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Food Security: Private Firm Empowers 563 Farmers With Farm Input In Nasarawa
LAFIA- Vincent Iyev, the Nasarawa State project director Vintor and Sons Global Enterprises on Sunday said the company...
FOOD CRISIS: Beans farmers in N-East relive horrors of ‘Wuta Wuta’
For most Nigerians, beans are a major source of protein. The egume which is consumed by both rural...
FCT team understudies Ogun agric model
A delegation from the Federal Capital Territory Agricultural Development Programme (FCT-ADP), as well as the Agric and Rural...
FG, Ogun to promote vitamin A, bio-fortified food
Considering the importance of Vitamin A and bio-fortified food to the wellbeing of the people of the state,...
Women in Agriculture: How communal crisis set back my farming business — Farmer
Susan Godwin's farm was burnt down during a communal crisis and says restoring the farm has been an...
How Nigeria spends big on honey imports yet has few hands in lucrative sector
The Ministry of Agriculture says Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey.Ogundele Olubukola, a principal...
Kwara Governor launches 10-year agric transformation plan
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, which is designed to ensure...
Kwara Gov launches 10-year agricultural transformation plan
The Kwara Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, in Ilorin, launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, designed to...
Agribusiness Register Partners Shea Butter Association On Trade
The Nigeria Agribusiness Register (NAR) said it would partner National Shea Products Association of Nigeria (NASPAN) to trade...
Attacks On Farmers Will Continue To Make Food Sufficiency A Mirage– NSITF
Food availability, sufficiency and affordability will continue to be a mirage as long as banditry and attacks on...
HOW TO
How to Use Beneficial Insects Against Unwanted Insects In Your Garden
Introduction
While for some people, insects might seem unappealing, so many creepy crawlies are beneficial insects for your garden. There are some bad bugs in...
How Beekeeping Business Thrives
Beekeeping is a business opportunity with social, economic, and ecological benefits that requires minimal time, labour, and resource.
For its immense relevance to human health...
How To Grow Cabbage
Cabbage is a cool-weather crop. Grow cabbage in spring so that it comes to harvest before the summer heat or start cabbage in mid...
How to access N50bn COVID-19 intervention fund – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria says interested stakeholders must meet its set criteria to access its N50bn intervention loans for small and medium scale...
Writing a Lobster Farming Business Plan [Sample Template]
Do you want to start a lobster farm and need to write a plan? If YES, here is a sample lobster farming business plan...
How Organic Pest Control Work and Its Effect
Does organic pest control methods work on mosquitoes, rodents, ants, ticks & fleas? Here is everything you need to know about biological pest control.
What...
‘Why Nigeria needs palm oil council’
Mr Fatai Afolabi, Chief Executive Officer, Foremost Development Services Limited and Consultant/Adviser, Plantation...
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Personality
“GMOs‘ll Come When We Are of Age” – Prof. Malachy Akoroda
Government should invest in agriculture to minimize the degree of food importation and this can be achieved provided there is strategic planning over a long period of time.
Interview
How Netherlands Is Impacting Agricultural Development In Nigeria
By Ogunfuyi Ayomikun Peter
Michel Deelen is the head of office of the Netherlands Embassy in Lagos. He came to Nigeria in August, 2014. Before...
News
“Government Should Lift The Ban On GMOs”
“Government should lift the ban on GMOs to enable farmers reap the benefits of this Technology”
Personality
Transport Cost Erased With The Introduction of Green-House – Humphery Otalor
Mr. Humphery Otalor is the Marketing Communications Manager of Diezegoff. He has been with the company for over two years and has been supportive to the organization both in the agricultural and communication division, marketing communications and campaigns.
Local News
Cellulant Is Africa’s One-Stop-Shop For Payments – Bolaji Akinboro
“Our platform provides end users easy, reliable and secured access to mobile and payment services from their mobile phone and through our expansive agent network.” Cellulant CEO
Personality
“Support From Government To Agricultural Research Is Limited”
“We will appreciate more support from the government; such support can come in form of putting in place the necessary resources or by simply engaging the research institutes through funding to encourage investment in agriculture.”
INTERNATIONAL
EVENTS/TRAINING
FCT team understudies Ogun agric model
A delegation from the Federal Capital Territory Agricultural...
FG, Ogun to promote vitamin A, bio-fortified food
Considering the importance of Vitamin A and bio-fortified...
U.S.-Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit (USATIGS-2019): Meet Our Speakers
Florence Torson-Hart: President, US-Ghana Chamber of Commerce
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Florence Torson-Hart is the current Board Chair of the US-Ghana Chamber of Commerce headquartered in...
FARM MANAGEMENT
Common Soybeans Diseases Symptoms And Treatment
Common Soybeans Diseases Symptoms And Treatment, Several diseases, including Phytophthora root and stem rot, pod and stem blight, frogeye leaf spot, brown spot, downy...
Common Banana Farming Diseases Symptoms And Treatment
Common Banana Farming Diseases Symptoms, Bananas may be one of the most popular fruits sold in the United States. Grown commercially as a food...
Common Poultry Diseases Symptoms And Treatment (Video)
Common Poultry diseases are no doubt one of the major challenges facing the poultry farming business industry in Nigeria. There have been many cases...
Rice Common Diseases, Symptoms And Management
Rice Common Diseases: Worldwide, rice is one of the most important crops and it represents a staple food for over half of the world’s population, with a global production of more than 700 million tons per year and a harvested area reaching 165 million ha. (Rice Common Diseases, Symptoms And Management)
Ruminant Animals Common Diseases, Symptoms And Treatment
Ruminant Animals: These animals all have a digestive system that is uniquely different from our own. Instead of one compartment to the stomach they have four. Common diseases, symptoms and treatment of ruminant animals are as follow.
Common Diseases of Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant and Potato
Common Tomato Diseases, Tomato, pepper, eggplant and potato, popular garden crops in the Solanaceae family of plants, are susceptible to several diseases that can...
NEWS
Food Security: Private Firm Empowers 563 Farmers With Farm Input In Nasarawa
LAFIA- Vincent Iyev, the Nasarawa State project director Vintor and Sons Global Enterprises on Sunday said the company...
FOOD CRISIS: Beans farmers in N-East relive horrors of ‘Wuta Wuta’
For most Nigerians, beans are a major source of protein. The egume which is consumed by both rural...
FCT team understudies Ogun agric model
A delegation from the Federal Capital Territory Agricultural Development Programme (FCT-ADP), as well as the Agric and Rural...
FG, Ogun to promote vitamin A, bio-fortified food
Considering the importance of Vitamin A and bio-fortified food to the wellbeing of the people of the state,...
Women in Agriculture: How communal crisis set back my farming business — Farmer
Susan Godwin's farm was burnt down during a communal crisis and says restoring the farm has been an...
How Nigeria spends big on honey imports yet has few hands in lucrative sector
The Ministry of Agriculture says Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey.Ogundele Olubukola, a principal...
Kwara Governor launches 10-year agric transformation plan
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, which is designed to ensure...
Kwara Gov launches 10-year agricultural transformation plan
The Kwara Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, in Ilorin, launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, designed to...
FMARD PROGRAMMES
The Green Alternative : Nigeria’s Agriculture...
The Agriculture Promotion Policy 2016-2020 document, “The Green Alternative ” is the outcome of...
Staple Crops Processing Zones (SCPZ)
This idea focuses on attracting private sector agribusinesses to set up processing plants in...
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System For...
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) – a new innovative mechanism...