Year: 2020
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Pig Farming
‘GBERIGBE PIGGERY ESTATE IS NOT INFECTED WITH AFRICAN SWINE FEVER’
Pig farmers in Gberigbe Piggery Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos, under the umbrella of Gberigbe Pig Farmers Association, said there is no…
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Oil Palm Farming
COVID-19, CHALLENGES CRIPPLE PALM OIL SECTOR’S PROSPECTS
If the testimonies of value chain actors in the Palm Oil sector are anything to go by, the closure of…
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Oil Palm Farming
155,000MT PALM NUT CRACKER PLANT LAUNCHED TO BRIDGE SECTOR’S DEFICIT GAP
To bridge the huge deficit gap in the palm nut cracker sub-sector, a 155,000-tonne capacity palm nut cracker plant has…
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Agro Chemicals
SCIENTISTS FORM COALITION FOR DEREGISTRATION OF HARMFUL PESTICIDES
A group of eminent researchers and journalists have formed a coalition to sustain advocacy efforts against paraquat importation and use…
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Goat Farming
FAO DISTRIBUTES HYBRID GOATS TO 3,400 BORNO HOUSEHOLDS
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria has distributed hybrid goats to 3,400 households in Borno State to restore…
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Agribusiness
FARMERS DEMAND VALUE CHAIN SCHEMES, CONDEMN LOPSIDED INTERVENTIONS
Farmers and agronomists in Nigeria have condemned lopsided and frivolous interventions in the agricultural sector while they also demand that…
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Agric Processing
THE WASTING FRUITS OF BENUE
Benue State grows fruits in abundance but the non-availability of processing companies and poor patronage due to Boko Haram attacks…
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Agro Local News
FARMERS CHARGED TO PROPERLY UTILISE NEW PLANTING SEASON
DESPITE the presence of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, farmers have been called upon not to be discouraged but…
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Agro Exports
FG DIRECTS NAQS TO RESUME AGRO EXPORT
THE Director General of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr Vincent Isegbe has announced that the government had directed…
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Agro Local News
LAGOS GOVT BRACES UP FOR NEW FARMING SEASON
THE Lagos State government through one of its agencies, Lagos State Agricultural Input Supply Authority (LAISA) has hinted that it…
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