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[ad_1] The national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the raging crisis between herders and farmers is not ethnic, advising stakeholders not to complicate the situation further as they “should know better” than “tossing about hate-tainted statements”. Tinubu listed the cause of the crisis to include economic hardship and the […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government has disclosed moves to adopt efficient technology in massive cassava production to compete favourably in the international market and create wealth. This was made known by the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture in the Ministry, Karima Babangida, during a capacity building workshop on youth and women farmers to address ‘Yield Gap […]
[ad_1] A secondary school leaver turned farmer, Ikumuyi Isreal has reportedly raped a ten-year-old primary school girl, Esther Friday to death in Igbotako, Okitipupa council area of Ondo State. But for timely intervention, Israel who was beaten black and blue would have been lynched by neighbors of the deceased parents. The suspect, aged 27 who […]
[ad_1] A Kaduna High Court on Friday ordered the remand of an applicant, James Adaji, in a correctional facility over alleged $12,000 romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, had charged Adaji with romance scam. Earlier, the EFCC Prosecuting Counsel, P. C. Onyeneho told the court that Adaji, who doubles […]
Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank (AfDB) director general for Southern Africa, Leila Mokaddem Africa is strengthening its food systems as an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build […]
[ad_1] THE Nigeria Inter-religious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, said yesterday that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country were linked to climate change. It stated this in a press release signed on behalf of […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in January 2021 announced that about 300,000 metric tonnes of maize were ready for supply from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), which would reduce the high price of maize from N155,000 per metric tonne. According to the apex bank, the planned release followed […]
[ad_1] Mechanisation is a multi-dimensional concept and widely used in agriculture. There is, however, a major difference between the application of mechanisation in developed and developing countries. The developing countries tend to design their own strategies in food security given the challenges they face in all aspects of their economy including feeding a growing population, […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Interreligious Council, NIREC, under the joint leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Thursday, said that herdsmen and farmers crises in the country are linked to climate change. It stated this in a press release signed on behalf […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government, Friday, charged the Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, NIAS, on proffering solutions to the incessant herders/farmers conflict threatening food availability, affordability, and security. The charge was given by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, at the inauguration of the 5th Council of NIAS in Abuja. According to Nanono, […]
Roxell is expanding its Fidos range for electronic sow feeding The dispenser drops feed at a slow rate for an eating speed of 200 grams per minute. (Image source: Adobe Stock) With Fidos farrowing, they have added a smart dispenser to the feeding segment. The feeding system stimulates milk production, as it allows farmers to […]
[ad_1] House of Representatives member, representing Ondo East and West Federal Constituency, Hon Abiola Peter Makinde has empowered his constituents. The empowerment program which was his constituency project for the year 2020 became unavoidably belated because of the outbreak of Corona Virus has now been delivered to grateful constituents in Ondo East and West. The […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Government said it has commenced a two-week decontamination of 26 major poultry markets in the state against the resurgence of avian influenza (bird flu). The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday, explained that the decontamination exercise was informed by the reported resurgence of the […]
[ad_1] IN Igbo land, various communities usher in the farming season with one form of celebration/festival or the other as a way of thanking God for the previous season and praying for a better farming year. In Anambra State, where many communities are agrarian with no fewer than 70 per cent of their population engaging […]
[ad_1] As Nigeria braces up for agribusiness breakthrough, the Green Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE) – Nigeria funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has synergised to launch 18 months project to up-scale maize and cassava production in […]