Tag: Health
Covid-19: Lagos creates makeshift food markets in schools
To cushion the effect of market closure across Lagos State, as a restrictive measures to break the transmission of Covid-19, the state government has...
Fresh-Cut Salads And Other Vegetables, Arrigoni’s Technical Solutions For Quality Productions
Fresh-cut salads and other vegetables now have an extra ally to grow and develop at their best throughout their life cycle. Arrigoni, a leading...
Eat and die: Rwanda supermarkets selling toxic meat
Meat is one of the most used food on our daily plates. I don’t know the extent to which you personally eat meat but...
Lagos Commences Surveillance Of Livestock Market To Prevent Outbreak Of Monkey...
Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and African Field Epidemiology Network...
Lagosians express concerns following NAFDAC’s alert on using Paracetamol for food...
Following a recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the use of paracetamol tablets in food...
Avian flu confirmed at 27,000-bird Suffolk poultry farm
Government officials are working to contain an incident of avian flu confirmed at a 27,000-bird commercial broiler farm in Mid Suffolk. The low pathogenic avian...
Fish Preservation: FG talks tough on illegal use of dangerous chemicals
Following growing concerns about the illegal use of dangerous chemicals for the preservation of fish,the federal government has expressed its determination to fight the...
AMREC lists benefits of egg to human health
The Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, in collaboration with Premier Feed Mills, has enlightened...
Stakeholders seek better management of abattoirs to ensure food safety
By Betty Amihere Stakeholders in the animal and food sector have advised that except the current challenges militating against the establishment, hygiene operations and management...
Beware! Unwholesome tilapia in Lagos markets
Lovers of fish have been warned of fake and unwholesome Tilapia fish, flooding the markets daily, with attendant serious health risks to consumers. Tilapia is...
Experts raise alarm over influx of processed food
Following the rising concern on the influx of processed food in the system; nutrition experts have raised alarm on the growing rate of child...
11 Seeds You Should Be Eating
Why Seeds? 11 Seeds You Should Be Eating Seeds are wealthy in vitamins and have many well being advantages. These small however mighty kernels are excessive...
‘Feed Nigeria’ Spurred by CIAT Agreement With Alluvial On Groundbreaking Block...
"Groundbreaking Block Farming Initiative" The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) today announces a partnership with Alluvial Agriculture, a collective farming business grouping thousands...
Experts Harp On Nutritional Value Of Soya Beans
Nutritional Value Soya Beans: Experts have described soya bean as one of the most consumed legumes in the world, due to its essential nutrients...
IITA And Partners Conduct First Proteomic Investigation In Plantain And Banana
Scientists from IITA and partner institutions have carried out the first known proteomic investigation into plantain. The results of the study are featured in...