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Agriculturist urges gradual implementation of open grazing law

The Manager of Yobe Pilot Livestock Development Programme, Dr Mustapha Gaidam, has called for intensive sensitisation and mobilisation of stakeholders before the enforcement of...

admin - January 16, 2018

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FADAMA III spends N437m on road construction, dams rehabilitation in Niger

The FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) Programme in Niger State says it has spent N437 million on constructing a road and rehabilitating two dams...

admin - January 16, 2018

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Nigeria benefits from AfDB’s generational shift in agriculture

As part of its goal to see a generational shift in agriculture on the continent, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has taken its “Farming...

admin - January 16, 2018

Agric & Biotech

Farmers seek support for UN’s Zero Hunger Programme

Farmers in Nigeria under the Zero Hunger Commodity Associations have urged governments at all levels to support the the Zero Hunger Nigeria Programme to...

admin - January 14, 2018

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China sets forestry development goals for 2050

China's forestry authority has made a plan to boost the domestic forestry industry and increase its forest resources to the world's average by 2050. The...

admin - January 12, 2018

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Role of biotechnology in ensuring food security, sustainable agriculture

By most accounts, low agricultural production is one of the prevailing factors behind the high incidence of poverty and food insecurity across the world. However,...

admin - January 11, 2018

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IFAD-CASP visits Borno, Yobe to sensitise farmers to modern farming techniques

Officials of Climate Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme (CASP), an IFAD programme, have visited Borno and Yobe states to sensitise farmers to the application...

admin - January 11, 2018

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Closure of Tiga Dam poses threat to tomato policy – Stakeholders

Some stakeholders in the tomato industry have expressed concern that the one-month closure of Tiga Dam in Kano State will adversely affect the production...

admin - January 10, 2018

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