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‘FG’s 10 rice mills should be given to farmers’ groups, private sector’
Rice FarmingFederal Government’s rice processing mills should have been given to farmers’ association and private operators in a public-private-partnership arrangement. The government had disclosed...
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Food crisis looms, as herder-farmer clashes hamper crop production
Tomato FoodsIndications have emerged that Nigeria faces drastic food shortage and price hike in the nearest future if herders-farmers’ clashes in the North Central Nigeria continue unabated. These are...
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Nigeria loses 40% of fruits, vegetables harvests yearly, says Don
Fruit stall. Photo credit: ARIIX ProductsA Professor of Food Science and Technology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Dr. Gregory Onwuka has disclosed that over 40...
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Rivers council to return normalcy to farmlands
Aerial view of some part of Rivers stateNormalcy is gradually returning to farmlands in Ikwerre Local Council Area of Rivers State, following efforts of the council chairman, Samuel Nwanosike, who...
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Driving sustainable economic growth through plant conservation
Sugarcane plantationThe change in Nigeria’s climate and weather patterns has been linked to the drastic depletion of trees and vegetation across the country. This has consequently led to increased...
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Stakeholders task FG on organic farming
Organic farmingStakeholders in the organic farming sector are advocating the need to put pressure on the Federal Government to enact policies that will encourage farmers to go back to organic farming,...
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States called to buy into FG agricultural policies
Eseme Eyiboh The Dean, Committee of Chairmen, River Basins Development Authorities in Nigeria, Eseme Eyibo, has called on states yet to key into the Federal government efforts at revamping the...
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Animal technologists hint on profitable fish, livestock farming
Livestock. PHOTO: google.com/search Animal scientists and technologists have harped on integrated farming, robust collaboration between the gown and town, cooperative activities and application of...
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FAO, WFP launch agricultural livelihoods programme in Northeast
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with World Food Programme (WFP) have flagged off livelihoods support programme to people affected by insurgency with seeds...
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Glut in egg production triggers call for industrialisation, value chain creation
• As PAN, scientists proffer solutions Femi Ibirogba aggregates views of farmers, scientists and entrepreneurs in the poultry industry on the way out of low demand for eggs, industrialisation of the...
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Agric investors groan as fall armyworms invade farmlands
Farmers across the country have called on the government, scientists and other stakeholders to urgently intervene and find a lasting solution to the armyworm invasion ravaging the farms. As farmers...
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How to get optimum yield from cassava cultivation
Cassava cassava, described as the ‘golden crop of Africa,’ plays a significant role in the move towards food security and hunger eradication. However, productivity per hectare remains low due to poor...
View ArticleStakeholders task FG on investment in meat value chain
Stakeholders in the meat industry have appealed to the Federal Government to improve the state of the country’s butcheries, by investing in storage processing hubs, to meet the huge meat demand...
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Oparaugo: We need to stop Africa from exporting raw materials, importing...
Osita Oparaugo Footprint to Africa Limited and Sinachi Farms Limited are Investment Bridge and food oriented companies promoting intra-African and foreign investments in Africa. Chairman of the...
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Ogun empowers rural women with 30,000 chicken
Ogun State deputy governor Yetunde Onanuga Ogun State government has empowered 3,000 rural women with 30,000 Boiler chicken across the three Senatorial Districts in the Second Phase of its Noiler...
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Kolanut: Stakeholders raise concern as Ghana overtakes Nigeria in production
• Nigeria Struggles To Produce 20,000mt Yearly-Oyekoya • Trees In Nigeria Are Unfruitful, Low Yield-Farmer Kolanut is an important economic cash crop, commercially produced in tropical rainforests of...
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Experts, BOA explain agric loan conditions as farmers lament poor funding
Agricultural financing is crucial to mechanisation, productivity and food security sustainability. However, farmers’ challenges in getting facilities hamper commercial production. Head, Agric Desk,...
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Harvest-Plus partner, others advocate empowerment of women for agric
AgricIt has been advocated that more women should be empowered to boost agric productivity, for over 80% of the agric production comes from small-scale women farmers who are mostly rural dwellers. Mrs...
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FIIRO DG harps on agriculture as employer of youths
FIIRO<br />Director General (DG) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), Prof. Gloria Elemo, has said that agricultural development is the best...
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AgroNigeria hosts Feed Nigeria Summit, Agric
Richard Mark Mbaram, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) AgroNigeriaAs part of efforts aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and boosting the larger economy of the country, AgroNigeria, the Voice of...
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