Gum Arabic: Nigerian export drops from $43.55m

Gum Arabic

Nigeria has not been earning the expected foreign exchange potential in gum arabic as she declined from 43.55 million dollars estimated export earnings and may have decided to establish a Scientific Research Centre in her quest for a chunk of the world market.

Planting small seeds simply: The allure of the slide hammer seeder

Maize

The development of a simply made and easy-to-use planting device could make growing important herbs and beneficial insect-attracting plants significantly more efficient and effective. The low-cost tool, known as the Slide Hammer Seeder (a jab-style seeder), gives farmers and gardeners specific control in sowing plants with very small seeds.

Climate change may affect ecological interactions among species

Climate change may affect ecological interactions among species

With herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, insectivores, frugivores, scavengers and decomposers, Earth's ecosystems function within a vast web of interactions among plants, animals, insects, fungi and microorganisms.

NASC, others march for quality as preparation begins for 2019 seedconnect

Issue warning to adulterated seed sellers

As preparations begin for the 2019 Seedconnect Conference and Expo in Abuja scheduled to hold on the 15^th-16^th of April 2019, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), with its partners and board of Trustee have taken to a march from the Federal Secretariat to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to continue the cry for quality seeds in the Nigerian Agricultural sector for better yield in food production across the country.

Scientists use machine learning to ID source of Salmonella

Scientists use machine learning to ID source of Salmonella

A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety in Griffin has developed a machine-learning approach that could lead to quicker identification of the animal source of certain Salmonella outbreaks.

Oil Palm Association’s election postponement generates heat

  Stakeholders complain of foreign influence....

The election expected to produce a new leadership for the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) was yesterday shifted by three months, to June 12, 2019.

First Ladies Weah, Rivlin Discuss Empowerment of Liberian Women Through Agriculture

First Lady Clar Marie Weah

First Lady Clar Marie Weah on Thursday, February 28, pushed the case of Liberian women with her Israeli counterpart, Mrs. Nachema Rivlin in Jerusalem, Israel, when she accentuated the need for the empowerment of women through agricultural production.

Cryofixation and electron tomography reveals novel compartment in arbuscular mycorrhiza

Cryofixation and electron tomography reveals novel compartment in arbuscular mycorrhiza

Agricultural productivity depends on supplying crops with adequate nutrients. To that end there is interest in using an ancient plant symbiosis with fungi to improve the ability of crops to absorb nutrients from the soil.

NATIONAL VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE STUDY CONDUCTED BY NANTS ON ARTICULATING NIGERIA’S AGRICULTURAL TRADE STRATAGIES FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE (AfCFTA) NEGOTIATIONS (Abuja, 28th March 2019).

Ken UKAOHA, Esq. 

1.0. Background and Participation

Precisely on 21st March 2018, in Kigali - Rwanda, about 44 out of the 55 African Governments signed the framework deal for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) at the African Union summit, and since then, many others have also signed and even ratified the agreement.

PRESS RELEASE- FG, NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT TO COLLABORATE ON IMPROVED SEEDS IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR

 Hon Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh 

The Hon Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has disclosed the Federal Government’s readiness to collaborate with the Government of Netherlands   on   improved seeds /seedlings in order to   boost agricultural production in the country.