Border closure: Abia, Ebonyi and Cross River shore up rice production
Since the closure of the land borders in August, attention has shifted to the consumption of locally produced rice, to fill the huge gap created by the absence of foreign brands. The post Border...
View ArticleOver 3,000 northeast households get farm input support
Over 3,000 households have been empowered with agricultural inputs for 2019/20 dry season farming in the Northeast. The Victims Support Fund (VSF) distributed the inputs The post Over 3,000 northeast...
View ArticleRice stakeholders lament challenges of production, demand road upgrade
Rice farmers, processors and researchers have lamented high cost of transportation, shortage of electricity supply, scanty irrigation facilities and expensive planting The post Rice stakeholders lament...
View Article‘Crop cultivation in Nigeria requires additional 48m hectares’
Professor of Botany, Dr Omotoye Olorode, has said that about 30 million hectares of land are known to be under cultivation in Nigeria but about 78.5 million hectares The post ‘Crop cultivation in...
View ArticleFAO distributes water pumps, fertiliser to 4,000 farmers in Borno
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has distributed irrigation pumps and fertiliser to 4,000 farmers in Borno State as part of efforts to restore their means of livelihood The post FAO...
View ArticleCries about border closure sponsored, says lawmaker
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu has asked the Federal Government to ignore concerns in some quarters that the border closure was impacting negatively on the economy. The post Cries about border closure sponsored,...
View ArticleStakeholders Mull FG Collaboration with Research Institutes, Farmers at...
Collaboration between government, research institutes, farmers and processors has been recommended by stakeholders to drive economic growth of the Agric Industry. The post Stakeholders Mull FG...
View ArticleOCP, Nigeria Universities seek fresh collaboration on agric development
A new partnership has commenced between OCP Africa Nigeria Fertilizer, its research institution, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) and Nigerian universities The post OCP, Nigeria Universities...
View ArticleFUNAAB seeks more youth participation in Agric
Youths have been urged to take up agriculture as a business and means of livelihood. The post FUNAAB seeks more youth participation in Agric appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and...
View ArticleAt national conference, NBMA tasks FG on safe, modern biotechnology sustenance
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has advised the Federal Government to sustain the country’s adoption of safe use of modern biotechnology to achieve food security The post At national...
View ArticleLivestock farmers alerted on Charcoal Anthrax Disease
Livestock farmers, owners, butchers, traders, and consumers have been placed on red alert, especially this festive season, on the prevalence of Charcoal Anthrax disease The post Livestock farmers...
View ArticleDon explains how human actions threaten food sufficiency
Increasing food security challenges and environmental degradation aggravating poverty and crises in the Third World countries have been described as consequences of reckless human actions. The post Don...
View ArticleDealers give reasons for high prices of foodstuffs
Basic food dealers have identified bad roads, logistic challenges and activities of some inter-state levy collectors as factors accounting for high prices of locally produced foods. The post Dealers...
View ArticleHow plantain can boost food security, farmers’ income
Scientists and agricultural extension researchers have said root, tuber and plantain farmers can make greater returns on their investments, prevent post-harvest losses and contribute to all-year-round...
View ArticleFarmers, processors ask FG to close borders for 10 years
Farmers, processors and agro-allied researchers have called on the Federal Government to keep the land borders closed for no fewer than 10 years and ignore local and international pressures to re-open...
View ArticleExpert attributes food wastage to ineffective use of post-harvest techs
An agriculture expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has blamed the increasing waste from agricultural produce on poor use of technologies meant for food preservation in the country. The post Expert attributes...
View ArticleAgric varsity explains ways to improve quality of graduates
To enhance quality and employability of its agricultural graduates, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Felix Kolawole Salako... The post Agric...
View ArticleLagos live chicken dealers demand processing hubs, empowerment
Live poultry dealers in the Lagos metropolis have called on the state and local government authorities to provide mini processing and storage facilities in each of the marketplaces to enhance...
View ArticleDifferent strokes for poultry farmers as yuletide yields boom
It was a case of different strokes for different players in the poultry industry during the festive season. While some smiled to the banks with high proceeds, it wasn’t so for others, as they struggled...
View ArticleFarmers laud Edo government reforms in oil palm sector
Smallholder farmers in Edo State have applauded the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration for creating the right environment to attract the investment in the Oil Palm Sector. The post Farmers laud...
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