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[ad_1] Barely four years after the launch of the Lagos-Kebbi Rice christened LAKE Rice, an initiative borne out of the collaboration between Lagos and Kebbi State Governments, the rice has gone out of circulation. During the launch, held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Lagos on December 21, 2016, the former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi […]
[ad_1] Task FG, CBN, BOI On Local Farmers Empowerment Despite the benefits attributed to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and food production, experts have raised fresh concern on its effect on human health and the environment. GMO is a system of recombining DNA technology or transferring engineered genes into an animal or plant or […]
[ad_1] The Ebonyi Government says it will establish ranches for local herders in the 13 local government areas of the state. Mr Cletus Ofoke, State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice disclosed this on Saturday in Abakaliki at a security meeting with some stakeholders in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some […]
[ad_1] The study consolidates available scientific evidence on the contributions forests make to curbing poverty. Trees are associates in the fight against poverty and in the long run losing forests means losing the fight against poverty, a study has said. The research was carried out by 21 international scientists on the Global Forest Expert Panel […]
[ad_1] The National Cotton Association of Nigeria(NACOTAN), has lauded the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme(ABP), saying it was the best agricultural programme so far launched in the country. NACOTAN President, Mr Anibe Achimugu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. Achimugu said the programme had become […]
More than a decade after the death of Stephen Oladipupo Owomoyela, popularly known as Dr. Orlando Owoh, his stance on the consumption of Cannabis Sativa, better known as Indian hemp or marijuana, seems to have become a prophecy that might even contribute to lifting the country out of its economic woes. In one of his […]
[ad_1] Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has tasked the government at all levels to budget adequately for agriculture and food security interventions. This, she said, would help reduce malnutrition and enhance livelihoods and income generation. Also, the Action Against Hunger and Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), has urged the government at […]
[ad_1] Twenty-one women and four men are part of the coop, centered in the community of Ajahonmè – one of eight local areas of the town of Klouékanmè. Produce innovative versions of a staple food for a regional market. Feed hungry people, now and in the future. While you’re at it, train farmers – mostly […]
Mobile technologies and digital agriculture are a great promise for the world’s farmers, making it all the more important to foster appropriate institutions capable of generating innovation that benefits smallholders and disadvantaged groups, said Nobel laureate economist Michael Kremer in a special lecture hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO […]
Kemin Industries, a global manufacturer of ingredients that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life of 80% of the world with its products and services, and its subsidiary Kemin Biologics, have signed an exclusive agreement with Pacific GeneTech (PGT) to licence TMH001 Eimeria vaccine for poultry Kemin Biologics will scale the vaccine and expand […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have frowned at what was proposed for the sector in the 2021 budget, stating that it will make no meaningful impact on the nation’s agricultural system. The Stakeholders in separate interviews with DAILY INDEPENDENT, called on government to have a second look at what was proposed and […]
[ad_1] ”We will ban importation milk in this country because we have 25 million cows in this country, we consume 5 million litres per day,” Sabo Nanono. Nigeria will ban milk importation into the country in the next two years, the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, has said. The minister disclosed this […]
[ad_1] An agriculture expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has reiterated the need to equip local small-scale farmers on food preservation technology in order to prevent waste. Olawale, a Development Communication expert at the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), said this is in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday […]
[ad_1] The AFAN national president said the items purportedly to be launched by the minister, along with three other ministers, are substandard. The National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim, has said that the minister of agriculture and rural development, Sabo Nanono, and Farouk Mudi, one of the AFAN members, are […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and PhosAgro, a leading producer of mineral fertilisers, have launched the joint Soil Doctors Programme in sustainable agriculture The project will develop and distribute soil testing kits to 5,000 farmers in developing countries. (Image source: Lukas/Pexels) The launch ceremony, held online on 5 October, brought […]