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[ad_1] In a bid to extend its services aimed at empowering farmers by connecting them to alternative financing and market access via crowd-funding platform, Farmcrowdy, an agritech company has extended its service in agriculture beyond financing into using technology to boost the food value chain. Onyeka Akumah, Founder and CEO of Farmcrowdy stated this while […]
[ad_1] Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), in its efforts to reduce post-harvest losses and improve the quality of food across the country has commenced the use of hermetic steel drums for the storage of dried durable products. Hermetic Storage according to the research institute is a method of using sealed, airtight units to control […]
[ad_1] Storing farm produce is another way of making money in agribusiness today because increase in commercial Agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has stated that in some developing countries, Nigeria inclusive, an estimated of over 25 percent of all food produced is never consumed by humans ,but instead gets spoilt or is eaten […]
[ad_1] Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has raised concern over antibiotics used in animals and plants purchased off the counter in Nigeria without expert prescription. FAO says this is coupled with the absence of statutory legislation to restrict the use of antimicrobial as growth promoters. Mr David Fehintola, FAO Country Representative raised the alarm during […]
[ad_1] “At least 700,000 people die each year due to drug resistant diseases.” Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is threatening to turn into the next pandemic with serious implications for global health, agri-food systems and economies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has warned. According to the report published on the FAO website on […]
Drone and camera technology company DJI has launched an agriculture drone, the DJI AGRAS T20 The drone can monitor and control the four hoses individually, ensuring an efficient flow rate for each nozzle. (Image source: DJI) This precision agriculture spraying drone packs impressive features into a modular and portable design, making it accessible and scalable […]
Evonik’s Animal Nutrition has announced that it will launch Ecobiol Fizz, the first probiotic for chicken in effervescent tablet form Ecobiol Fizz can be combined with common feed additives. (Image source: pasja1000/Pixabay) The product contains a microbial strain of the species Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and is used to stabilise the intestinal microbiota of broilers and chicken […]
[ad_1] The essence of the collaboration is to enhance the productivity of cassava farmers in the Niger Delta region through the planting of improved variety of cassava stem. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta […]
Tata International Africa has invested in a new John Deere dealership in Takoradi, Ghana to be officially opened in the first quarter of 2021 The dealership will be opened in the first quarter 2021. (Image Credit: Ilana Salant) In early 2019, Tata International Africa signed an agreement with John Deere Construction & Forestry as the […]
[ad_1] The rise in the food index was caused by increases in prices of Bread and Cereals, Potatoes, Yam and other tubers, meat, Fish, Fruits, Vegetables, alcoholic and food beverages and Oils and Fats. Prices of food items rose highest in Kwara, Edo and Sokoto states in October, the consumer price index (CPI) report released […]
In an effort to achieve sustainable recovery and build resilience from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mastercard Foundation announced a programme that will support more than three million people in sub-Saharan Africa over the next two years Alluvial tractors in Nasarawa state in Nigeria. (Image credit: Alluvial) The programme will focus on building food security and […]
[ad_1] The chairman, local organising committee, Prof. Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and the new President of NiWARD, Prof. Oluwayemisi Fawole, at the opening ceremony of the conference. • As NiWARD holds eighth conferenceIn May 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) poverty and inequality report said that from September 2018 to October 2019, 40% or 82.9 […]
[ad_1] Prof. KOLAWOLE ADEBAYO, a root and tuber and extension specialist, talks about lack of legislative backings as one of the challenges of cassava flour substitute in wheat flour, as he alleges that wheat import racketeers do frustrate the inclusion of cassava in bread and other confectionaries. He canvassed that Nigeria should act fast to […]
[ad_1] Experts believe that the Nigerian government will once again offer lip service to the plight of smallholder farmers who are the major producers of the country’s food. The budgetary allocation to Nigeria’s agriculture sector, if passed into law, as proposed in the 2021 budget, will again fail the Maputo Declaration of 2003, which among […]
[ad_1] Women in the agricultural sector contribute 75 -80 per cent of the production in Nigeria. Women in agribusiness will receive the lowest funding in five years if the 2021 budget is passed into law, an analysis of the federal budgets since 2017 has shown. The 2021 Appropriation Bill was sent to the National Assembly […]