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Hytera DMR radios increase productivity in the agricultural sector

Farm managers need to be in constant contact with arable and livestock teams, and workers in packing houses, grain stores and livestock sheds need to coordinate tasks efficiently and keep track of progress Hytera DMR radios provide a high degree of robustness and weatherproofing against dust and moisture ingress. (Image source: Hytera) To ensure this, […]

29th DAME Awards: ‘Nestlé Prize for Nutrition Reporting’

Now in its 29th Year, the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has called for entries of works produced in 2019. Nestlé Nigeria also calls on nutrition and wellness writers to take advantage of this opportunity to showcase and be recognized for their articles and stories in the ‘Nestlé Prize for Nutrition Reporting’ category of […]

Poultry association urges members to tackle challenges

[ad_1] The National President of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Ibrahim Mam, has urged poultry farmers in the country not to be discouraged by the situation facing the business in the country.  The president, who was represented by the National Vice-President, Southwest of the association, and Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Prince Olabode […]

Rice processing mills inaugurated in Anambra

[ad_1] A rice processing facility in Achalla, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)/Federal Government of Nigeria-Value Chain Development Programme (FGN/VCDP) Technical Implementation Support Mission Team, led by Hajia Fatima Mukhtar-Buhari. The mission team, which interacted with Agricultural Information and Marketing System (AIMS) […]

Nigerians lament shortage, high cost ahead World Food Day

[ad_1] Sweet potatoes Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to emplace infrastructure for food production to reduce hunger and malnutrition. This, they argued, could be done with a more enabling environment for greater food production to meet rising demand as the population increases. Prices of food items have consistently been on the increase, while […]

FIIRO expresses readiness to partner technologists for food security

[ad_1] Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) has expressed its readiness to work with the National Association of Technologists in Engineering (NATE), Lagos State branch, to eliminate post-harvest food wastage. Acting Director-General of FIIRO, Dr (Mrs) Yemisi Asagbra, expressed FIIRO’s readiness to deploy its human and […]

Arrigoni unveils Agritela Lux to protect apple and pomegranate trees

Arrigoni has introduced Agritela Lux, a reflective mulching fabric designed to improve the colouring of fruits, making it more homogeneous Arrigoni also offers effective protection against hail for apple trees thanks to Fructus, a range of monofilament nets. (Image source: Arrigoni) “At Arrigoni, the search for innovative solutions for crops such as apple and pomegranate […]

2021 Budget Proposal: ActionAid calls for upward review of Agric, Health, Education allocations

[ad_1] A non-governmental organisation working to combat poverty and promote social justice in Nigeria, ActionAid Nigeria, Tuesday, called for upward review of Agriculture, Health, and Education allocations in the 2021 Budget Proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly last Thursday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Country Director, Ene […]

IFC, AATIF invest in Senegal onion plant to boost agriculture and jobs

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF), announced an investment to help Société Africaine d’Ingrédients (SAF Ingrédients) build an onion dehydration plant in Senegal Dry onion powder is an important and popular flavouring in soups, stews, and many other dishes. (Image source: mayu ken/Unsplash) This […]

Global food production poses an increasing climate threat

Rising nitrous oxide emissions are putting reaching climate goals and the objectives of the Paris Agreement in jeopardy, according to the authors of a study published in Nature The study also determined that the largest contributors to global nitrous oxide emissions come from East Asia, South Asia, Africa, and South America. (Image source: Johny Goerend/Unsplash) The […]

Herdsmen return to Nimbo, destroy farms, set ablaze farmers’ settlements

[ad_1] Four years after Fulani herdsmen massacred the largely agrarian people of Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, some suspected herders have returned to destroy crops with their cattle while also setting farmers’ settlements ablaze at Efu-Ozara  and Ugwu-Iga, also in Ukpabi Nimbo community. The herders also allegedly destroyed crops in Ezi […]

Ebonyi Govt sues for peace over herders/farmers conflicts

[ad_1] The Ebonyi Government has restated the need for peaceful co-existence between herders and farmers across communities in the state, urging traditional rulers, youth leaders and farmers to be law-abiding. Mr Hyacinth Osuji, Chairman, Local Government Advisory Committee in the state, made the call in Abakaliki during a meeting with traditional rulers, the leadership of […]