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Monday, 30 March 2020
COVID-19: AFAN leader says farmers’ restriction is a threat to food security
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Nigerian farmers have expressed dissatisfaction over the Presidential speech that did not include its members among the professionals that are allowed to move about for their roles in food production, saying this was an invitation to food insecurity.
Cassava: NEPC wants export as CBN promises finance
The Nigerian Export
Promotion Council (NEPC) boss Mr. Segun Awolowo has emphasized the need for
more export of cassava derivatives to achieving more economic earnings for the
country, even as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is now set to finance the
development of the crop value chains with loan supports.
Friday, 27 March 2020
Cat food mystery foils diet study

A study that set out to measure how much wildlife domestic cats eat to supplement the food they are given by their owners was unsuccessful due to an unexpectedly high variability in cat food ingredients. This accidental discovery suggests that some cat food manufacturers regularly change ingredient composition, even within the same flavors of cat food.
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Kwara gives 50,000 cocoa hybrid to farmers, promises addressing challenges

The
Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has given cocoa farmers
50,000 early maturing hybrid seedlings to galvanize its production just as the
Government is determined to address all the challenges facing the crop.
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability
A new Michigan State University study shines a light on how big data and digital technologies can help farmers better adapt to threats -- both present and future -- from a changing climate.
Covid-19: food security threatened
*Farmers alerted
As the
global novel COVID-19 virus spreads to six states in Nigeria, with fear that
the infection could get worse, highly-placed stakeholders in the agricultural
sector have said that food security would be threatened in the country, just as
they had also alerted farmers on the need to take precautionary safety measures
that would prevent them from being infected by the virus.
Monday, 23 March 2020
‘Bakers to pay N2.0m for breach of hygiene code’
Bakers are now to pay the sum of two million naira for any
breach of hygiene regulations in the bakeries and other confectionaries.
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Unexpected ways animals influence fires

Plateau set to host 44th National Council meeting on Agriculture.

The year
2020 National Council on Agricultural and Rural Development (NCARD) will take place
in Plateau state between 20th to 24th April as stakeholders in the sector from
all the federation are expected to converge for the purpose of giving approvals
to paper of memorandum for the year food
security and commercialization implementation.
Press Release: LAGOS/OGUN NIGERIAN COMPETITIVENESS PROJECT (NICOP) FOR TOMATO, PEPPER, CHILLI, GARMENT AND LEATHER VALUE CHAINS OF THE GERMAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GIZ) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED.
The Regional
Nigeria Competitiveness Project (NICOP) under the West Africa Competitiveness
Programme for Lagos and Ogun States in the tomato, pepper, chilli, ginger, garment
and leather value chains has been officially launched by Governor Dapo Abiodun
in Abeokuta in Ogun state.
Cassava cottage: BOI, FMARD traded words over N2.4B payment

The Bank of
Industry (BOI) and Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(FMARD) engaged on blaming game over
none payment of about N2.1 Billion Naira counterpart funding for the completion
of cassava cottage processing factories initiated by the Federal Government (FG) in 2013. Many of
the individuals who have paid Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500.000.00)
Counterpart fund towards the construction of the processing factories are yet
to be paid since 2013 by the Bank of Industry (BOI).
FG TO ESTABLISH AGRICULTURAL PARKS

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(FMARD) in partnership with a private organization will begin to establish
Agricultural Industrial parks (AIPs) across the six geo-political zones in the
country. This was contained in a press statement issued by the ministry.
Monday, 16 March 2020
Sen. Adamu advocates internally generated seeds

The chairman, Senate committee on Agriculture, Senator
Abdullahi Adamu has emphasised the need for more locally made improved seeds
saying a bill towards this would soon be passed. He made this remark in a press
statement made available.
Nigerian Sorghum set for export says ICRISAT representative
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr. Hakeem Ajeigbe has said that Nigerian sorghum will soon be exported outside the country even as the demands for the produce increased locally. This was disclosed during a visit to Dr. Ajeigbe’s office.
Sunday, 15 March 2020
Tomato: Dangote may sabotage 2020 farming season says Association Secretary
The National Secretary, Tomato Growers, Processors and
Marketers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Sanni Danladi has said that the 2020
tomato farming season may not be visible as the management of Dangote Tomato
processing factory is yet to provide farmers with seedlings for six thousand hectares, even as fund has been made available
by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Friday, 13 March 2020
Agric Minister to embark on zonal visit, says Technical Adviser
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Emphasizes mechanization for reduction cost

In his bid to get the
grass root stakeholders’ view and contributions to national agricultural
development plan, the Minister of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (FMARD) Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has scheduled to visit all the
six geopolitical zones in the country.
FG, OIE begin strategic plan for Vet. Services

The Federal
Government (FG) of Nigeria through its department of Veterinary services in
Partnership with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has begun strategic
plan development that will enhance animal health and productivity. This was gathered
during a 3 day workshop held in Abuja.
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Herd immunity: Disease transmission from wildlife to livestock

Images speak @ the ongoing three days PVS Strategic Planning Workshop for Nigeria, held in Abuja
Images speak @ the ongoing three days PVS Strategic Planning Workshop for Nigeria, held in Abuja See more images below.
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Consumers may be wasting more than twice as much food as commonly believed

Monday, 9 March 2020
Earth formed much faster than previously thought, new study shows

The precursor of our planet, the proto-Earth, formed within a time span of approximately five million years, shows a new study from the Centre for Star and Planet Formation (StarPlan) at the Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen.
Saturday, 7 March 2020
Discovery at 'flower burial' site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites

Friday, 6 March 2020
Pix @ 2 Day 4th Cassava Cottage Processing & Marketing Association (CACOPMA ) AGM meeting just concluded today 6th March at IAR&I Ibadan.
Pix @ 2 Day 4th Cassava Cottage Processing & Marketing Association (CACOPMA ) AGM meeting just concluded today 6th March at IAR&I Ibadan. see more images below..
Boost soybean yields by adapting photosynthesis to fleeting shadows, according to model

Thursday, 5 March 2020
Insect bites and warmer climate means double-trouble for plants

Recent models are telling us that, as our climate warms up, herbivores and pests will cause increased damage to agricultural crops. One study predicted that crop yield lost to insects increases 10 to 25 percent for every 1 degree Celsius increase.
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Grain traits traced to 'dark matter' of rice genome

IAR will soon release Nigerian GMO maize
The preparation to mitigate shortage of maize supply in the
country is under way as Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) will soon
release a genetically modified maize variety that is fall army worm and stem
borer resistant, with high yield
potential for commercialization.
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
5200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange

Large atmospheric waves in the jet stream present risk to global food production

In a new study published today in Nature Climate Change, scientists show how specific wave patterns in the jet stream strongly increase the chance of co-occurring heatwaves in major food producing regions of Northern America, Western Europe and Asia.
CAN repositioning top our priority says the new president
The Newly
emerged President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) Mr. M.O Abolarinwa has
said that the Association would be repositioned to achieve economic
competiveness and wealth creation for the stakeholders in the country. Mr.
Bolarinwa made this promise during his acceptance speech on behalf of other
executives, last week at Ilorin, Kwara State.
Oilpalm: states’ election slates for April says President
Monday, 2 March 2020
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease

Sunday, 1 March 2020
New strategy to protect wine grapes from smoke-taint
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