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Poultry Farming

AGROTOP TO CONSTRUCT LARGE-SCALE BREEDING FARM IN NIGERIA

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A leading global player in livestock turnkey projects, Agrotop, has made known its intention to build a large-scale pullet and breeding farm for Agrited, Nigeria’s leading supplier of poultry products. The newly built Blue Plains Farm located in Ibadan, Oyo State, will accommodate six Continue Reading

Cotton Farming

KADCCIMA WANTS FG TO REVIVE COTTON FARMING

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The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) says increasing cotton farming is the first step towards reviving local textile companies in the country. The Director-General of KADCCIMA, Alhaji Usman Saulawa said this when the leadership of the chamber paid a Continue Reading

Plant forestry

NAQS, ECOWAS MAKE CASE FOR PLANT HEALTH

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AS Nigeria’s drive to boost food security and fight off insect pest, concerns about plant health is gathering momentum in the country and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. Plants in the West African Sub region in the recent past have been attacked by various pests Continue Reading

Pig Farming

WHY PIG FARMING IS LUCRATIVE

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Pig farming is not as advanced in Nigeria compared to that of South Africa, Kenya and other countries in Africa. However, we are also not doing badly in Nigeria. Government must, however, give more support to pig farmers to thrive. On the part of farmers, we must see how we can add value to the Continue Reading

Food Production

HOW PPP IN WEATHER INFORMATION BOOSTS FOOD PRODUCTION

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Sharp decline in global oil prices in recent years, depletion of the nation’s foreign exchange earnings and consequent economic hardship in the country have compelled the Federal Government to make a move for diversification of the economy with a focus on agriculture and solid minerals Continue Reading

Agro Exports

AGRIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS N50BN ANNUALLY, SAYS NAQS

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An annual investment of N50 billion over the next five years is needed to scale up plant health infrastructure to meet the demand for food and export in the country, the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has said. The agency said Nigeria’s population is projected to reach 236 Continue Reading

Agro Local News

BUHARI PROMISES MORE MEASURES TO BOOST AGRICULTURE

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine March 15, 2019 421 0

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has promised to introduce new programmes and projects that will make agriculture more attractive to Nigerians and increase jobs in the sector. Speaking to representatives of community and development associations from Daura Emirate in Katsina State who on Sunday came Continue Reading

Agro Exports

GETTING BEST OF HIBISCUS FLOWER FOR EXPORT

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• As Mexico Lifts Ban On Commodity • Has Capacity To Generate Billions Of Naira Yearly- FACAN • Holds Great Promise As Economy Booster-AHFEN Cultivation of hibiscus flower holds a lot of potentials for Nigeria as foreign exchange earner. Though it is one area of farming that has been neglected Continue Reading

Food Production

I WILL PREVAIL ON FG TO COMPLETE IRRIGATION PROJECTS

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Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Honourable Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, won the Rano, Bunkure and Kibiya Federal constituency to the House of Representatives in the last National Assembly poll, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He spoke with MURTALA ADEWALE on his plans Continue Reading

Fish Farming

COASTAL PROTECTION IMPERATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERY ECONOMY

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A professor of fisheries and aquatic resources management, Anthony Nlewadim, has said that the protection of coastal communities and water bodies from effects of climate change and other anthropogenic sources of degradation are imperative to maintaining a stable and sustainable economy Continue Reading

Month: March 2019