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AUN, UNHCR present inputs to Northeast displaced farmers
AUN officials distributing seedlings in Mubi, Adamawa StateTo avert incidence of food crisis predicted last year by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the American University of...
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IITA, Washington varsity partner to tackle hunger, youth unemployment
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan. (IITA)The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), are exploring possible...
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FG set to achieve SDGs on poverty, hunger, says Audu Ogbeh
Audu Ogbeh. Photo: NAN The Federal Government of Nigeria is working to transform its agricultural sector to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger, attain food security and...
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Food processors, crop breeders and efforts to end malnutrition
HarvestPlus Nigeria displaying vitamin A cassava flour products in Ibadan, Oyo State, recently. PHOTO: Femi Ibirogba One out of three children in Nigeria is malnourished and around 45% of infant...
View ArticleOgbeh to discuss agric tech at CBU lecture
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, will be speaking at the 19th annual lecture series of the Catholic Brothers United (CBU), to be held on Sunday, August 26, 2018, at the...
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Cross River to generate N13 billion from rice seedlings
Cross River state has said its new rice seedling facility will fetch it about N13billion annually. Briefing newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday during a facility tour of the factory, the State Commissioner...
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Don encourages backyard farming
Backyard farming has been described as vital to supplementing family means of livelihood because it saves scarce resources. It is argued that backyard farming, either livestock or crop production,...
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Agric entrepreneurs call for intensified mechanisation, commercialisation
CHARLES MADUABUEKE writes on ills stunting growth of the agricultural sector in the country and calls by stakeholders for intensified mechanisation and commercialisation Agricultural sector in Nigeria...
View ArticleFoundation to empower youths with N2 million seed money
Leventis Foundation Nigeria is giving young agribusiness entrepreneurs an opportunity to win up to N2 million in its empowerment scheme tagged, “LFN30AGRIBUSINESS PITCH”. The scheme is designed to...
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How to cultivate watermelon sustainably
When short-term returns on investments constitute the driving factors, watermelon is among the crops to plant. The gestation period is between 75 and 90 days, depending on varieties. Watermelon is one...
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Wrapping leaves: Stakeholders raise concerns over scarcity, conservation
Farmers Are Abandoning Cultivation Due To Unprofitability - Adekoya There is growing concern in the agric sector over the gradual disappearance of wrapping leaves, a development that has been linked...
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FAO trains 51 extension service officers to boost agric in Northeast
The Representative of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, has said that the graduation of 51 agricultural trainees was to support conflict affected farmers to boost...
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Taking advantage of off-taking, anchor borrowing agric schemes
Diversification of the economy is not an empty pronouncement. It involves deliberate policies, actions and investments, backed with motivation and incentives. FEMI IBIROGBA writes on how farmers can...
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Developing human capacity via practicals at University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan There have been serious concerns on the growing number of unemployable graduates churned out by Nigerian universities and other higher institutions of learning. It is imperative,...
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Farmers protest, seek probe of NIRSAL’s transactions
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdul HameedHope Concept Cooperative Union (HCCU) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the...
View ArticleNutritionist advocates utilisation of bio-resources
Professor of Biochemical Nutrition and Toxicology, Dr Ifeoma Irene Ijeh, has expressed concern that Nigeria’s bio-diversity/resources, which include abundant green and leafy vegetables, have not been...
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NIRSAL denies holding on to farmers’ loans
Members of Hope Concept Corporative Union protesting non-payment of credit facilities paid by Central Bank of Nigerian to Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL)...
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How to start snail rearing business
Raising snails for food is called heliculture. Snails are hermaphroditic and this means that each snail has both the male and female reproductive organs to reproduce fertile eggs. Snail is a very...
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‘How value chain project links farmers to industrial processors’
Professor Kolawole Adebayo is the Project Coordinator of Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) projects in Nigeria and other countries in Africa. He speaks with FEMI IBIROGBA on the progress...
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‘Farmers, herders’ conflict depleting animal population’
Herdsmen. PHOTO: GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?The Federal Government has raised concern that the increasing farmers/herders’ conflict across the country was depleting animal population. Permanent Secretary,...
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