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The UN has warned that East Africa remains under the threat of desert locust invasions, due to the prevailing favourable breeding conditions which enable new swarms to form and increase XAG agricultural drone conducted unmanned spraying operation in Zambia. (Image source: XAG) As African countries are getting prepared for the imminent locust crisis, the smart […]
[ad_1] Mr Cressman says while plenty of efforts have been made in the past year to fight the locusts, the current weather in the region favours the insects. Locusts have remained a major threat to the Horn of Africa due to favourable weather conditions, Keith Cressman, a senior locust forecasting officer at the Food and […]
[ad_1] As the nation yearns to boost food security, availability, and affordability, the National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, and Content Global Development, Tuesday, launched Institutionalizing Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption Using Genotyping programme, IMAGE, to provide farmers quality and original seeds for cultivation. The launch was made […]
Marel, a food processing company, has acquired PMJ, a global provider of advanced processing solutions for the duck industry Together, the two companies will be at the forefront of modernising the duck market in partnership with their customers. (Image source: Birgit Röhrs/Pixabay) PMJ’s complementary product portfolio of primary processing, including waxing and automated evisceration, will […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- The National Agricultural Seeds Council (,NASC) has inaugurated the National Executive Steering Committee for the implementation of Institutionalising Monitoring of Crop Variety Adoption Using Genotyping(IMAGE) in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the Physical Launch and Constitution of the National Executive Steering Committee of the IMAGE project in Nigeria, Dr. Philip Olusegun […]
[ad_1] Some suspected Fulani herdsmen have destroyed a multi-million naira maize farm belonging to members of the Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) in Ekiti state. The farm covering about 235 hectares of land is at the state forest reserve in Aduloju farmstead located along Ado-Ijan road in Ado local government area of […]
[ad_1] Pula, an African InsureTech service provider that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6mn Series A fundraise. The Series A fund was led by TLcom Capital, with the participation of Women’s World Banking. The new investment will be used to scale up operations […]
[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, says the Federal Government through the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has empowered 20 young Nigerian Farmers with an initial take-off grant of N30 million. Nanono said that the grant would ensure ease of business as they (young farmers) invest in Agribusiness in the country. […]
[ad_1] The recruitment will be a part of the National Young Farmers Scheme of the government. The National Agricultural and Land Development Agency (NALDA) says it has received approval from the federal government to employ 30,000 agricultural and other science graduates into the agency. The recruitment is necessary to train graduates who will be in […]
[ad_1] The recruitment will be a part of the National Young Farmers Scheme of the government. The National Agricultural and Land Development Agency (NALDA) says it has received approval from the federal government to employ 30,000 agricultural and other science graduates into the agency. The recruitment is necessary to train graduates who will be in […]
[ad_1] In the wake of growing resentment against activities of some armed herdsmen across the country, Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to take steps to implement the report of the Nasir el-Rufai Committee on True Federalism. In a statement issued […]
If investments to help rural small-scale farmers adapt to climate change do not substantially increase, we risk widespread hunger and global instability, warned Gilbert F. Houngbo, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Small-scale farmers currently produce half of the world’s food calories, but are often entirely reliant on natural resources, including rain. […]
[ad_1] The International Fund Agricultural Development, IFAD, on Saturday, charged world leaders to increase investment to assist small-scale farmers to adapt to climate change, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across various economies and endangering survival through food production and availability. The warning came from the President of IFAD, Gilbert Houngbo, ahead of next week’s […]
The Gambian-born aspirant for the position of the Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Development in African Union, Mr. Ernest Reuben Aubee has pledged his commitment to ensuring food and nutrition security, harnessing potentials of the blue economy and providing safe and sustainable environment for Africa, if elected. Aubee, with over 30 years […]
[ad_1] AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI As predicted last December by the national body of the poultry association that it might shutdown production this month, the Southwest wing of the Poultry Association Nigeria (PAN), has raised an alarm on the imminent collapse of the industry anytime soon. Currently, over N2tr investments and 10 million jobs are already […]