Yam becomes Nigeria’s priority crop for 2020
Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the ministry has made yam a priority crop in 2020 fiscal year out of over 28 crops being promoted. Nanono disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the stakeholders meeting on `Yam Value
Learn MoreHow biosecurity can prevent disease transmission in animals – Expert
Biosecurity has been identified as a major preventive measure to reduce the risk of disease transmission in animals. This was the conclusion at the presentation on the ‘Role of Biosecurity in the Prevention of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Nigeria’. Biosecurity
Learn MoreCocoa farmers earn only 6% of chocolate industry’s total revenue – Report
A report by the Federated Commodities (FEDCO), a licenced cocoa buying firm headquartered in Ghana, has revealed that cocoa farmers only earn about 6 per cent of the chocolate industry’s total revenues. This is despite undergoing arrays of strenuous hikes in order to make the commodity available all
Learn MoreFan Milk PLC commences land clearing in Ogun for dairy production
Enhanced agricultural output is one of the ways through which Nigeria is looking to diversify its economy away from crude oil and Fan Milk PLC is leading the charge to ensure the country can anchor its sustainability through backward integration in dairy production. To make this
Learn MoreNigerian women farmers hand over hoes to museum, seek mechanised farming
Members of the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), have dramatically taken their hoes to a museum in order to make way for mechanised farming in the country. The farmers on Tuesday took their hoes to the museum at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for
Learn MoreFood and agriculture market in Africa to rise above $1 trillion by 2030 – AfDB President
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has estimated that the size of the food and agriculture market in Africa will rise to over $1 trillion by 2030. He made this disclosure in his remarks at the 5th Annual meeting of the
Learn MoreObasanjo, Catfish farmers brainstorm on how to move aquaculture forward
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Catfish farmers in the country on Saturday met to brainstorm and strategize for better productivity in the industry. The farmers, under the aegis of the Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) met with the former President, who is a founding
Learn MoreInvestors told to harness agricultural potentials of Urhobo land
PROMINENT Urhobo leaders have called on investors to harness the huge agricultural potentials in Urhobo land to create employment and reduce the level of poverty among the people of the ethnic nationality. The leaders held that the age-long practice of subsistence farming was no longer fashionable,
Learn More'Why cultivation of rice in South is imperative'
State Governors, especially in the South have been urged to promote the cultivation of rice, so as to make the product available in the region, at an affordable price. The founder and Chief Trader of Titan Farms (TF), an agro-commodity processing and trading outfit, Gbenga
Learn MoreCBN intervention in cassava production
The Anchor Borrowers financial intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has continued to provide interventions for cassava production in the agricultural revival of the country. Through the intervention, the apex bank is carrying out its five-year policy to grow the real economy from 2019
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