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 […]
Awka residents decry high cost of foodstuff in spite of rain
Residents of Awka on Friday decried high cost of foodstuff due to lack of access road for easy transportation of produce out of the hinterland. In separate interviews with buyers and sellers of foodstuff on their experiences so far, gathered that there was a need for access roads to ameliorate high cost being experienced. […]
NGO promises to empower farmers on Bee farming
Mr. Sola Adeniyi, Executive Director of `GoGreen Africa Initiative’, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has promised to empower farmers in apiculture with the right training and provide technical know-how to willing farmers to improve on bee farming. Adeniyi made the promise on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
AFEX commodities exchange moves to bridge financing gaps among smallholder farmers AFEX Commodities Exchange Ltd, an organisation in the commodity exchange market, says it is working assiduously to bridge financing gaps being experienced by smallholder farmers to break the circle of poverty among them. The Business and Development Manager of the organisation, Mr. Akinyinka Akintunde […]
Don advocates speedy implementation of national policy on food, nutrition
Prof. Wasiu Afolabi of the Community Nutrition, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta has called for speedy implementation of the National Policy on Food and Nutrition by the federal, state and local governments. Afolabi said that its implementation, which required adequate funding by all tiers of government, would ensure food security and reduce the scourge […]
Flood: Register farms with insurance scheme to avoid total loss — Govt.
Flood: Govt. urges farmers to insure farms Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, the Ondo State Commissioner for Agriculture, on Wednesday urged farmers in the state to register their farms with the agricultural insurance scheme to avoid total loss after natural disasters. Adefarati gave this advice after the tour of rice and vegetable farms destroyed by flood at […]
