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How natural parasites, poor production endanger fish consumers – expert

How natural parasites, poor production endanger fish consumers – expert

By Gabriel Ewepu A university don has warned that parasites, contamination and poor handling practices pose serious public-health risks in Nigeria’s fishery sector. Professor of Environmental Parasitology and Nematology, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Prof. Sidney Obidimma Nzeako, told Vanguard Agrobiz that parasites and contamination […]
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Agriculture is now coat of many colours, Bellefu reveals

Agriculture is now coat of many colours, Bellefu reveals

Technological innovations have greatly shaped agriculture throughout time. From the creation of the plough to the global positioning system (GPS) driven precision farming equipment, humans have developed new ways to make farming more efficient and grow more food. To make the food accessible to the populace, a dynamic digital online marketplace, Bellefu.com, was established in […]

FMARD, SON partner APSAN to tackle substandard, counterfeit products

FMARD, SON partner APSAN to tackle substandard, counterfeit products

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, FMARD, Alhaji Sabo Nanono and the Director-General Standard Organization of Nigeria, SON, Mallam Faruk Salim, have both expressed enthusiasm to partner Agricultural Produce Sellers Association of Nigeria, APSAN, in tackling the production, distribution of substandard and counterfeit agricultural products in the country

Nigeria’s food security needs efficient food system management

Nigeria’s food security needs efficient food system management

The availability of vast arable land, highly diverse and huge able-bodied population, large oil, and other mineral resources should together make Nigeria prosperous but we are struggling to feed ourselves due to ineffective, incoherent, and myopic management of our endowment