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How women empowerment can improve productivity
Despite a critical role women play in agriculture and their efforts to contribute to feeding about 200 million Nigerians with wholesome foods, they are faced with a number of difficulties that hinder productivity and sustainability.
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‘Grain contamination can be stopped if extension services are revived’
1 day ago  
We must give kudos to IITA and other organisations for the collaborative efforts with farmers to ensure that they embrace good agricultural practices and due processes.
Industrial utilisation of crops inevitable for progress in agric, says VC
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True progress in agriculture can be actualised if more farm products are industrially processed and post-harvest losses are minimised, according to the Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike..
How women empowerment can improve productivity
2 Dec  
Despite a critical role women play in agriculture and their efforts to contribute to feeding about 200 million Nigerians with wholesome foods, they are faced with a number of difficulties that hinder productivity and sustainability.
‘Industrial utilisation of crops inevitable for progress in agric’
2 Dec  
True progress in agriculture can be actualised if more farm products are industrially processed and post-harvest losses are minimised.
Border closure: Onion going the way of rice
1 Dec  
Regardless of whatever benefits the Federal Government claims the land borders closure is accruing to farmers, observations have shown that the policy has also exposed the country’s inadequacies in the area of food production.
55,500 AADS capacity poultry cluster takes off in Abia
1 Dec  
A 55,500 bird capacity Ultra Modern Poultry Cluster, under the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has taken-off at Umuosu –Nsulu...
Firm begins programme to boost palm oil production
1 Dec  
After the successful launch of the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) in West Africa, Solidaridad is set to commence full implementation of the palm oil intervention programme.
158 farmers get chicks, feeds, others in Edo agripreneur initiative
1 Dec  
The Edo State Government has given out 125,000 chicks, feeds and vaccines, among other support facilities, to 158 poultry farmers, in the pilot phase of the state’s poultry production scheme.
Adequate health services for farmers will aid profit margin, production, says Abuah
1 Dec  
Provision of adequate health services and necessary welfare packages for the well being of farmers, has been identified as necessary impetus to increase production and profit margin in the agriculture sector.
IITA to present digital tools in cassava, maize farming systems to policymakers
1 Dec  
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in the framework of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) will on Monday present a series of digital innovation tools in cassava...
Abiodun calls for partnership in agriculture
1 Dec  
Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its readiness to make everyone interested in farming.
Stop the talk, get youths involved in agric, by Ibe, others
25 Nov  
The Federal Government and states have been advised to stop the talk and put infrastructure, enabling the environment and necessary investments in place to harness the intelligence, vigour