Year: 2019
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Food Production
HOW TO CREATE WEALTH FROM MANGO PROCESSING FOR EXPORT, LOCAL MARKETS
How seasonal and highly perishable mangoes could be processed, preserved and used to create wealth for the processors and other…
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Agro Seeds
FG TO PARTNER THE NETHERLANDS ON SEED DEVELOPMENT
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government’s to collaborate with the…
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Food Security
FERTILIZER POLICY HAS REDUCED PRICE FROM N13,000 TO N5,500, VP CLAIMS
Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has said fertilizer blending programme in collaboration with Morocco has led to establishment of 11 blending plants…
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Poultry Farming
AGROTOP TO CONSTRUCT LARGE-SCALE BREEDING FARM IN NIGERIA
A leading global player in livestock turnkey projects, Agrotop, has made known its intention to build a large-scale pullet and…
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Cotton Farming
KADCCIMA WANTS FG TO REVIVE COTTON FARMING
The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) says increasing cotton farming is the first step towards reviving…
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Plant forestry
NAQS, ECOWAS MAKE CASE FOR PLANT HEALTH
AS Nigeria’s drive to boost food security and fight off insect pest, concerns about plant health is gathering momentum in…
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Pig Farming
WHY PIG FARMING IS LUCRATIVE
Pig farming is not as advanced in Nigeria compared to that of South Africa, Kenya and other countries in Africa.…
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Food Production
HOW PPP IN WEATHER INFORMATION BOOSTS FOOD PRODUCTION
Sharp decline in global oil prices in recent years, depletion of the nation’s foreign exchange earnings and consequent economic hardship…
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Agro Exports
AGRIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS N50BN ANNUALLY, SAYS NAQS
An annual investment of N50 billion over the next five years is needed to scale up plant health infrastructure to…
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Agro Local News
BUHARI PROMISES MORE MEASURES TO BOOST AGRICULTURE
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has promised to introduce new programmes and projects that will make agriculture more attractive to Nigerians and…
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