Month: March 2021
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Meat Production
REVAMPING LIVESTOCK SECTOR
Poultry, dairy, camels, sheep, goats and their by-products contribute significantly to the agricultural output of any nation. But in Nigeria,…
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Agro Imports
NIGERIA SIGNS DEAL WITH MOROCCO ON PHOSPHATE IMPORT, AMMONIA EXPORT
The federal government and the Kingdom of Morocco yesterday signed five strategic Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enable Nigeria begin…
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Agro Local News
RESEARCH WORKS ON COCOA, LIVESTOCK, OTHERS ALREADY IN FARMS ― ARCN
The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof Garba Sharubutu has said that the various research…
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Food Security
FAO DG OUTLINES ‘FOUR BETTERS’ APPROACH IN TRANSFORMING AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
FAO director-general Qu Dongyu recently delivered the keynote lecture at Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, saying a holistic redesign of…
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Cotton Farming
THE HUMAN COST OF CHINESE COTTON: HOW DOES IT IMPACT SA?
The Center for Global Policy released a report in December detailing how ethnic minority labourers in the Xinjiang region in China –…
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Food Security
GFSI RANKS SA FIRST IN FOOD SECURITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
South Africa has been ranked the highest in food security out of 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This according…
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Poultry Farming
LESS NE VIA SMART NUTRIENT COMBINATIONS
The synergistic benefits of enzymes and probiotics have shown great promise in helping producers realize nutrition and performance improvements, while…
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Agric Technologies
HOW AGRI-TECH IS RESHAPING THE WAY WE FARM
Agri-tech promises to make farming easier, more sustainable, and more profitable. Yet, some farmers have trouble adapting to the notion that…
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Agric Technologies
GRAIN TEMPERATURE: COMBATING THE SHRINKING PROFITS OF STORED GRAIN
Just how important is it to know your grain temperature? Turns out, what you don’t know can hurt you. This…
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Onion
HARVEST/STORAGE – HOW TO HARVEST ONIONS
Pull any onions that send up flower stalks; this means that the bulbs have stopped growing. These onions will not…
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