Category: Agriculture
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1,300 Oyo women benefit from entrepreneurship training programme – Makinde
A total of 1,300 women entrepreneurs in Oyo state have been trained under a French government sponsored programme leveraging Nigeria’s agribusiness sector, Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state said on Friday, in Ibadan. He stated this at the launch of the training programme tagged; “Support to women entrepreneurship in the Agri-food sector in Nigeria (SWEAN)”,…
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Climate change: NEMA advises famers to plant improved seed varieties
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised farmers to use improved seed varieties to avoid any challenges as a result of low rainfall forecast for 2021 farming season. Mr Midala Anuhu, NEMA Head of Operations, Adamawa, made the call in an interview with our correspondent in Yola on Thursday. He said that based on…
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We `re expecting bumper harvest, say Ebonyi rice farmers
Some rice farmers in Ebonyi have expressed the hope of recording bumper harvest in 2021 with the current level of rainfall. They told our correspondent in Abakaliki on Thursday that 2021 would bring good fortune to them with the prevailing “good weather condition’’. Mr Chukwuma Elikoro, Chairman of Abakaliki Rice Traders, who commended the Federal…
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IFAD/FG/NDDC LIFE-ND project disburses N20m start-up funds to Ondo farmers
The IFAD-funded Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises -Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) has disbursed over N20 million to Ondo farmers on behalf of the Federal Government (FG) and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the co-sponsors of the project. The money was distributed to the farmers trained under the LIFE-ND’s incubators/incubatees model programme, says the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of…
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RIFAN says Lagos Rice Mill launch will boost productivity
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has said the long-anticipated Rice mill project, promised by the Lagos State government, will boost local rice production when it goes into operation. The Deputy National Chairman of RIFAN, Mr Segun Atho, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Friday in Lagos. Atho said the proposed…
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Kano awards contract for establishment of 200 milk collection centres
The Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has awarded contract for the establishment of 200 milk collection centres across the state. Our correspondent reports that each Milk Collection Centre, the government said will have a borehole equipped with a solar-powered pump and a 20,000 litres overhead tank, an inputs store and up to 10…
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Kwara Gov launches new tractors, implements to boost food security
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commissioned 15 new tractors and several modern farm implements, effectively giving bite to the mechanisation component of the recently launched state agricultural transformation plan. Hailed by farmers’ association for his support for agriculture, especially smallholder farmers in the state, the Governor said the whole focus…
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Unilorin don develops “App’’ for livestock management
Dr Olatunde Akanbi, the Acting Director, University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Veterinary Teaching Hospital, has created an application on Google play store named “Poultry Diseases Navigator App”. According to the Unilorin Bulletin issued on Monday, the App was created in conjunction with some Google software developers. “It is a guide on husbandry practices, vaccination requirements, diseases…
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Board to partner farmers to boost food production — Official
The North West Zonal Chairman, Board of Trustees of National Apex of Nigerian Farmers Cooperatives Societies (NANFACOS), Alhaji Ahmed Daura, has promised to partnered farmers to boost food production. Daura made the promise after he was appointment as the zonal trustee of the cooperative society in the North West geo- political zone in Daura on…
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NGO to mark World Bee Day with summit on awareness creation, says official
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Youth For Apiculture Initiative (YFAI), says it will mark the 2021 World Bee Day with a summit aimed at creating awareness about apiculture in the country. The proposed 2-day summit, co-hosted by The Rural Environmental Empowerment Initiative (T.R.E.E.), slated for Abuja, will begin on May 20 under the theme: “Exploring the…