Year: 2018
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Food Security
FARMING RESUMES IN TROUBLED KATSINA COMMUNITIES AS SECURITY IMPROVES
Normalcy is gradually returning to troubled Katsina villages neighbouring Kaduna and Zamfara states. This follows the security measures taken against…
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Agro Mechanisation
KATSINA GOV’T LAUNCHED 10 PACKAGES FOR FARMERS
The Katsina state government has on Thursday, the 10th of May, 2018 launched its smart agricultural initiatives aimed at promoting…
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Food Security
REBUILDING NORTH-EAST: 3,000 DISPLACED FARMERS GET FARM INPUTS
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the American…
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Food Security
NASC AND THE WAY FORWARD ON GOOD SEEDLING FOR FOOD SECURITY
The Director General, NASC, Dr. Phillip Ojo, in work of the workshop on seeds stated that “it is in a…
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Food Security
HOW NIGERIA’S LOW INVESTMENT ON SEEDS UNDERMINES FOOD SECURITY
One of the major issues that worry stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector is the lack of vibrant seed industry, which…
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Maize Farming
HOW TO MAXIMISE YIELD IN MAIZE CULTIVATION
Maize production can fetch a farmer or farming household some reasonable income. Youths with little resources thinking of agriculture have…
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Cattle Farming
FG DONATES FEED TO 100 LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN KANO
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday donated animal feed concentrate and mineral salt to 100 livestock…
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Food Security
AFDB, NIRSAL, IITA MOVE TO REDUCE FOOD PRICES, INCREASE PRODUCTION
THE African Development Bank (AfDB), the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and IITA have started a technology…
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Food Diseases
NIHORT DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT TOMATO PEST
IN its resolve to tackle the ever rising spate of tomato’s Tuta Absoluta pest, the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT),…
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Poultry Farming
LOCAL FARMERS CAPABLE OF MEETING NIGERIA’S POULTRY NEEDS –EXPERT
Lagos – As Nigeria grapples with meeting food sufficiency, a poultry expert, Mr Emmanuel Iregbeyen, says local farmers can meet…
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