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CBN orders lending to agric sector, inflation rises on food items
CBN governorThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks to increase lending to the agricultural sector to check rising food prices. This followed its 262nd Monetary Policy...
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How to increase, maintain production of eggs
Fresh eggsFEMI IBIROGBA writes on necessary steps that poultry farmers should take to optimize egg production and profitability, including sources of birds, pen ventilation, feeds and feeding. Though...
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What Nigeria can do to end farmer-herder crisis, by Animal Care VP
Mrs Funmi AgbatoIn this exclusive interview, Executive Vice-President of Animal Care, Mrs Olufunmilayo Agbato, proffers what she explains as the lasting solutions to the farmer-herder crisis ravaging...
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‘Nigeria’s low investment in seeds undermines food security’
SeedsSeed is said to be inevitable in the efforts to ensure food security and stakeholders have expressed worry over inadequate quality seeds in the country. Nigeria has an estimated national demand of...
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NBMA urges seed companies to comply with import guidelines
PHOTO: inhabitat.com The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has again encouraged grain importers to ensure that their activities are in compliance with the agency’s import guidelines. Director...
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Okitipupa oil palm firm bounces back, begins production
After six years of disruptive recess, occasioned by the interference of misgovernance, the Okitipupa Oil Palm Company (OOPC) Plc, Ondo State, has finally bounced back into active operation and...
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Man seeks compensation from Airtel, LASIMRA over farmland destruction
A farmer at Imota, Ikorodu Local Government Area, Lagos, Mr Akanji Shakiru Musa, has alleged that Airtel, in attempts to lay fibre optic cables on the road setbacks, dug trenches and destroyed his...
View ArticleNigeria records 50% post-harvest losses
Experts have said that due to about 50% post-harvest losses in Nigeria, all hands must be on deck to tame the trends with modern preservative and value addition technologies.These were disclosed when...
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Quest for insurance subsidy as game-changer for food production
Femi Ibirogba writes on important roles that insurance coverage can play in food security, sustainable agriculture, poverty eradication and wealth creation Insurance experts have urged farmers and the...
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Northwest governors hold agriculture forum in Kaduna tomorrow
Kaduna State.<br />PHOTO: Juju FilmsGovernors of the seven Northwest states will meet in Kaduna from Wednesday, August 1 to Thursday, August 2, to brainstorm on ways of improving agriculture for...
View ArticleGovernment, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dangote set for food fortification
The Federal Government, Dangote Group, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have identified food fortification as one of the major strategies to decrease the number of over ten million children...
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Foundation empowers oil palm farmers in Ondo
Palm Oil Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has decried the underutilization of palm production, stressing that farmers can make more profit with modern technology. The...
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Farmers, scientists reel off strategies for optimal fish productivity
Fish production CHARLES MADUABUEKE x-rays best pond management practices in fish farming for proper understanding necessary for enhanced productivity and profitability. Aquaculture farmers and experts...
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Centre boosts Nigeria’s agric productivity with initiative
Worried by the nation’s growing population which may trigger food and humanitarian crisis, the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Monday, announced a partnership with Alluvial...
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Dwarf technology opens new window for cash crops farmers
Based on the current drive to use Agriculture as one of the channels to revitalise the economy, encouraging cash crop production, considered as a money spinning aspect of the sector, remains...
View ArticleDon tasks government on enabling environment
A Prof of Agriculture from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Kolawole Adebayo, has descried youths lack of interest in agriculture. He attributed this to lack of...
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Stakeholders worry over cassava brown streak disease
Cassava farm Stakeholders in the Cassava sector have expressed worry over rising cases of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD), currently causing up to 90 per cent cassava yield losses in East and...
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Cassava: FUNAAB, C:AVA, others empower farmers on best practices
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta A total of 100 farmers have been trained on ‘Best Practices in Cassava Cultivation’ by the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) of the...
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‘Egg powder machine is simple to make if we have support’
Fresh eggsIn this interview with FEMI IBIROGBA, Managing Director of Nobex Tech Company Ltd, Mr Adeoya Idowu, says the quality of locally fabricated agric equipment is better than most of the imported...
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Government neglects agricultural equipment makers, says entrepreneur
Mr Kola Lucas Adeniji, founder of Niji Lucas Engineering Ltd, explains challenges faced by agricultural equipment fabricators in Nigeria and how to move forward. FEMI IBIROGBA presents excerpts. In...
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