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Quarantine service clears air on importation using pallets
BoxesFollowing several queries and complaints from importers, exporters and other stakeholders regarding the issue ofpackaging materials for shipping cargoes, the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine...
View ArticleCassava: Stakeholders collaborates on sustainable seed system
Scientists and Agricultural experts in Nigeria are currently partnering on developing a sustainable cassava seed system to solve the problem of low productivity of the crop in the country. An agric...
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More farm households adopt improved cassava varieties
CassavaFindings by the Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) have shown that over 60 per cent of farm households have adopted improved cassava varieties in the country. This was revealed at the National Root...
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Wal Wanne to engage 250,000 farmers in Borno
Rice (farm produce)The Wal Wanne Rice Farming (WWRF) Company in Borno State said it is set to engage 250, 000 farmers this year, under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ programme....
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Stakeholders advocate climate smart agric, infrastructure to grow sector
Photo: pixabay.comDespite success stories recorded by African countries in agriculture over the years, with Nigeria recording 300 per cent increase in cassava production; Kenya’s horticulture export...
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BATN to partner UI on agribusiness
British American TobaccoThe British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN) and the University of (UI) are forging a partnership that will encourage more of its graduates into agribusiness. The deal...
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‘Why Nigeria should encourage PPP model for dairy business’
Dairy products. cheese, milk, sour cream Credit: holisticwellness.caA Nigerian postgraduate student and participant at the Global Food Security Symposium, Oyewale Abioye, has told the Chicago Council...
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NBMA issues 7-Day ultimatum to GM Seeds Importers
Dr. Rufus Ebegba The Director General/CEO of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba has given importers of Genetically Modified Seeds (GM Seeds) a seven-day ultimatum,...
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Cross River to commence production of rice seedlings soon
rice Twenty-seven containers of automated rice seedlings equipment have arrived the Ayade industrial park in Calabar.The equipment, which are ready for installation include; transplanting and...
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Edo opens sales of fertilizer to farmers
Edo State government has disclosed that its fertiliser company-Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (ESFCCL), Auchi, has produced enough fertilizer to serve its farmers and neighbouring...
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Osun allocates farm settlement to 500 smallholder farmers
Rural farmers Osun State government has commenced allocation of farmland in the new Ago-Owu Farm Settlement to 500 smallholder farmers in the state.Head, Corporate and Commercial Services, Osun...
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We shall return Nigeria to days of groundnut pyramids, says Awofisayo
President of Harvestfield Industries Limited, Martins Aderemi Awofisayo, an indigenous agro and healthcare company recently signed-in by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),...
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Why shortage of beef may persist
• Lagos Consumes Over 8,000 Cows Daily • Cost Of Animal In Nigeria, Highest In Africa -Kuku The rising cost of beef, with over 25 per cent price increase in the last one-year, has forced many to seek...
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OCP Africa launches Agribooster to boost rice production in Kebbi
OCP Africa, a global fertilizer company, has launched Agribooster programme in Kebbi State to boost the cultivation of rice and to support 4,000 smallholder farmers. In a release sent to The Guardian,...
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Nigeria to reduce importation of wheat by 60% in 2025 – Olabanji
Wheat productionDr Oliwasina Olabanji, the Team Leader, Wheat Value Change in Nigeria, says that Nigeria will reduce wheat importation by 60 per cent by 2025. Olabanji, who is the Executive Director,...
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ECOWAS to make rice self-sufficiency by 2025
A Rice farm. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says its rice offensive programme would make self-sufficiency in rice a reality in the sub-region by 2025. Mr Ernest Aubee, Principal...
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BOA, SunTrust Bank seal pact on agric banking
SunTrust BankAs part of efforts at revitalising agriculture as alternative mainstay of the economy, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and SunTrust Bank have sealed an e-banking business agreement to such...
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Oyo to partner foreign, local investors on livestock farming
LivestockOyo State government has reiterated its readiness to partner with more foreign and local investors to further promote large-scale livestock farming for the economic development of the state....
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Helen Keller launches programme on school gardening, healthy lifestyle for...
PHOTO: google.com/search For the next three years, 6,000 pupils, from nine schools in Ikeja Local Council Area of Lagos State, would be engaged on importance of gardening through in-school and...
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Global Cassava Partnership holds world press conference, exhibition in Lagos
Cassava The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st (GCP21) century will on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 hold a world press conference to announce the fourth International Cassava Conference, billed to take...
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