Agric - Extension Officer at Agromall Discovery and Extension Service
Deadline: 30th June, 2019
How one-digit interest loan for oil palm farmers can be a game changer
Oil palm farming is not like rice that you harvest in 3-4 months. It takes an average of four to ten years for some of the early maturing seedlings to start producing bunches for the farmers.
2019 AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards Winners Announced
Roughly 3,000 people voted for this list.
Expert encourages students to pursue careers in agriculture
University of Embu lecturer and researcher has urged students with a passion for agriculture to pursue it as a career.
Anchor Borrowers: BOA disburses over N90bn to farmers in 4 years – MD
“Nigerians should expect a boast in the activities that we have undertaken under the ABP in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)."
HYPREP to build cassava plants in Ogoni
“HYPREP will ensure that the skills acquired will be put into good use as cassava processing center will be set up to generate income and also create economic hub for the community.”
EZ-Farming wins US Business School pitch contest
“It is one thing to design a website or an app with a proposition connecting farmers to sponsors; it is another thing to fully and technically understand the agricultural space.
Typha grass threatens farming in Jigawa
The typha grass covers 365sq km of land across six local government areas of the state, thereby limiting farming to only about 40 per cent of the land because it makes flow of water in the affected farmlands impossible.
Why Nigeria needs a blue revolution, by FISON
“We should be looking at cultivation of herbivorous fish, which is the fish eating grass specie. We cannot continue to propagate fish eating fish, because that is what kills the sector.
Nigerian university launches first organic waste power plant
Agricultural by-products such as corn husks and wood chips, among others, are sources of organic waste that could be used as waste materials to power the plant.
‘New World Bank project will ensure food security in Lagos’
“In the next few weeks, women and youths empowerment programme will be unveiled across Lagos state where 400 women and youths will be empowered in agriculture."
Stallion increases Rice production to 1.5m tonnes in Nigeria
Alhaji Suleiman Umar, the National Programme Manager of Popular Farms Mills in Kano State, says the company is targeting to
Exporters urges NPA, Agric Ministry to resolve differences over export terminal
Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria have urged the Ministry of Agriculture and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to resolve their differences toward boosting the country’s non-oil exports.
Young African Entrepreneurs Can Now Apply for AYEEN 2019
AYEEN 2019 is open to all interested Nigerian young entrepreneurs and Africa’s entrepreneurs at large.
TERRA Growth Stage AgriFood Accelerator Opens for Applications!
Deadline: Sunday, May 12 11:59 pm PST