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Nigeria’s Drive Towards Tackling Food Insecurity And The Challenges Of Climate Change
Today, the world faces food insecurity, which is the limited access to nutritious food. This global challenge affects about 2.4 billion of the world population.…
Agritech
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YEA Empowers Young Farmers With Essential Tools
In a bid to revolutionize agriculture and create employment opportunities for young Ghanaians, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has taken delivery of over 100,000 essential…
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Researchers, media engage to educate farmers on biotechnology
Scientists at African universities, agricultural experts and journalists are determined to bridge the information gap between researchers and farmers to curb Africa’s food and nutrition…
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Allmech Visits China
Representatives from Allmech recently visited the global Wenzhou Runxin Manufacturing Machine Co., headquartered in China, to experience the latest technological developments and decide which new…
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Sci-tech backyard mirrors deepening Sino-African agricultural cooperation
Francina Lerato Kuwali (L), an international student from Malawi at China Agricultural University (CAU), checks the growth of maize at an experimental field of CAU…
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Agric biotech as Nigeria’s option for food security
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) report says that the population of Nigeria is expected to continue to grow up to…
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Digital agriculture: enough to feed a rapidly growing world?
New technology gives the agricultural industry an opportunity to improve productivity. But only if it can share and use the data. By 2050, the global…
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Caribbean Countries Ready to Share Agricultural Skills with Nigeria
Dr. Levi Odoe, Consular General of SVG in Nigeria Caribbean countries offer to collaborate with Nigeria to achieve food security Caribbean countries are expressing their…
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Presidency, Commodity Stakeholders set to Unveil Agrovest Reality TV
The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (HAPA), in collaboration with partners, is set to unveil…
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FUCHS develops new multipurpose lubricant for the agricultural industry
22 August 2024: A multipurpose lubricant for the agricultural industry has been developed locally by FUCHS LUBRICANTS SOUTH AFRICA. Known as AGRIFARM UTTO FLEX, it…
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Bobcat at GaLaBau 2024 – Wide-Ranging Product Display and Demo Zone for Trying Out Selected Machines
Bobcat will be presenting a comprehensive display of innovative and well-established products for landscaping, gardening and the horticultural industry at the GaLaBau 2024 trade fair…
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Niger govt allocates 10,000 hectares for smallholder farmers
Ten thousand (10,000) hectares of farmland in the Gbapo Community…
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Ginger disease in Nigeria: Minister charges task force on speedy solution to epidemic
Photo Taken In Kura, Nigeria. Getty Images/EyeEm Image used for…
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Agric Minister highlights impact of modern biotechnology on plant breeding
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has…
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Africa’s Food Security Beyond Russian Grains Partnerships – OpEd
Until sustainable food security is established through modernizing agriculture and…
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IDH and Zowasel Announce Partnership to Transform Nigeria’s Sorghum Value Chain through Regenerative Agriculture
Zowasel, an agriculture technology company that leverages data science and…
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Nigeria: First Lady launches young farmers club to cultivate agricultural passion among youth
Wife of the Vice President and National Vice Chairman of…
Livestock
Nigeria: Farmers, stakeholders trained on sustainable feed, livestock production
Sustainable feed management and livestock production are crucial components of ensuring food security, environmental stewardship and economic viability in the agricultural sector. The Danida Fellowship…
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Top 10 agricultural imports driving Africa’s trade dynamics
Chisom Michael Africa’s major agricultural imports largely consist of products for which the continent lacks a revealed comparative advantage (RCA), with notable exceptions being sugars…
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FAO trains Nigerian farmers on production of livestock feeds
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has trained Nigeria farmers on how to produce their own feeds to forestall shortages. Mr…
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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Supports Agricultural Producers in Guinea
In Guinea, where 67% of the population is involved in agriculture and the sector represents 52% of the total workforce, crop yields from traditional farming…
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Digital supply chains to transform Nigerian small-scale farming: NITDA
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) of Nigeria Kashifu Inuwa has emphasised the transformative potential of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence…
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Stakeholders hail govt’s proposal to create Ministry of Livestock Development
Agribusiness stakeholders have commended the Federal Government’s proposal to create the Ministry of Livestock Development in the country. The stakeholders gave the commendation in separate…
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Tinubu announces creation of Ministry of Livestock Development
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria Amid the lingering crisis between farmers and herders across the country, President Bola Tinubu has announced the creation of a…
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New ministry will unlock trillion-naira livestock economy, say cattle breeders
The President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, has said that the creation of the Ministry of Livestock…
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Niger govt to engage corps members in agriculture
Niger State Governor, Muhammed Umar Bago By Mohammed Baba Busu Niger Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Federal Ministry of Youths…
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Cameroon Unveils CFA305.7 Billion Plan to Boost Milk Production by 2035
The Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries, and Animal Industries (Minepia) approved a development plan on June 18, 2024, to enhance national milk production over 11 years…
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