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Competition for cassava roots raises concern about food security
Cassava Head, Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, writes on the concern that industrial utilisation of cassava roots could pose threats to availability of staples derivable from the root crop. The rising...
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FIIRO has developed over 250 food processing techs, says DG
Chairman of the House of Reps committee on science and technology, Beni Lar (Left), with the Director General of FIIRO, Prof. (Mrs) Gloria Elemo and other lawmakers and management staff of the...
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‘How to end communities-herders crisis’
People load their possessions in a car as they evacuate the Ganaropp village in the Barikin Ladi area near Jos on June 27, 2018. Plateau State in Nigeria has seen days of violence where more than 200...
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JDPC, ActionAid rate Ondo low on agric extension services
ActionAid Country Director, Ojobo AtulukuThe Justice, Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Ondo State chapter, has faulted the poor priority given to agricultural extension services in the state,...
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Fall Armyworms destroy $268m worth of crops
[FILE PHOTO] Fall ArmywormsThe Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Suffyan Koroma, has said that Army worms have caused agricultural damage worth $268 million (N76.48...
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Palm oil producers kick against Europe’s discriminatory campaign
Palm oil. Photo: GHH headlinesSmall-scale palm oil farmers from Africa and Asia have kicked against Europe’s never-ending anti-palm oil campaign. The farmers, also known as Farmers Unite, launched the...
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Processors ask goverment to review tomato paste policy
[FILE PHOTO] A tomato processing plant in NigeriaThe Tomato Processors’ Association of Nigeria has called for a review of the government’s new policy on effective implementation of self-sufficiency in...
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Kebbi farmers get 500kg improved castor seeds
Kebbi. Photo: BBCCastor seeds production is to receive a boost with the delivery of 500kg of hybrid seeds to Kebbi State farmers by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Abuja. Receiving...
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FG to buy more tractors
[FILE PHOTO] TractorThe Federal Government has concluded plans to import more tractors that will help its plans for agricultural growth in the country. The government has also commenced the training...
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How to establish modern cocoa plantations
CocoaSome young people, especially graduates, see cocoa farming as a poorly rewarding business meant for only the aged people who have resigned to fate. They think farmers, and by extension cocoa...
View ArticleAbia: 100 Women register for NDE's food processing training
About 100 women have registered in Abia State to be trained in the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) food processing programme. The State NDE Coordinator, Mrs. Buchi Ojei disclosed this to The...
View ArticleSenate committee on environment commends NBMA’s lab
The Senate Committee on Environment has lauded the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) over its state-of-the-art Genetic Modification (GM) Detection and Analysis Laboratory. The Senators made...
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Aregbesola repositions Osun as new hub for livestock production
Poultry Osun State Government has taken a bold step to reposition the state as a major hub for livestock production. Through the provision of over N500m loans to finance its Broiler Outgrowers...
View ArticleIITA DG seeks collaboration with Sudan on cassava transformation
As IITA, Sudan Sign MoU The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga, has assured that the collaboration between IITA and Sudan will put...
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School feeding programme: Poultry owners chide government for awarding...
Middlemen Take The Profits — Farmers With the recent revelation by the Special Adviser to the President on National Social Welfare Programme, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, that Federal Government feeds pupils...
View ArticleFarmers want FG to ban maize importation
Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of maize into the country to encourage local production. Alhaji Bello Abubakar, the National President of...
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USAID, partners reward Fall Armyworm tech solution companies with $450,000
Fall Armyworms • The pest destroys over 80 crops, says FAO There is optimism that voracious Fall Army Worms (FAW) ravaging maize and other essential crops across Africa would be overcome soon as the...
View ArticleFG, firms sign pact on farm mechanisation services
The Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation and Equipment Leasing Company and Mechanization Service Provider (MSPs) to boost access of...
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Ogun community laments as elephants destroy farmland
There are elephants in Nigeria, even though most people living in the country may not have seen them. People, both young and old, dream of seeing an elephant in their lifetimes but the dream may never...
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Total, NNPC train 21 farmers on sustainable agribusinesses
No fewer than 21 small-scale farmers in Enugu State have been trained on agribusiness sustenance by the Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum...
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