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USAID, PIND advocate agric gender-friendly policy
USAID It’ll Reduce Hunger By 17%, Says Akeredolu Towards improving agricultural development, the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and Partnership Initiatives in the Niger...
View ArticleFlour Mills to commission N50b sunti Golden Sugar estate Thursday
With regards to the Federal Government’s Nigerian Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), with an ambitious backward integration programme aimed at setting Nigeria on the path of self-sufficiency in sugar...
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At BASICS cassava workshop, farmers list challenges
Commercial Cassava farmers, commonly called Basics Village Seed Entrepreneurs (VSEs) have identified lack of access to needed land; inability to get loans, farming inputs, chemicals, mechanicals and...
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How Asian rice importers sabotage Nigeria’s policy
Smuggled riceNigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, must by now have understood what it means to fight the rice mafia in Nigeria. For about a week now, he has been...
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Climate change: Biologists proffer solution to threat on agric
AgricultureNigeria can achieve agricultural sustainability despite the threat posed by the climate change challenges, if farmers embrace new and smarter ways of adequately feeding the populace. This...
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‘Sunti Golden Sugar will save Nigeria $100m foreign exchange yearly’
Mr. Paul Gbededo, Group Managing Director, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, FMN, (Right); Governor Sani Bello, Niger State Governor; Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Mr....
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FUNAI, IITA to partner on research, agriculture development
FUNAIThe Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State, is set to partner the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, in the areas of research,...
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Niger seeks economic turnaround through shea butter production
SHEA BUTTER. PHOTO CREDIT: https://i.ytimg.comNiger State is on the verge of becoming the main hub for Shea Butter in Nigeria. Currently, the state boasts of having the largest collection of Shea...
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AgroChemical sector loses $180m to multiple regulations yearly
Over$180m is lost yearly by Nigeria’s Agro-chemicals industry to multiple tariffs, paid to various regulating agencies, contrary to what obtains in other countries. Consequently, stakeholders have...
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Why poultry farmers are leaving
ToromadeFrancis Toromade is the former Group Head, Strategy and Policy, Amo Byng Nigeria Limited, with over 30 years experience in the poultry industry. He spoke on why operators are leaving the...
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No respite as more poultry farmers close shop
Poultry farmers are currently facing extinction as a result of challenges. Though actual number of farms and hatchery that have folded up is still vague, investigations showed that many farmers left...
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Dizengoff Case IH tractor emerges number one in Nigeria
Dizengoff NigeriaCase IH, distributed by Dizengoff has out-performed other brands, emerging as the number one brand of tractor in the country. According to figures released for agricultural machines...
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Foundation, farmers’ association hold cassava festival in Akwa Ibom
CassavaPeople, Environment and Sustainability Foundation, in collaboration with All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), recently held a maiden Cassava Festival also known as Usoro Iwa in Akwa Ibom...
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IITA-CWMP puts smiles on farmers’ faces
Dashiell KentonResources-poor farmers who are participating in the demonstration farms organised by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)-led Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP)...
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IITA-CWMP, BASICS set to share results in cassava farming system
IITA executive, Dashiell KentonThe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Cassava Weed Management Project and the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Seed System for Cassava...
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Dickson partners NIRSAL to achieve agro revolution
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa.The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has appealed to the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Plc(NIRSAL) to partner his...
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Lawmaker tasks farmers, stakeholders on best practices in produce export
Farmers at work.The Chairman, House Committee on Agric Production and Services, Mohammed Tahir Monguno has re-echoed the importance of adhering to best practices in the export of agricultural produce....
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IFAD stakes N2.7 billion to boost rice, cassava production in Benue State
A Rice farm.The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has ploughed over N2.7 billion into Benue communities to boost rice, cassava production. Indeed, Benue state local communities...
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Agric institute decries dearth of tractor operators
TractorThe Acting Director of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM), Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali has said that unless more Nigerians volunteered to train as tractor operators, the nation may...
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At Agrofood fair, expert lauds economic diversification
Managing Director of Agrofood and Plastprintpack, Paul Marz, has expressed optimism that Nigeria would soon become self-sufficient and an export nation given its drive towards economic diversification....
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