NiMet predicts less-than-normal rainfall

Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet

Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, yesterday released the 2016 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction, SRP, with a damning revelation that the nation would experience late on-set, early cessation and lower-than normal rainfall.

African agriculture A green evolution

African agriculture

The farms of Africa are prospering at last thanks to persistence, technology and decent government.

Dangote’s move to import phosphate and potash shows that Nigeria should take mining seriously

Dangote

According to Reuters on Monday, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said that he plans to buy phosphate from Morocco and potash from Congo Brazzaville in order to feed his planned fertiliser plant in Nigeria. He made this known without giving details of the deal.

Climate change threatens African crops

Maize

Climate change will claim vast swathes of land needed to grow staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly maize, bananas and beans, researchers warned.

Do not give back your land to white farmers - KZN premier

KZN premier

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu on Thursday urged rural communities not to lease back or sell land to white farmers.

Severe Weather: Record temperatures keep rising as heavy rains fall

Tap Water

Cape Town - While heavy downpours are being recording across the country, the water crisis and effects of the drought are far from over.

FG, State Government shows more concern on wheat importation

accelerated wheat production

The 4.2 billion dollars wheat importation seems to have evidently becomes a thing of economic concerns to both the Federal and some producing states government based on political will concern exhibited yesterday at Alkamawa village, Kano State where PMB and the two Excellencies of Kebbi, Sen Abubabar Atiku Bagudu and Kano, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje physically showed their presence to affiliate with the economic reality of backward integration of this national strategic crop to ensuring food security in Nigeria and sub Sahara African country.

Shea impact: How a woman is tackling female poverty in northern Nigeria through her skin care company

Funlayo Alabi, CEO of Shea Radiance

Besides passion, a common reason often given by entrepreneurs when asked why, or how they started their businesses often entails discovering a gap in the market, which is often in the process of trying to solve a problem of their own. The background story of Funlayo Alabi, CEO of Shea Radiance, is not any different.

Live Bakery, 70 exhibitors To Star at Agrofood Exhibition

MartinMärz

With a successful maiden edition of ‘Agrofood & Plastprintpack Nigeria exhibition in 2015, Fairtrade Messe’s Managing Director, Mr. Martin März, speaks on the plans for a better second edition billed to hold in April this year.

NGOs sue Monsanto, EU food safety watchdog over pesticide

watchdog

A group of European NGOs on Wednesday sued agri-giant Monsanto and the EU's food safety watchdog for allegedly distorting scientific data on the carcinogenic effects of controversial weedkiller glyphosate, ahead of a key EU vote to renew its approval for another 10 years.