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2018 World Food Day: Farmers showcase produce at maiden Lagos farm fair
Agric produce on display during World Food Day Lagos Farm Fair, in Lagos. • BATNF Supports Farmers • Over 821m People Hungry Globally • Ambode Restates Commitment To Economic Diversification • Stanbic...
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AfDB agric pact with Purdue varsity fires youths’ passions
AfDB president, Akinwumi AdesinaIncreasing youth engagement in profitable agriculture and agribusiness is critical for sustainable agricultural development. For Miriam Ahuna Ofoeze, a young processor...
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Ogbeh commends women over 70% contributions to food production
[FILE PHOTO] Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture Audu OgbehThe Federal Government has commended Nigerian women farmers for contributing no less than 70% to the national food production. The Minister of...
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Kebbi, P&G partner to train women farmers
Procter & Gamble.<br />Photo: InvestopediaThe Kebbi State government has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Procter and Gamble (P&G), a leading consumer goods company in...
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Calls for re-introduction of agric marketing boards deepen
MaizeFEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, writes of divergent points of view on and imperativeness of the proposed re-introduction of commodity marketing boards. Many Nigerians from all walks of...
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How manage post-harvest losses of food crops, fruits & vegetables
Food wastage is not acceptable anywhere in the world considering resources required to grow foods. It is more so in Nigeria where millions of people go to bed hungry and starved. FEMI IBIROGBA, Head,...
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FG launches cassava seed tracker, sets to lead world market
Cassava The Federal Government has launched Cassava Seed Tracker (CST), to bring together stakeholders and end users of cassava across the world. Besides, the CST, first of its kind in the world will...
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Gartech launches eco-pro caging system for backyard poultry farming
Specimen of the Gartech Eco-Pro Caging System Determined to provide enough eggs and chicken, to meet daily needs of the people, Gartech Poultry Equipment Company has developed Eco-Pro caging system to...
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FUNAAB canvasses support for SMEs to enhance food production
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Federal Government has been urged to improve support for the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their capacity to produce enough food...
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Professionals call for more insurance, funding in agric as population explode
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and IndustryLead paper presenters at the 2018 agricultural symposium organised by the agricultural group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry have advocated scaling...
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Emulate Kebbi’s 10% budgets to agriculture, stakeholders tell other states
Rice FarmProfessionals and stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called on other states in the country to emulate the Kebbi State government, which has been working the talking by consistently...
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FRIN demonstrates quick-return agro-allied enterprises for youths
Ereme displaying a rabbitThe Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has demonstrated that youths, women and retirees can make millions of naira practicing low-capital agriculture with its...
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How to cultivate money-spinning moringa oleifera plants
Matured Moringa seedsThe saying that agriculture is profitable and sustainable is neither rhetoric nor a cacophony. Careful inward looking and proactive efforts in the agricultural sector truly have...
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‘Okra, jute leaves, ugu cultivation will fetch youths high, quick income’
Dr. Olaniyan AbayomiDr Abayomi Olaniyan is the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan. He has over 30 years of experience in...
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Rice farm floods: Threat to food security
Flooded rice farmUnless drastic steps are taken to cushion effects of this year's massive flooding of farmlands, there is fear of food shortage across the country. Currently, farmers who are devastated...
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Helen Keller holds harvest fair on school gardening
Pupils of Estate Primary School, Ogba, display their garden produce at the Harvest Fair.Five months after the flag-off of the school garden sites in government primary schools and communities in Ikeja...
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MDAs, NBMA Validate Biosafety mainstreaming strategy
Dr. Rufus EbegbaA National Biosafety Mainstreaming Strategy has been reviewed and validated to strengthen the biosafety regulatory regime and its inclusion in various sectors of the economy. According...
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Stakeholders task FG on improved fisheries management
FisheriesThe Federal Government has been urged to improve fisheries management systems, infrastructure, value chain investments, and encourage private sector investment to increase the availability and...
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AFAN allays fears on food crisis
[FILE PHOTO] Foods on displayDespite the destruction of over 122,653 hectares of farmlands across states by flood, the National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim has...
View ArticleOgun promises CCN land for farming
The Ogun State government has promised to provide land to the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) if it was interested in medium to large scale farming operation. The State Commissioner for Agriculture,...
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