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[ad_1] Honey For post-COVID 19 economic growth in Nigeria, beekeeping and honey production can substantially result in poverty alleviation and job creation in addition to the country being able to export experts in various aspects of beekeeping to other countries, Prof. H. D. Ibrahim, Director-General, Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has said. Beekeeping […]
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday gave a marching to the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, to handover all the tractors which the agency was refurbishing and housed at its institute in Minna, Niger State. The directive was to ensure food sufficiency and to revamp the agricultural […]
[ad_1] The Oyo State Police Command says it is making frantic efforts to rescue Mr Oluwole Agboola, a farmer, who was reportedly abducted on Monday by six gunmen allegedly dressed in Army uniform. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agboola, who owns a piggery and fish farm at Nagbede Village in Akinyele Local […]
The US$3.5mn ARTOLIO project is coordinated by Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization and sees the participation of nine partner organisations from Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Spain The project aims to provide knowledge in marketing and sales, as well as to provide technology that helps improve the global visibility of the local product. (Image […]
[ad_1] The FCT Administration has warned traders and marketers at Jabi Mall to comply with COVID-19 guidelines or have their business premises shut down to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. Mr Ikharo Attah, Head, Media and Public Enlightenment of the FCTA COVID-19 Task Force, issued the warning while monitoring compliance in some shopping malls […]
[ad_1] President Buhari directed that the CBN “must not give money to import food.” President Muhammadu Buhari has given his words that the administration will keep a keen eye on food inflation in the New Year while giving a strong directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, not to give any money for food […]
[ad_1] Mr Segun Atho, Deputy National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), says rice farmers in Lagos can grow the crop all year round to meet demand. Atho told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the state had the capacity to feed itself in the area of rice production, if fully […]
A study of plant DNA provides strong evidence that farmers in Ethiopia have widely adopted new, improved rust-resistant bread wheat varieties since 2014 Ethiopia is the largest wheat producer in sub-Saharan Africa. (Image source: $uraj tripathi/Pixabay) The results — published in Nature Scientific Reports — show that nearly half (47%) of the 4,000 plots sampled […]
Looking beyond COVID-19, agricultural yields must rise to meet food needs of a growing population COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of AI-powered technologies in the industry. (Image source: Adobe Stock) As a productivity enhancement tool, agricultural sprayers market to reach US$2.8bn. The global market for agricultural sprayers is expected to decline by -5% in the […]
John Deere has been honoured in the robotics category of the 2021 CES Innovation Awards, which recognise outstanding product design and engineering in consumer technology products The robotics category highlights programmable or otherwise intelligent machines capable of performing specific tasks or replicating human movement or interactions. (Image source: John Deere) This is the second straight […]
[ad_1] Soon, the prisons will be a home for cultivators, sellers and smokers of cannabis otherwise called Indian Hemp in Nigeria should a new bill currently before the House of Representatives eventually become a law. Essentially, the bill is seeking to amend the contemporary Indian Hemp Act to provide for stiffer punitive measures against promoters […]
[ad_1] Farmers in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, have cried out over their loss in the year 2020 planting season as a result of failed flood forecast and lack of government input, which they claimed, might cause maize scarcity in 2021. The Association of Farm Settlers, Ipapo-Iseyin branch made this disclosure at the weekend, after […]
[ad_1] The founder of FarmKonnect Ltd, a foremost multi-dimensional agric firm in Nigeria, Mr. Oluwole Azeez, has warned that 2021 might pose a serious threat to food production in Nigeria as a result of COVID-19 which has adversely affected farmers. He, however, proffered that the only way to tackle the looming food crisis was for […]
[ad_1] Chicken market Many households, especially in Lagos and Ogun states, celebrated last Friday’s Christmas without their favourite chickens as the price of the birds went practically beyond their reach. A survey carried out by The Guardian across major markets in Lagos – Ile-Epo, Agege, Daleko, Ojuwoye, all in Lagos State and Sango, Ifo, Arigbajo […]
[ad_1] The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya said Nigeria’s quest for development and a prosperous economy would require making agriculture its backbone. Speaking at the December edition of the Eko City Farmers’ Fair and Appreciation Day, Olusanya said economies like the Netherlands, US and even Europe as a great continent, started with farming, noting […]