlock […]
JOSKIN understands the potential of slurry for growing crops and meadows, and the problem of spreading it evenly The latest generation of implements reduce the cost of purchasing additional mineral fertilisers. (Image source: JOSKIN) The company has introduced technically advanced spreading implements for the past 30 years that offer a range of spreading implements for […]
[ad_1] An expert, Dr Beatrice Chinyem Oganah-Ikujenyo, of the Department of Home Economics, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos, has said studies have confirmed that the main nutritional problems in Nigeria are inadequate intake of proteins and micro-nutrients such as vitamin-A, iron and iodine, among other nutritional and health problems. Reasons are traced to […]
[ad_1] agriculture Abia State Life Improvement Family Enterprises for the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) facilitated project, is being challenged by refusal of communities to donate land for its implementation. The programme is to facilitate cassava and rice production, poultry farming and oil palm processing. The state coordinator of the programme, […]
[ad_1] To boost rice production in Katsina State, the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a non-profit organisation from the Republic of Korea, Saemaul Undong Foundation (SUF) for the education and training of extension farmers and local rice farmers in the state. The event, which held […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government says it has endorsed a partnership between the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), investors linked to the Chinese government, as well as Brains and Hammers private firm to boost irrigation farming This was contained in a statement by issued by Mrs Juliet Okeh, an Information Officer in the Ministry of […]
[ad_1] Ogochukwu Maduako, owner of I farm, You Eat, shares his experience how she quit an oil service job to build her business. Ogochukwu Maduako, a graduate of Agricultural Economics and Extensions of Abia State University, is a food processor in Rivers State. She obtained her master’s degree in International Economics and Finance from River […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has trained over 100 rice farmers on irrigation farming in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State. Conducting newsmen round the acquired 417 hectares for the irrigation farming at the weekend in Niger State, the NALDA State Coordinator, Mr. Aminu Umaru, explained that over one hundred farmers […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government says the country’s livestock sector has a huge economic potential worth over N33 trillion that should be explored and harnessed. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, made this known while exchanging views with journalists on Saturday in Abuja. Nanono said that the ministry was making impact in […]
[ad_1] You could feel his pains in his face. He was all agony. As he spoke, tears dripped from his eyes. He had sold many of his property, postponed his wedding and now, he is swimming in debts. Debts that he is not sure he will come out from soonest. That’s the story of Abdubakar […]