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Farming, major means of curbing unemployment — Ayade

[ad_1] SENATOR Ben Ayade, the Cross River State governor has implored all youths in the state to own farms to boost their income and also address unemployment which is behind most youth restiveness. Senator Ayade who stated this on Tuesday in Calabar while addressing youths in a one-day summit on, Promoting Agricultural Value Chain to […]

CBN Explains N3bn Agric Loan For Bayelsa Farmers

[ad_1] YENAGOA – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the Bayelsa State Government has keyed into the CBN’s Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) in which over N2.2billion had been disbursed to 2,000 beneficiaries in the state. The apex bank made the clarification during a courtesy visit of its Yenagoa Branch Controller, Mr Francis Ene-Asuquo, […]

FG Begins Training Of 1,100 Extension Workers To Boost Agricultural Productivity

[ad_1] ABUJA – The Federal Government has flagged off the training of extension service workers across the 36 States of the Federation and Abuja. Muhammad Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who flagged- off the exercise held at the FCT Agricultural Development Project (ADP) headquarters, Gwagwalada, Abuja, said the exercise was part of […]

Ekiti LG chairman calls for calm over killing of two farmers

[ad_1] Chairman of Ikole LGA in Ekiti State, Sola Olomimu, has assured residents of Isaba-Ekiti that two farmers shot to death in the community last Saturday would get justice. Olomimu, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole-Ekiti on Tuesday, said the two farmers were shot to death on their farms by […]

FG to increase agric extension workforce to 75,000

[ad_1] The Federal Government, Monday, disclosed moves to increase agricultural extension workforce to 75, 000 along various value chains towards efficient food production and self-sufficiency in line with global best practices. This was made known by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, while flagging off the training of extension agents in the […]

Netafim to acquire Dutch greenhouse company Gakon Horticultural Projects

Netafim, a specialist of precision irrigation solutions and agricultural projects, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dutch turnkey greenhouse projects provider Gakon Netafim team in Azerbaijan helps helps Kaskad grow premium tomatoes all year round. (Image source: Netafim) Netafim has been active for several decades in the greenhouse market and is now expanding its […]

Wheat crops grown with excessive nitrogen fertiliser may increase the risk of celiac disease

According to a study published in the journal Foods, conducted under the leadership of Josep Peñuelas, CREAF and CSIC researcher, and Jordi Sardans, another CREAF researcher, with contributions from specialists in the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic), the University of Antwerp (Belgium), the Pierre Simon Laplace Institute (France), the International Institute for Applied Systems […]

Evaluating impact of CBN’s 300,000MT maize intervention on poultry industry

[ad_1] *Premier Feeds calls for industrywide collaboration*We need interventions to save 10m jobs, says PAN Availability and moderate price of maize – a major energy source in the poultry, fishery and livestock industries – would mean sustainability, job retention, circular flow of income, cheaper nutrition and poverty alleviation for investors and Nigerians. Eggs and chickens […]

Global fertiliser market to grow at a CAGR of 1.69% by 2027

The global fertiliser market is going to worth more than US$93.9bn by 2027, according to the Global Fertilizer Market by Segments, Region, Company Analysis & Forecast’ report by ResearchAndMarkets Due to lockdown, farmers faced difficulties in transportation of the shipment of the goods. (Image source: Adobe Stock) The worldwide fertiliser market was US$83.5bn in 2020, […]

Priva makes data security a priority

The high-tech horticultural sector in the Netherlands is changing rapidly due to new technological developments Developing cloud services is a challenging process that requires expertise and a secure and stable cloud platform. (Image source: Adobe Stock) As a result, the sector is becoming increasingly interesting to cybercriminals. For Priva, this is a reason to make […]

FCMB boosts agribusiness with N74.10bn Loans

[ad_1] Mr Ladi Balogun, CEO First City Monument Bank …represents 10 percent of total loan portfolio First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has grown its loan portfolio to the agriculture sector in Nigeria to N74.10 billion, representing 10 percent of the Bank’s total loans. This figure is one of the highest in the banking industry. The […]

Rice farmers in Kebbi producing 4m tonnes annually — RIFAN

[ad_1] The Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Kebbi, Alhaji Muhammed Sahabi-Augie on Sunday said the total rice output produced annually in the state has reached over four million tonnes. Sahabi-Augie told some students on excursion at the Zauro Rice Pyramid near Birnin Kebbi, that the rise in production was as a result […]

Herders/Farmers Crisis: Ekpenyong recommends using Sambisa forest for ranching

[ad_1] SENATOR Christopher Ekpenyong representing Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State has recommended that the federal government should encourage security forces particularly the military to rescue the Sambisa forest in Borno State from insurgents and bandits and use it for ranching. Ekpenyoong who spoke weekend, in Uyo while reacting to the worsening insecurity […]

Herders drove us away, built their huts on our farmlands— Ondo farmers

[ad_1] It is tales of woe from farmers across Ondo State following the activities of herdsmen who have not only destroyed their sources of livelihood by their incessant attacks on their farmlands but also annoyingly raped their wives and daughters in their presence. They lamented that they have consistently been victims of herders for the […]