Potato Centre partners to promote, upscale bio-fortified staple crops

bio-fortified staple crops

In the face of food security and malnutrition challenges, the International Potato Centre restated its intention and continued effort to end malnutrition amongst kids, during its inception and planning workshop in Abuja, theme Building Nutritious Food Basket Project Nigeria towards  strengthening and enabling the environment for investments in bio-fortified crops.

Birds, locusts swarm threaten harvests in Yobe

Locust Swam

Increasing population of Queala birds in Nguru, Ngeji and Ngalda wetlands is threatening bumper harvests in five local government areas of Yobe, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mustapha Gajirima, has said.

Farmers record bumper harvest, grateful to IITA – UAM striga resistant cowpea varieties.

IITA

Farmers in Jigawa and Kano states have attributed the bumper harvest recently recorded in this year cowpea cultivations to the effectiveness of the recently- introduced five different resistant cowpea improved seeds varieties jointly innovated by the University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM) and Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Gov. Ganduje promises ICRISAT better co-operation as a new office is commissioned.

Gov. Ganduje and in blue cap ICRISAT Dr. Hakeem Ayinde Ajeigbe as new office complex commissioned.

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has pledged the state’s continuous collaboration with research institutions to facilitate extension and timely input supply to farmers in order to ensure resilient farming systems in the semi-arid region of West and Central Africa. He made this pledge as he declared open the International Workshop on Future Resilient Farming Systems for semi-arid West and Central Africa, and the commissioning of International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Nigeria office, Kano.

Issues as Nigeria joins the world to celebrate Egg Day

egg

Poultry farmers in Nigeria and their counterparts around the world will tomorrow, Friday, October 14 celebrate the World Egg Day.

Fraudsters dupe farmers by impersonating Cassava Association

leadership and the Board of Trustee of the Nigerian Cassava Growers Association

The leadership and the Board of Trustee of the Nigerian Cassava Growers Association (NGCA) of Nigeria has asked its legal department headed by Mrs. Stella Peter to write to banks and individuals whose names have been listed as being involved in what the association refers to as forgery, conspiracy and impersonation using its official documents to defraud many farmers claiming to be representing the association in administering the affairs of the produce.

Yobe govt. vaccinates 7m livestock

Yobe govt. vaccinates 7m livestock

The Yobe Government has disclosed through it Livestock Development Programme Manager  Dr Mustapha Gaidam,that more than seven million animals have been vaccinated against Trans-Boundary diseases.

Rivers agric scheme to generate 10,000 jobs

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

The Rivers Government has announced that it was on course to creating no fewer than 10,000 jobs through its agriculture expansion scheme.

Thunder kills 21 cows in Nasarawa

Thunder kills 21 cows

The Zonal Secretary, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Nasarawa South, Nasarawa State, Jaafaru
Usman, said 21 cows had been killed by thunder at Ashige in Lafia East Development Area of the state.

Lokpobiri Asks Nigerians To Avoid Consumption Of Moldy Foods

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has warned stakeholders along the food value chain on the negative effects of consuming moldy products.