AfDB, FG injects $500m on Agro processing zones

·         FACAN President hails the development

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Federal Government FG) are set to inject $500 million into the development of four Special Agro-Processing Zones (SAPZs) across the country before August, 2020 for the purpose of the private sector active participation in value addition to agricultural produce.

Dog domestication during ice age

Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids -- one dog-like and the other wolf-like -- with differing diets, which is consistent with the early domestication of dogs.

Agro dealers want fertilizer department separate from the ministry

The President of a newly merged Nigeria Agro Input Dealers (NAIDA) Alhaji Kabiru Fara has called for the autonomy of the Department of Fertilizer saying this would empower it to quickly respond to the need of farmers in terms of making fertilizer available at the nip of time.

Prescribed burns benefit bees

Freshly burned longleaf pine forests have more than double the total number of bees and bee species than similar forests that have not burned in over 50 years, according to new research from North Carolina State University.

Images speak at the wedding reception of the Son & Daughter to the Executive Secretary, Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN), Prince Peter Okedare Bakare, which took place at Bolingo Hotel Abuja, last Saturday 22nd February 2020.

  Images speak at the wedding reception of the Son & Daughter to the Executive Secretary, Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations  of Nigeria (FACAN), Prince Peter Okedare Bakare, which took place at Bolingo Hotel Abuja, last Saturday 22nd February 2020. See more images below.....

I am passionate to refocus our College says Acting Provost

The new Acting Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Moor plantation, Ibadan Dr. (Mrs) Elizatheth Oluwakemi Augustus has assured both the students and workers that her leadership is determined to reposition the Institute back to its core mandate where middle man power are groomed for commercial agricultural entrepreneurship and food security.

Microscopic partners could help plants survive stressful environments

Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stresses like drought and extreme temperatures, which could help feed a planet experiencing climate change, report scientists at Washington State University.

Biological diversity as a factor of production

 (SLs) are a class of chemical compounds found in plants that have received attention due to their roles as plant hormones and rhizosphere signaling molecules.

Traditional Chinese medicinal plant yields new insecticide compounds

For hundreds of years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used an herb called Stemona sessilifolia as a remedy for parasitic infections, such as those caused by pinworms and lice.

Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside

Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in rural areas. This has now been demonstrated experimentally by a team of scientists led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).