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The Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) has urged the Federal Government to implement the cassava bread policy which proposed a 20 per cent cassava flour additive in bread baking. Dr Gloria Elemo, Director-General, FIIRO, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Elemo said […]
*A bag of rice goes for N19000, beans N40,000 The current economic recession in the country occasioned by the fall in the prices of oil in the international market has dealt a devastating blow on Nigerians. Following the depreciation of the naira against the dollar among other economic challenges, Nigerian families now grapple with astronomical […]
The Federal Government and dairy giant, L&Z Integrated Dairy Farm, have resolved to tackle Fulani herdsmen and farmers clash through a Memorandum of Understanding, Mou, signing. The signing which took place at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Headquarters in Abuja had the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, signed […]
Participants at a rountable on rice, which featured major producers, have said the crop is essential to the continued health, wealth and prosperity of Nigeria. This is contained in the communiqué issued at the end of the roundtable on the rice supply chain development held in Minna, Niger State capital. It was organised by Agribusiness […]
Atlantic Shrimpers Limited (ASL) has opened its state-of-the-art shrimp farm in Iworo-Ajido, a rural community in Badagry, Lagos. The shrimp farm, the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, will boost Nigeria’s production capacity in the seafood market. It will hatch, nurture and process shrimps to serve Nigeria and the export market. Lagos State Governor […]
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is scouting for about $200 million yearly over the next five years to deliver targeted impacts on African agriculture, its Director-General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga, has said. IITA is one of the world’s leading research partners in finding solutions to hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Sanginga, who listed the institute’s […]
Promasidor Nigeria Limited Chief Keith Richard has said the food industry is under pressure to develop clean products. At the just-concluded CEO Roundtable in Lagos, Richard said stakeholders across the value chain, including producers, primary and value-added processors, retailers and distributors, needed an enabling environment to impact on the market through sale of good food […]
— Palm oil production seen picking up later in 2017 — More biodiesel use in Indonesia, U.S. to tighten supply — China’s palm oil demand seen rising 1 mln T next year Lower output of palm oil into early next year and tight supplies […]
The traditional ruler of Atani Community in Ogbaru Local Council, Anambra State, Igwe Augustine Ngoddy, has called on the state to utilise the opportunity provided by the Federal Government and World Bank, through the FADAMA Programme, to enhance rice cultivation and production in the state. Ngoddy made the call yesterday, when a delegation from the […]
The need for Nigeria to diversify its economy cannot be over-emphasized. Confronted with a bleak economic outlook occasioned by recession, the Federal Government and governments at all other levels, are at present seeking alternative and additional means of revenue generation. The shortfall in international oil prices coupled with instability in the Niger Delta region has […]
Justina Ya’apera is a middle-aged widow in Anyiin, Logo LGA in Benue State and proud owner of 40 bags of soya beans, which could fetch her over N400, 000 given the current price of the produce at N12,000 per bag. She produced the 40 bags from a loan of N10,000 she got through group savings […]
The National Biotechnology Development Agency has said genetically modified beans would be available in commercial quantity across Nigerian markets on or before 2019. The NABDA Director General, Prof Lucy Ogbadu, who said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the November edition of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), revealed that Nigeria would soon witness abundant […]
The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has elected Dr. Godwin Abonyi as its new national president as well as new executive members to pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years. Dr. Abonyi, at the formal handing over ceremony to the new executive members of the association, promised to look into the […]
The Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) said the use of cassava leaves as livestock feed would reduce crop farmers/herdsmen clashes in the country. The acting Executive Director of ARMTI, Dr Olufemi Oladunni, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that unlocking the potentialities of cassava leaves in the production […]
— Vows to punish defaulters The inter-ministerial technical committee formulated and saddled with the responsibility of tackling the matters has submitted its recommendations, which stipulates a benchmark for all agro product and non-oil exports of agricultural commodities. This move will save Nigeria from further embarrassment over the international market rejection of its agricultural commodities and […]