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[ad_1] Cocoa plantation. PHOTO: Google image • Association calls for coordinating body• Expert advises cocoa states to mobilise youths, forests for production Apart from neglect of agricultural infrastructure by the government, non-availability of improved high-yielding cocoa seedlings, scarcity of other inputs such as agro-chemicals, old production technologies and climate change have been identified as impediments […]
[ad_1] Okomu Oil The management of Okomu Oil Palm Company, on Monday, said it had, through combined efforts of its workers and Okomu National Park personnel, rescued an elephant unhurt. The elephant had fallen into a ditch in the forest and was unable to come out. In a statement signed by its media consultant, Mr Fidelis Olise […]
[ad_1] maize • Commends intervention in poultryThe General Manager of Premier Feeds Limited (PFL), one of the major producers of poultry feeds in Nigeria, Mr Austin Daylop, has called on government at all levels to fix rising prices of food. He also expressed satisfaction over the release of the 50,000 metric tonnes of maize to […]
[ad_1] FUTA To promote sustainable development and utilisation of bamboo resources for plywood production in Nigeria, the Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has collaborated with experts at the University of Ibadan (UI) and the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), to carry out a survey on bamboo resources of Nigeria. The study indicated […]
[ad_1] The British America Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has commenced the second season of its Farmers for the Future (F4F) project, which is aimed at empowering young agricultural entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The scheme provides opportunities for young and enthusiastic farmers with viable agri-business models that are in need of equity-free capital to access grants for […]
[ad_1] Unknown gunmen early hours on Sunday invaded a fulani settlement at Wasinmi area of Osun State in what looks like a reprisal attack killinorg a family of six. This is as the state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode said preliminary investigation ruled out a possible farmers/herders clash. It would be recalled that some gunment […]
[ad_1] The Osun Police Command has said that the killing of six persons by unknown gunmen at a farming settlement on Sunday in Wasinmi village in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun was not connected to herders-farmers crisis. The state police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said in a statement that intensive manhunt was underway for […]
[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria through its Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund, ACGSF, has awarded the three best farmers who borrowed under the scheme and kept good records while repaying their loans as when due. Vanguard also learned that the farmers also adopted other best agronomic practices that enabled them to achieve high yields […]
[ad_1] National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has warned against helping herdsmen and leaving farmers unattended to, saying doing so may trigger resentment along ethnic lines. He said those who see the matter as an ethnic issue are not doing the farmer and herder any good. Tinubu who said this in […]
[ad_1] The Okitipupa Oil Palm (OOP) Plc has embarked on measures aimed at consolidating the company to respond effectively to emerging challenges and reclaim its past leading glory in the industry. The oil giant has now partnered with the Nigerian Institute For Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin, Edo State for a massive re-training of its […]
[ad_1] The Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Prof. Maduebibisi Ofor Iwe, has assured of his administration’s readiness to actualise the Federal Government policies and programmes, especially on agriculture, food security and education. “My vision is to be responsive to the agricultural needs of Nigeria and the mantra of agricultural evolution by the Buhari administration […]
[ad_1] PHOTO: VON The Executive Director of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Yomi Kasali has identified poorly trained tractors’ operators as reasons for short life span of many agricultural machinery in the country. Kasali, represented by one of the directors of NCAM, Dr. Segun Ademiluyi, at the training on Capacity […]
[ad_1] The Ekiti State Government has welcome the recent truce between the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the state truce was at the instance of the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Mr Babatunde Mobayo, on the directive of the Inspector General of […]
[ad_1] In this 18th episode of our Women in Agriculture series, Ebimoboere Eniyekpemi shares interesting experience. Ebimoboere Eniyekpemi, 28, is a farmer in Delta State. A graduate of Plant Science and Biotechnology, she is the CEO of Afritropic Farming and Agro Services Ltd (AFAS). In this 18th episode of our series, Ms Eniyekpemi shares her […]
[ad_1] The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has called for unity and decisiveness to tackle the unabated farmer herders crisis in the country. Tinubu, in a statement on Saturday by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, said that the herder-farmer dispute had taken acute and violent dimensions and had […]