Grant will help build Lakeville farm’s mission of feeding the poor
A Lakeville farm that helps provide low-income families with access to fresh produce plans to expand its facilities as a result of new state funding. Elliot Farm was awarded a $500,000 grant through the state’s Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program, which supports efforts to ensure people
Learn MoreTela: The New Maize Variety
Tela maize is the new buzz in the agricultural sector of the North. This is the view of a majority of farmers who converged for a stakeholders’ interactive forum in Kano State. Kaduna State chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAM), Nuhu Aminu, acknowledged the awesome
Learn MoreFirms team up to deploy solar energy to poultry farm
Rensource, a leading West African renewable energy services provider, has announced a solar project partnership with the Norwegian impact investment company, Empower solar Energy, to deploy a 700 KWp solar photo-voltaic plant to one of Nigeria´s largest egg producers, Premium Poultry Farms. The power plant will
Learn MoreCBN Boosts Poultry Sector With N12.5bn In One Year
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the sum of N12.552 billion to large, medium and small-scale poultry farmers in the country as part of its strategy to boost egg and meat production as well as create more jobs in the country throught the poultry sector.
Learn MoreHybrid seeds resuscitating cotton production, says NABDA
The National Biotechnology Development Agency has said Bollgard 2 (BT Cotton), a genetically modified cotton hybrid seeds, approved for use in 2017 by the Federal Government has brought life back to cotton production. Deputy Executive Director, NABDA, Dr Rose Gidado, said this at Shelleng during
Learn MoreBotswana to compensate farmers for animal-caused damage
The government of Botswana will spend millions of pula to compensate farmers that have lost crops due to wild animals, the Wildlife and Natural Parks Director, Kabelo Senyatso, said. “Currently we have four projects of fixing and maintaining fences to help control the elephants and
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