Abattoirs silently ravaging Nigerians, animal experts warn
•Create diseases, tumor, cancer, high BP, strokeBy Gabriel EwepuMeat has its primary source from livestock including cows, goats, sheep, poultry products, and among others. This important source of protein is now a dangerous means of deadly parasites causing terminal diseases which are contracted from animals slaughtered at the abattoirs by butchers and sold to Nigerians. […]
Sustained support brings relief to farmers in N/East
For the first time since the onset of the Boko Haram crisis, hunger has considerably declined in northeastern Nigeria. In the three states ravaged by the violence, the number of people facing acute hunger has halved since June-August – from 5.2 million to 2.6 million people – according to the latest Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis.
Food safety: multi-billion naira lab in jeopardy
Nigeria was once bedevilled by the unpleasant rejection of her agricultural produce exports due largely to lack of evidence of certification by internationally accredited laboratories.
CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Program: 225,000 farmers to benefit from NIRSAL’s New Field structure
As part of its focus on taking business-driven agriculture to the grassroots, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture (NIRSAL) is deploying an innovative nation-wide field structure to support 225,000 farmers under the CBN Anchor Borrowers Scheme.
Cocoa farmers decry low productivity, urges more govt support, commitment in 2018
Mr Moses Oladipupo, Chairman of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Osun chapter has decried the poor production of cocoa in the state, attributing it to bad weather.
Nigeria produces 30% of chicken consumed in the country – Gbolade
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has re-iterated that lack of finance, inadequate infrastructure, lack of supply securities, inconsistencies of government policies, regulations, among others are top constraints facing agribusiness investments in Nigeria.
