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[ad_1] The Federal Government, through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has approved appointed Dr Adekoya Olatunde Owosibo as the Provost/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, in Oyo State. The appointment, according to the government, is for a single period of five years with effect […]

[ad_1] As part of efforts to make Nigeria achieve food self-sufficiency, Popular Farms and Mills Limited, an arm of Stallion Group, has reaffirmed commitment to boost rice production in the country. With recent data by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showing how agriculture had positively contributed to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP, the firm […]

[ad_1] …Produces 10m Metric Tonnes Per Annum  A Scientist with the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR/ABU)Zaria, Dr. Muhyiddeen Oyekunle has stated that biotechnology remains a strong investment for African farmers. He said that conventional plant breeding has been ongoing for hundreds of years and is still commonly used. Oyekunle made this known while presenting paper […]

[ad_1] As fertilizer scarcity lingers across Nigeria, the country seems to be returning gradually to the old fertiliser distribution regime, a development posing serious threats to farmers’ productivity. Before the Goodluck Jonathan regime, the old system of fertiliser supply was weak, inefficient and allegedly fraudulent. A large proportion of intending beneficiaries could not get access to the […]

[ad_1] For some Nigerian farmers, the ease of the lockdown imposed by states and the federal government came with mixed feelings. Across the country, farmers lamented the impact of the lockdown and counted their losses such as late planting, poor harvesting, and shortage of inputs. Farmers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES said the prices of […]

[ad_1] Enugu – The Enugu State Government has distributed agricultural inputs for dry season farming to 2,000 poor and vulnerable farmers in the rural areas, under the World Bank-Assisted CARES Programme. Speaking during flag-off of the distribution of the agricultural inputs which ranged from cassava stems, rice seeds, fertilizer and herbicides on Friday, Governor Ifeanyi […]

[ad_1] Lagos The Ikeja Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (ICCIA) has said that it has concluded arrangements to hold a session on okra farming in the quest to boost the cultivation and production of the crop in the country, especially in the Southwestern part of the country. Amb. Edward Olutoke, President of the chamber, […]

[ad_1] Women farmers have called on the federal and state government to give more support to farmers especially the women folk in order to make them more productive and ensure food security in the nation at large.  The women who spoke in separate media parleys with DAILY INDEPENDENT, said supporting women farmers across the country […]

[ad_1]  Agriculture has gone beyond farming; it is now a business that accommodates many players, because of the need for food, raw materials for industrial growth and jobs for the growing population of our youths.  Nigeria Government is planning to create millions of jobs through her economic diversification into agriculture, Thank God for the new […]

[ad_1]  TechnoServe Nigeria has urged operators of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry to adopt the Micronutrient Fortification Index (MFI) model to self-regulate.  Ike IIegbune, TechnoServe’s lead consultant for MFI, made the call during a presentation at the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology’s (NIFST) 44th annual conference, stressing that adopting […]

[ad_1] The index tracks international prices of the most commonly traded food commodities. Global food prices continued rising for the fifth consecutive month in October, led by cereals, sugar, dairy and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has said. This is according to the Food Price Index report published on […]

[ad_1] Nine million people are already in the first phase of the food crisis, which runs from October 2020 to December 2020. About 22 million people could face a food crisis in Nigeria between October 2020 and August 2021, a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, has shown. The […]

[ad_1] The professor also talks about yam seedlings, insurance and other factors affecting yam farmers. The president of the Yam Farmers Association of Nigeria, who is also a professor of agriculture processing and storage at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Simon Irtwange, believes Nigeria can become one of the world’s largest exporters of yam. […]