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Fish farmers urged to take advantage of cage culture initiative
Lagos State Government has implored fish farmers in the State to take advantage of the Cage Culture initiative, as it is ready to support and partner with anyone or group that is willing to contribute to food security in the State.…
NAIC meets with APPEALS on prospects for project beneficiaries
The National Office of the Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support, (APPEALS) Project recieved delegation from the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) to discuss the prospects of the beneficiaries of…
AFAN acquires 200 hectares of land in Epe for rice farming
Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State chapter, Femi Oke has disclosed that the association has acquired 200 hectares of farmland in Epe area of Lagos State for the cultivation of rice.Oke, who made the…
Poultry farmers hail Obaseki’s agripreneur Scheme
Poultry farmers in Edo State have hailed the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration and the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), on the success of the pilot phase of the Edo State poultry…
Why some locally processed rice still have stones, below standard ― Expert
The President of Paddy Rice Dealers Association of Nigeria (PRIDAN), Muhammad Auwal has said that most farmers in the rural areas are still using the traditional method for rice harvesting and processing.Auwal said this crude practice…
Nigerian companies to handle seed multiplication for Bt cowpea —Kollo
The Regional Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr Issoufou Kollo Abdourhamane in this interview by COLLINS NNABUIFE, highlights some of the activities that would precede the commercialisation of the Bt Cowpea…
SAPZs project beneficial to Nigeria’s economy — AfDB
The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs), a strategic initiative of the AfDB, has the capacity to structurally transform Nigeria’s economy by promoting effective agro-industrialisationThis was the central message from the…
‘How to use banana stems for organic farming’
Organic farming is gaining ground every day. People have come up with an innovative idea in rural agriculture development that can help for attaining both the objectives of organic food as well as provide irrigation for farmers: Using…
2020 farming season: Zamfara govt earmarks N6bn for fertiliser —Commissioner
Zamfara State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr.Aminu Suleiman Yarkofoji, has disclosed the State has budgeted the sum of N6n for the procurement of assorted fertiliser for 2020 farming season.Speaking during the…
Governor Sule flags off sale of fertilizer for dry season farming
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, on Thursday, flagged off the sale of over 42,000 bags of assorted fertilizer to farmers at a subsidized rate for dry season farming.The governor, represented by his deputy, Dr Emmanuel Akabe at…