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[ad_1] Fatai Afolabi, a former Executive Secretary, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON) and CEO of Foremost Consultancy Services, disclosed that the shortage in oil palm production presents an opportunity for youths in Nigeria as more plantations are established amid scarcity of improved and high-yielding varieties of oil palm seedlings. FEMI IBIROGBA reports. Stakeholders in […]
[ad_1] A group under the aegis of Eastern Farmers Association (EFA) in the old Eastern region of Nigeria have cried out to the Federal Government over their losses following the destruction of their crops and farmland by herdsmen. In a petition signed by the Coordinator and the Secretary General respectively, Mr Paul Achalla and Mrs […]
[ad_1] To improve productivity and expand hectares under cashew cultivation, the United States Department for Agricultural (USDA) and the Federal Government has signed a pact to increase foreign exchange earnings, wealth creation and employment generation. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, during the signing of the memorandum with the USDA Pro-Cashew Project […]
[ad_1] Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture, on Friday, opened its agro-shop the secretariat in Oke-Mosan. The agro-shop is a one-stop shop that, as the government put it, would serve as an avenue for workers in the secretariat and others to buy fresh, quality and value added agricultural products at affordable prices from farmers and partners. […]
[ad_1] Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take drastic steps in curbing foreign herders who are always armed with sophisticated weapons from making incursion into Nigeria. The Kano State governor made the call on Tuesday while speaking at the Stakeholders’ Parley on Farmers/Herders […]
Syngenta Seeds, in partnership with the University of Arkansas Resiliency Centre (UARC), has published research highlighting the potential for beef producers to reduce their environmental footprint by using Enogen corn for feed from Syngenta Seeds Syngenta Seeds is continuing to explore possibilities to bring Enogen technology to other countries around the world. (Image source: Businesswire) […]
TSRgrow, one of the leading horticulture solutions providers, has announced Lighting as a Platform (LaaP), a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled results to indoor growers, while significantly reducing up-front and long-term operating costs LaaP eliminates local ballast equipment on each fixture from the growing area. (Image source: corepics/Adobe Stock) LaaP brings together TSRgrow’s solutions for […]
[ad_1] Raises $50 Million to Finance Agri-SMEs in Nigeria AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited (AFEX), Nigeria’s leading private commodities exchange company, has announced the first Warehouse Receipt Backed Commercial Paper in Africa, with tech-enabled operations and a 24-hour fast cash turnaround for borrowers. With over $50 million raised for Agri-SMEs, this bridges the funding gap between […]
[ad_1] . ABEOKUTA – Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Umar Ganduje, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take drastic steps in curbing foreign herders who are always armed with sophisticated weapons from making incursion into Nigeria. The Kano State governor made the call on Tuesday, while speaking at the Stakeholders’ […]
[ad_1] The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, said the setting-up of a commission for pastoralism, regulated by law, could provide recipes for resolving protracted farmer-herder conflicts in the country. According to the AGF, simply addressing the farmer-herder crisis “from purely theoretical perspectives often devoid of reality […]
[ad_1] Ondo at 17.20 per cent , Abuja at 16.73 per cent and Bauchi at 16.37 per cent recorded the slowest price rise. Prices of food items rose the most in Kogi, Oyo, and River States in January, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has […]
For the 2021 season, the four-row self-propelled potato harvester VENTOR 4150 will be equipped with some new practical features Equipped for long and tough haulm in potato crops The VENTOR 4150 can now be optionally equipped with the HT 400 haulm topper, which is especially suitable for extremely high quantities of long, tough potato haulm. […]
[ad_1] ECONOMY The Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, (NIRSAL PLC) has facilitated over N148 billion in finance and investments for agriculture and agribusiness. Managing Director of the company, Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja. He said that NIRSAL, a wholly-owned corporation of the Central Bank […]
[ad_1] A stakeholders forum aimed at finding lasting solutions to the farmers /herders clashes in some parts of Ogun State would hold tomorrow (Tuesday) with some northern Governors in attendance. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun gave this indication while addressing indigenes of Oja Odan and Orile Igbooro, during his on-the-spot-assessment of the communities following, […]
[ad_1] Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka’s country home in the forest area of lbadan, Oyo state capital, has reportedly been invaded allegedly by herdsmen. Although the police has denied the invasion of Soyinka’s sanctuary, he has confirmed that the peace of his abode was indeed violated by herdsmen and their cattle herd, but he successfully repelled […]