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Anambra: ‘We surpassed 210,000mt target for 2016’
Such projects The Guardian learnt include-FADAMA 111AF; Anambra World Bank rice irrigation project; Federal Government Anchor borrowers’ project; National program for rice and cassava production....
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Ebonyi: ‘2016, a litmus test for Ebonyi’
• Targets 500,000 Metric Tonnes In 2017 To make the goal of economic diversification achievable, the Ebonyi State government launched a one-man, one- hectare scheme, with the target of capturing 80,000...
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ACAI sets-up 563 trials in Nigeria, Tanzania to solve cassava agronomy puzzle
CassavaFive hundred and sixty-three trials were established by the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) in 2016 across Nigeria and Tanzania, to help unlock the agronomy of cassava. The trials...
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Dizengoff partners CASE IH to assist Nigerian farmers
PHOTO: www.worldbank.org In its bid to improve farming substantially, as well as, revolutionise the Nigerian agricultural sector through mechanisation, Dizengoff Nigeria, is partnering CASE IH, a...
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Minister tasks companies on local sourcing of agric raw materials
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu Towards the upliftment of farmers’ livelihood, companies using agricultural produce as raw materials have been urged to source for their raw materials locally, to boost the country’s...
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Osun empowers over 17,000 farmers
Secretary to Osun State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti; Governor Rauf Aregbesola; his deputy, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori; Chief of Staff, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola and a farmer, Mrs. Okunloye Comfort,...
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Adamawa: Government fails in rice farming
The many policies announced by the present administration in Adamawa State in 2016 to boost rice production have remained cosmetic, as there is no sign on ground for dry season farming or rice...
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Firm empowers 50 youths in agric business
Agriculture Chevron Nigeria through its subsidiary, STAR Ultra Deep Petroleum Limited, has sponsored 50 youths of Oyo State origin, on a three-month capacity building course in Agro-business, Catering...
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SEEFOR to train 250 Delta youths in hybrid tomato farming
Tomatoes The State Employment and Expenditure For Results Project (SEEFOR), an intervention project of the World Bank and the European Union (EU), says it will train 250 Delta youths in hybrid tomato...
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HarvestPlus plans 500,000mt demand for biofortified crops, foods In 2017
Dr. Paul Ilona<br />• Named Semi-finalist In MacArthur Foundation Competition For $100m Grant HarvestPlus is targeting 500,000 metric tonnes demand for biofortified crops and foods in Nigeria...
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Expert tasks Nigerians on agric wastes
Agric wastesProfessor of Animal Nutrition, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Dr Gbolagunte Sunday Ojewola, has described the volume of wastes generated from...
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Food security: Why yam scarcity, price increase may persist
A Lorry, loading tubers of yam, at Anyiin Market, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.• Herdsmen Frustrate Yam Production In Taraba • Flooding, Kidnapping Stall Yam Farming In Kogi • Fading Soil...
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ECOWAS advances 10-year investment plan on emerging agric issues
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has developed a 10-year Regional Agricultural Investment Plan (RAIP), to address emerging issues, such as climate change, nutrition and gender...
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BUA Group partners Kano farmers to boost local rice production
In fulfillment of the Federal Government’s policy of boosting rice production in Kano State, the BUA Rice Ltd, a subsidiary of BUA Group, is partnering the state branch of Rice Farmers Association of...
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Nigeria to begin yam exportation in July
• As China Requests For Dry Yam The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has facilitated the inauguration of a technical working committee to fast track the exportation of Yam by...
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Stakeholders task Nigerians on benefits of agro-Processing
Mechanised farming Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have emphasised the need for the country to be actively involved in agro-processing activities to revive the ailing economy and save it from...
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BMGF, IITA, others inaugurate new Yam Seed Development Project
Towards increasing the productivity of Yam cultivation by 30 per cent, for at least 320,000 smallholder farmers, the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) has launched...
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Researchers develop pod-borer resistant cowpea
beans Cowpea farmers, who have been enduring inevitable yield losses, due to the effect of pest-Maruca Vitrata, which perennially damages farms, may soon have cause to smile, as researchers are...
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FG, IFAD present rice, cassava equipment to farmers
To boost rice and cassava production, the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has presented equipment worth millions of naira to...
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Cotton should be seen as national asset, says Achimogu
President of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), Mr. Anibe Achimogu, spoke on the dwindling fortune of cotton, poor mobilisation of farmers and lack of commitment by stakeholders,...
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