‘NCAM have all categories of Equipments that meet the need of small scale farmers’

Engr. (Dr) M.Y Kasali, the Acting Executive Director (ED), National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization Centre (NCAM), Ilorin.

NCAM is a government owned centre with mandate to research into and produce machines for production and processing of crops. Having met this mandate successfully the acting executive director of the centre, Engr. M.Y.Kasali has called for more funding for it to really do more. Excerpts…

Using mechanization to remove drudgery from agric production and processing

Carbornator for juice

·   *FIIRO, NCAM, Fabricators react

 The use of crude implements and methods in agricultural production and processing have negatively impacted on Nigeria’s agricultural practices such that there is low productivity and  a  lot of wastages resulting in  high import bill on various types of  food crops and livestock to the tune of 50 billion dollar yearly, thereby hindering the country’s  development and job creation efforts.

Proliferation of bodies inimical to optimum performance in agriculture, says Prof. Ahmed

Prof. Sani Miko Ahmed

The Country Representative, SAA-SG2000 Prof. Sani Miko Ahmed has frowned at the many associations springing up among the Agricultural Practitioners of Nigeria saying a unified body would be more potent to fighting sub-standard practices in the sector.

Ethiopia: Smart Technologies to Ensure Sustainable Farming

farmers

"There is something that we are not doing properly, that is why we keep on falling short of feeding the whole Africa," mutters Dr. Kodjo P. Abassa, trying to get comfy on his chair. Dr. Abassa, former Adviser at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has worked for more than 25 years in the field of sustainable agriculture and biotechnology.

Zambia Women Contribute to Cassava Growing Boom

Cassava farmer

Born in a small town of Mufulira, on the Copper Belt province of Zambia in 1960, Winnie Nachivula, is making a mark in the cassava production in Zambia which currently stands at over 1 million metric tonnes per year, making it the most important crop grown in Zambia after maize.

Nigeria: Inflation - Mixed Outlook As Food Prices Remain High

farmer

Against the backdrop of deceleration of inflationary pressures announced by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, last week, further insight into price movements in the first quarter of the year has indicated a mixed result.

Nigeria: Obasanjo, Farmers' Group Plan to End Hunger

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Ogun state and Federal governments to give farmers in the country more support in order to end hunger in the country.

Kenya: Worrying Scenario As Bigger National Food Crunch Looms

armyworm

There is a bigger national food crunch than was projected or anticipated due to drought and the armyworm invasion.This is already being reflected in the upward surge of prices of many basic foods.

Uganda: Vicious Circle of Poverty and Food Insecurity

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

A poor household is usually malnourished, and vulnerable to disease and other evils. Uganda is known to be well endowed with fertile soil and bi-annual rainfall. Yet we have thousands of households that are too poor to produce enough food for their nutritional requirements or to produce anything to generate income.

Nigeria: How Displaced Families in N/E Nigeria Tackle Food Insecurity- Sola Ogundipe

FAO

For almost a decade, conflict spearheaded by the Boko Haram insurgency sparked off large-scale violence and insecurity in the northeastern region of Nigeria, resulting in one of the largest humanitarian crises in Africa.