FUNAAB empowers local farmers with agric info
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has empowered farmers in the various extension outreach villages with useful agricultural information that would guide them in being mindful of their...
View ArticleRice farmers, others laud FG’s revised 2015 rice import quota
With the new quota on rice importation just released by the Federal Government, local producers are once again optimistic about the local capacity to meet market needs. ABOLAJI ADEBAYO reports....
View ArticleSA aquaculture comes of age
Late to the game, South African fish farms are beginning to offer tasty, well-presented products that are attracting more and more consumers. It is easy to get dejected when looking at the slow pace of...
View ArticleDemocracy Day: Private Sector agenda for Buhari’s administration -Agric Sector
Farmers have urged the incoming government to focus on the review and implementation of agricultural policies to boost local food production and enhance food security. They believed that with proper...
View ArticleSouth African firm explores Nigeria’s carrots juice market
While Nigeria’s over 45 per cent local fruits keep wasting away, South African farmers are making speedy advances in adding value to their farm produce a situation that has made Nigeria one of the...
View ArticleAgriculture, job creation source –Expert
Director, Institute for Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Prof. Akin Omotayo, has said that commercial agriculture if well developed and implemented was...
View ArticleIITA-led cassava weed mgt project records success
Heads of implementing partner institutions comprising the National Root Crops Research Institute, NRCRI, Umudike; Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, FUNAAB, and the University of Agriculture...
View ArticleUniversity don sets food security agenda for new govt
The Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun has set a 10-point agenda for the new administration and other stakeholders amied at improving agricultural...
View ArticlePoor storage costs Africa 50% agric losses –NGO
Farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa has lost between 30 and 50 percent of fruits and vegetables to inadequate storage. Harvest Protection Network, HPN, an Non-Governmental Organisation that...
View ArticleStakeholders task FG on farm mechanisation funding
The National President of the Agriculture and Allied Employees’ Union of Nigeria, AAEUN, Comrade Simon Anchaver, has called on the new administration to focus more on mechanised farming by improving on...
View ArticleOperating environment undermining agric sector devt –NACCIMA
The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Chief Bassey Edem, has charged the Federal Government to improve the operating...
View ArticleNigeria to save $50bn yearly from Import policy enforcement –NACCIMA
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, has said that over $50 billion would be saved annually if local production was protected through enforcement...
View ArticleFarmers restate commitment to wheat production, seek policy continuity
At the recently concluded annual national wheat planning meeting in Zaria, which was organised by the Lake Chad Research Institute based in Maiduguri, in collaboration with International Centre for...
View ArticleLagos empowers rice farmers with inputs, irrigation tools
Lagos State Government has declared to reduce dependence on rice importation, which costs the country about N365 billion annually by empowering the local producers with various agricultural inputs...
View ArticleAgric committees chart road map to sector’s growth
…revive campaign for Made-In-Nigeria goods’ patronage The four National Committees on the revitalization of the agricultural sector in Nigeria recently inaugurated by the Federal Ministry of...
View ArticleFARA urges African govts on agri business friendly environment
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, FARA, has urged African governments to reduce Africa’s dependence on imports through the creation of new agro enterprises and ensure food security in the...
View ArticleStakeholders seek agric-friendly policies to boost productivity, jobs
Stakeholders in the Southwest Nigeria have urged governments in the country to agriculture-friendly financing policies to support farmers and other agribusiness entrepreneurs for improved productivity...
View ArticleSenator cautions on consumption of harmful foods
Senator Joshua Lidani representing Gombe South has raised alarm over the health implication of the consumption of foods containing a high concentration of pesticide among Nigerians. Lidani raised the...
View ArticleAfrica ‘ll take its pride of place in agriculture, says Adesina
The new president of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Tuesday assured that agriculture will be one of the major areas of his priority within the 10-year strategy the bank is...
View ArticleCashew processors seek govt’s intervention
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, has appealed to the government for logistics support and intervention in cashew processing in order to attract more investors. The Publicity Secretary...
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