Nigeria - Women in farming
In a bid to make agriculture attractive in Northern Nigeria, the Gombe State Government has intensified its 'catch them young' policy as no fewer than 30 young women have been trained in its new...
View ArticleNigeria - Help for farmers
The United Nations agriculture agency is implementing nine projects worth nearly $18 million in Niger in support of farmers and pastoralists who are facing an alarming food crisis as a result of the...
View ArticleNigeria - Farmer killed and cattle stolen
A farmer was killed and two others are unaccounted for after around 200 people raided a Christian village near the central Nigerian city of Jos, burning and looting, the military said Monday.
View ArticleNigeria - The worse abattoirs outside Russia
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said in Abuja that abattoirs and poultry farms operators in the country were not adhering to standards. Dr John Akanya, the Director General of the...
View ArticleNigeria - FMD confirmed
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up report no. 2 on Wednesday, 25 August.
View ArticleNigeria - Dirtiest abattoirs outside Russia
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said in Abuja that abattoirs and poultry farms operators in the country were not adhering to standards. Dr John Akanya, the Director General of the...
View ArticleNigeria - Farming report
We forecast positive consumption growth across all agricultural sectors in the five years to 2014; growth in the consumption of pork, poultry, milk and sugar will benefit from rising living standards...
View ArticleNigeria - Urban farming
Urban agric-ulture is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around (peri-urban), a village, town or city. Urban agriculture in addition can also involve animal...
View ArticleNigeria - The poultry industry
The Nigerian Branch of the WPSA will hold the first African International Poultry Summit (AIPS) with the theme of 'Climate Change: Implications for poultry Production in Africa'.
View ArticleNigeria - Problems in the poultry industry
Nigeria poultry industry might go under as the industry is being threatened by smuggled chickens from neighbouring countries, reports Vanguard. Just as the cost of grains have been attributed to the...
View ArticleNigeria - The poultry industry
The ban on the importation of frozen chicken into Nigeria has created a minimum of 20 thousand jobs in the poultry and related industries. The statement was made by the National Vice Chairman, South...
View ArticleNigeria - Another poultry scandal
The products which consists of frozen turkey and chicken were intercepted at Ogun state axis, reports Vanguard. According to the commands area controller, Emmanuel Kane, the produce was monitored and...
View ArticleNigeria - The meat and farming business
Agriculture is the most important sector in Ekiti State. It is the vehicle for pursuing development. Blessed with large hectares of good quality arable land sustained by rain-fed irrigation, Ekiti is...
View ArticleNigeria - Farming problems
Crop and livestock farming are the main stay of Borno State’s economy. Cash crops that can be found in the state include groundnut, cotton, gum arabic, oilseeds and sugarcane.
View ArticleNigeria - Land for farmers
No fewer than 82,689 farmers benefitted from agricultural input loans under the Zamfara Comprehensive Agricultural Revolution Programme (ZACARP) between 2008 and 2010.
View ArticleNigeria - GM crops
Up to an additional seven African nations are expected to start with the commercial production of genetically modified (GM) crops by 2015.
View ArticleNigeria - Meat inspection
The Nigerian government (GON) has inaugurated the National Food Safety Management Committee, responsible for food safety and quality control measures from farm to table.
View ArticleNigeria - Improving farming is vital
Nigeria has been cautioned on over-dependence on oil, according to The Nation of Nigeria. At a two-day workshop organised by the French Embassy in Nigeria in collaboration Sokoto poultry farmers,...
View ArticleNigeria - Talks of a food crisis
Last month, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, an agency of the United Nations, raised alarm that Nigeria, Morocco and Bangladesh face imminent food crisis.
View ArticleNigeria - Farm investment
A Nigerian firm Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) with Heirs Holdings Limited (HH) and Mtanga Farms inked a deal on Saturday under which they will invest in the 2,200 ha farm to establish a seed potato...
View ArticleNigeria - Change of the guard at Government House
As Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, Kano State governor and presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the April elections prepares to leave office, Kola Oyelere writes on his...
View ArticleNigeria - Religion and farming
In a village outside this Bauchi state town in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, what was once a Christian community has vanished.
View ArticleNigeria - Talking poultry exhibition
The exhibition at Bishop's Court Abeokuta, Ogun State, will take place on 1-2 November. The show will help to establish close links between poultry farmers, input suppliers and all stakeholders.
View ArticleNigeria - Chicken shortage
There is a scarcity of chicken to meet the demand of consumers in most fast food restaurants across Nigeria, the chief executive of Food Concept Group, owner of Chicken Republic, Deji Akinyanju has said.
View ArticleNigeria - Investment in African Renewable Energy Reaches $3.6 Billion in 2011
Although Africa has vast fossil and renewable energy sources, only twenty percent of its population has direct access to electricity and in some rural areas, four out of five people are completely...
