We have empowered more women, youths in fish production, says college
The Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos, has trained about 150 youths and women in fish production and value addition.Provost of the college, Dr Abiodun Sule... The post We have...
View ArticleFIIRO, Mulifelong to produce brake pads from palm kernel
Driven by the need to use local material to manufacture made-in-Nigeria products, reduce wastage, and promote import substitution, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), and...
View ArticleWhy cassava flour inclusion policy has failed, by Audu Ogbeh
As far as I know, I have no knowledge of N100, not to talk of N100 billion being given to herdsmen. I do not know where the story came from. It definitely did not originate from my ministry. The post...
View ArticleLeadway, Flour Mills partner on agro-input, farm yield insurance
Leveraging on the technical expertise of international consultants, Pula Advisors, Leadway Assurance Company Limited has developed a crop insurance solution by partnering with a major input...
View Article‘Government’s contradictory policies killing agro-industrial sectors in Nigeria’
There are possibilities of glut and scarcity in Nigeria. Every two or three years, Nigeria experiences gluts because when the price goes up, all the farmers jump into its production. The post...
View ArticleQuarantine service releases revised guidelines for agro-export in Nigeria
To reduce rejection of the country’s produce in the international market, the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), has provided revised guidelines for exporters of the commodities....
View ArticleExperts link distraction from agriculture to poverty
Experts have linked poverty to derailment from the 2003 Maputo declaration on agriculture and food security, where it was unanimously agreed to allocate 10 per cent of annual budgets to the sector...
View ArticleDon reiterates call for return to agriculture
The Director, Institute for Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof. James Adediran has called for the country’s return to agriculture, to...
View ArticleFeed Nigeria summit 2019 gets August date
Agriculture has been identified as the sector to reverse the growing unemployment in the country.This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer, AgroNigeria, Barr. Richard-Mark... The post Feed...
View ArticleStakeholders advice government on cashew policy
The major glut that hit the cashew industry has plunged revenue from the cash crop, running into several billions of naira, a development considered as a big blow to farmers, exporters and other...
View ArticleUsing high quality cassava flour for inclusive economic growth
We have proven technologies and evidence-based facts that Nigeria should keep to maximum of 10 per cent inclusion of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) in wheat flour for bread making and other...
View ArticleFood safety becomes global concern as 23m Europeans fall sick yearly
Liuba Negru of the Country Support and Communications, World Health Organistion (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and Stephanie Brickman, Communications Consultant, WHO Regional Office for Europe...
View ArticleFAO to distribute inputs to farmers for food, income security
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is to distribute farm inputs to 98,400 households to ensure food sufficiency in insurgency-affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. It also disclosed...
View ArticleImoke commends Ayade over Nigeria’s first solar-power rice mill
The immediate past governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, has commended Governor Ben Ayade for his efforts towards industrialising the state, stressing that the establishment of Africa’s...
View ArticleFarming to solve 70% Nigerian employment problem
Youth Advocates Nigeria, a social welfare and advocacy movement for young people, has reiterated that agriculture is able to increase employment rate by 70 per cent rate in Nigeria if managed well. In...
View ArticleFood, drinks trade show to create opportunities for local businessmen
Food and Beverage West Africa, a new international food and drinks trade exhibition in Lagos, will create new opportunities for local businesses. Owners and people working across the food retail,...
View ArticleHow farmers can successfully market cassava roots
Intermittently, cassava producers in Nigeria express frustration and lamentation over inability to sell their fresh cassava roots. Head, Agro-Economy, FEMI IBIROGBA writes on ways the farmers can sell...
View ArticleHow reform, restructuring saved Ondo Oil Palm firm—Adewole
It is about one year that a new management team was dispatched to revive the ailing Okitipupa Oil Palm (OOPC) Plc., Ondo State. The new Chief Executive Officer, Taiwo Adewole spoke with GBENGA...
View ArticleExperts warn of unwholesome meat processing, health implications
There are reports of unwholesome meat in markets across the country. Health experts are worried that this may be linked to growing cases of zoonotic diseases in the country. The Guardian learnt that...
View ArticleNigerians demand local government autonomy for agric, rural development
Nigerians from all walks of life have called on the Federal Government and the state counterparts to expedite actions to make local government councils autonomous... The post Nigerians demand local...
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