Nigeria’s 11m-tonne cold storage gap exposes food supply weakness
…as stakeholders list challenges, proffer solutionsBy Cynthia AloNigeria has an estimated 11 million tonnes of perishable produce requiring cold storage, but less than 20,000 tonnes of long-term capacity, stakeholders have said.They blamed short-term financing for blocking investment needed to cut post-harvest losses.Speaking at the 10th Sustainability Table Series in Lagos, themed, ‘‘Feeding the Future: Resilient […]
Nigerians advised to shun dependence to be developed
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Nigeria as a country has been advised to devise policies that will shun it from dependence on other nations for sustenance as the major route to development in all sectors. The call was made on Tuesday in Kano by Liliane Binego of the Coventry University Research Centre For Agroecology, Water […]
Border closure: Enugu govt urges people to embrace rice farming
The Enugu State Government has urged the people to embrace rice farming, promising to make available farmland for cultivation to improve production. The State’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Matthew Idu, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen on border closure on Tuesday in Enugu. Idu said that the border closure would boost local rice production, […]
Border closure: Enugu urges people to embrace rice farming, promises land availability
The Enugu State Government has urged the people to embrace rice farming, promising to make available farmland for cultivation to improve production.
Border closure is to encourage patriotism, not enriching rice farmers —RIFAN
Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, the National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), says the closure of Nigeria’s land borders is not to enrich rice farmers but to encourage patriotism. Goronyo told journalists during an interactive session in Sokoto on Tuesday that the border closure was for the good of the country and the entire citizenry. […]
African youths charged to invest in modern agriculture
…as Esep Le Berger students bid varsity farewell By OPEYEMI ANIFOWOSHE African youths have been charged to take advantage of the modern practices in agriculture to improve their livelihood. This call was made by the deputy director technical services, Oyo state agricultural development program (OYSADEP) Ibadan, Dr Sosina Adedayo, during the 5th convocation ceremony of […]