View ArticleNigeria - Arbor Acres CHI Nigeria Seminar
Arbor Acres Nigerian GP distributor, CHI Limited, recently held a second seminar in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. Attended by over 100 delegates representing CHI’s PS customers, the one-day seminar...
View ArticleNigeria - Contmainated poultry
The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Edward Ogon, yesterday said that there is a report that contaminated chicken and turkey have flooded the state.
View ArticleNigeria - Boost to beef production
Nigeria is rethinking agriculture. The sector is thus undergoing a robust transformation.
View ArticleNigeria - Beef production
Regular meetings of the National Council of Agriculture and Rural Development have always been an opportunity for state commissioners in charge of agriculture in the country to meet yearly.
View ArticleNigeria - Frozen poultry seized
The Nigerian Customs Service has warned importers of contraband goods to desist from such act, especially in the Cross River/Akwa Ibom state command, as measures had been put in place to deal with...
View ArticleNigeria - Gunfight in cattle markets kills 50 people
Gunmen set off explosives and fired on a cattle market in remote northeastern Nigeria overnight, killing at least 56 people, a nurse who received bodies in the local hospital said on Thursday.
View ArticleNigeria - The poultry industry
The Federal Government has expressed willingness to revive the dilapidated Imo Modern Poultry farm located at Avutu, Obowo local government area of the state.
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry industry a disgrace
Poultry farmers in Nigeria have been called upon to improve the quality of their products during a workshop held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in a association with the Poultry Association...
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry smuggling
Agricultural Science students at the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, have called on the Nigerian government to stop the smuggling of poultry products into the...
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry smuggling in Africa's most corrupt nation
According to Daily Trust, the NCS Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Bamidele Akande who made these disclosure at a news conference in Abeokuta, said despite the upsurge in smuggling of the poultry...
View ArticleNigeria - Ladies and poultry production
A total of 200 women, who received training on poultry farming, were graduated from the Kano State Institute of Poultry, Tukui in Makoda Local Government Area of the state.
View ArticleNigeria - Another US created monster
The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram is allegedly planning to declare holy war on Southern Nigeria, where most Christians are concentrated, and might use food poisoning tactics to kill as many as...
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry smuggling
In the continual battle against smugglers, the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja Lagos, made a massive seizure and destruction of over 6,000 cartons of assorted poultry...
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry smuggling
Nigeria’s Customs Service in a statement has announced the destruction of 6,000 cartons of assorted poultry products with a duty paid value of NGN 25.2 million (€127,500).
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry smuggling
According to ThisDayLive, the destruction of the items, which are high on the Import Prohibition List (IPL) periodically reviewed by the Federal Ministry of Finance and enforced by the Customs High...
View ArticleNigeria - Domino Pizza open up shop
Eat 'N' Go Restaurant Group, the master franchisee for Domino's Pizza Nigeria, is on a mission to become the premier food operator in Africa by bringing affordable food and drink and social...
View ArticleNigeria - Contaminated pork
Selling pork meat in Nsukka, South-East Nigeria has been banned after three people died as a result of eating pork.
View ArticleNigeria - Half a million chickens per day
The Akwa Ibom government has completed construction of a hatchery capable of producing 540,000-day-old chicks daily, according to Governor Godswill Akpabio.
View ArticleNigeria - Everyone corrupt in the poultry industry, even the chickens
Nigerian custom services have taken a zero tolerance stance on smuggled poultry products and have destroyed around 20,000 cartons of illegal poultry products, worth N70 million (€330,000).
View ArticleNigeria - The poultry industry
Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria (PAN) has called on the Federal Government to create an enabling environment for poultry farmers across the country to boost production in the industry.
View ArticleNigeria - Thank George w Bush for this one
Earlier this month an upstart Nigerian terror group said it executed seven hostages it seized in February. Kidnappings, sometimes with barbarous outcomes, have been a tactic of choice for jihadists in...
View ArticleNigeria - Malt Drink Market Grows in Nigeria
In Nigeria malta drinks account for just shy of one-fifth of total carbonates volumes according to Canadean research. It is the third most popular flavor ahead of lemon-lime, making it a key part of...
View ArticleNigeria - Smuggled poultry seized
The destruction of 7552 cartons of contraband frozen turkey and chickens smuggled into the country from France was supervised by Nigeria's Area Comptroller of Customs Federal Operations Unit David Dimka.
View ArticleNigeria - Poultry seized and destoyed by customs
The Nigeria Customs Services have destroyed 19,750 cartons of poultry products valued at N98.6 million (€450,000) in its resolve to reduce the incidence of smuggling and increase its revenue profile.
View ArticleNigeria - Big plans and investment in the poultry sector
The National President of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Dr Ayoola Oduntan, has disclosed that poultry farmers in Nigeria form 25 per cent of the country’s agricultural Gross Domestic...
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