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[ad_1] LAGOS – Just two weeks to Christmas, there are indications that Nigerians may find it difficult accessing poultry products during this season as farmers have raised alarm that the industry is on the verge of total collapse. The Poultry farmers have lamented that the industry is in a dire situation at the moment which […]
[ad_1] The annual National Council on Agriculture is normally convened in the first quarter or at the most in April when the farmers are preparing to embark on working the land but certainly not in December when they are harvesting and marketing their produce. The first quarter timing of the National event is designed to […]
[ad_1] Biosecurity is a practice designed to prevent the introduction and spread of disease causing agents into a farm. Biosecurity has been identified as a major preventive measure to reduce the risk of disease transmission in animals. This was the conclusion at the presentation on the ‘Role of Biosecurity in the Prevention of Highly Pathogenic […]
[ad_1] FEDCO recommended that it is only by improving the cocoa supply chain with experienced local oversight that ethical, sustainable and profitable cocoa and chocolate industries can exist. A report by the Federated Commodities (FEDCO), a licenced cocoa buying firm headquartered in Ghana, has revealed that cocoa farmers only earn about 6 per cent of […]
[ad_1] The Nasarawa State Government has procured 38 and distributed 31 trucks of fertilizers to farmers across the 13 local government and 18 development areas in order to boost food security in the state. Commissioner for Agriculture, Professor Alanana Otaki disclosed this when he appeared before the state House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture to […]
The Rwandan Government has launched the new African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain (ACES), which is hosted in-country by the University of Rwanda University of Rwanda site designated for ACES. (Image source: University of Birmingham) At the opening meeting, a high-level cross-departmental team was set up to lead the centre’s development. […]
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the IKEA Foundation have announced a joint US$30mn commitment to Aceli Africa, an innovative programme that incentivises banks to lend to agribusinesses Through Aceli Africa, banks will provide loans to small and medium-sized agribusinesses. (Image source: Bruno /Germany/Pixabay) With this […]
[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, Monday, disclosed Federal Government registering 5 million farmers for fertilizer subsidy support. Nanono made this known at the Consultative Meeting of National Stakeholders on Restructuring of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative in Abuja. According to him, government has put in place several intervention programmes geared towards […]
[ad_1] The farmers on Tuesday took their hoes to the museum at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Art and Culture in Abuja. Members of the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), have dramatically taken their hoes to a museum in order to make way for mechanised farming in the country. The farmers on […]
[ad_1] The farmers are demanding a rollback of three laws relating to the farming sector that were passed by parliament in September. Roads, transport services and markets were closed in some parts of India on Tuesday in response to a strike called by farmers protesting against new farming laws. The impact of the strike, which […]
[ad_1] Nigeria officially signed the Biosafety Bill into law in 2015, making it eligible to join the league of nations already using genetic engineering (GE) to boost food production. Some lawyers have spotted several gaps in Nigeria’s biosafety act (amended), explaining the dangers it poses to the country’s food economy. The lawyers also advised experts […]
Pan-African private equity investment manager EXEO Capital has announced an investment by its Food and Agribusiness Fund, Agri-Vie Fund II, in Glacier Products Limited – a Kenyan brand of ice cream and chocolate, ‘Dairyland’ Paul Nguru of EXEO and Sunil Shah of Glacier. (Image source: EXEO) Investment is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected […]
AB Vista has welcomed the publication of a new peer-reviewed research paper: ‘Stimbiotic supplementation improved performance and reduced inflammatory response via stimulating fibre fermenting microbiome in weaner pigs housed in a poor sanitary environment and fed an antibiotic-free low zinc oxide diet’ The study results indicate that the stimbiotic shifted the intestinal microbiome to favour […]
[ad_1] Dr Sabo Yahaya, Special Adviser/Policy Coordinator to the Minister of Agriculture, Ahaji Sambo Nanono (left), presenting an award to Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun in Abuja Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, bagged the Governor of the Year Award at the Nigeria Agriculture Awards 2020, held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja last […]
[ad_1] Fifteen persons have emerged winners in the farm investment empowerment done by leading agricultural hub, FarmHub.com. The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of FarmHubng.com Engr. Orok Edem Orok, in the mood of festive season’s celebration, announced the giveaway contest on micro-blogging site, twitter on Thursday, 3rd December 2020. The CEO said fifteen (15) farm investment […]