January 2016

REDUCING THE STRESS OF OIL SPILLAGE ON GARDEN EGG USING YELLOW BRUSH AND IXORA AS HEAVY METAL BINDERS

ABSTRACT This project was designed by studying the effect of yellow bush leaves and ixora leaves to determine the heavy metals uptake of egg plants in an oil polluted soil. The research took place at Faculty of Agricultural science of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho. The experiment was laid out in DMRT (Duncan MultipleContinueContinue reading “REDUCING THE STRESS OF OIL SPILLAGE ON GARDEN EGG USING YELLOW BRUSH AND IXORA AS HEAVY METAL BINDERS”

Livestock: FG To Embark On Commercial Production Of Grass – Audu Ogbeh

The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said that agribusiness in the livestock sector will be improved and expanded to include commercial production of grass for feeding cattle. This, the minister said, would bring to an end the roaming of the cattle rearers and perennial conflicts between the pastoralists and farmersContinueContinue reading “Livestock: FG To Embark On Commercial Production Of Grass – Audu Ogbeh”

AFAN Tasks FG On Agricultural Transformation

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Jigawa on Sunday urged the Federal Government to speed up action in transforming the agricultural sector. The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Habibu Isa, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse. Isa noted that government’s resolve to shift fromContinueContinue reading “AFAN Tasks FG On Agricultural Transformation”

What place for agricultural innovation at COP21?

Those who feed the world are already carrying the burden of climate change. Drought, floods and extreme weather events are adversely affecting smallholder farmers on every continent, causing hunger, poverty, death, and putting future food security in jeopardy. The Paris climate conference’s agenda is packed with events and meetings to stress the urgency of measuresContinueContinue reading “What place for agricultural innovation at COP21?”

Agriculture Must Be Treated As A Business – Buhari

In order to accelerate the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector and ensure food security, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that agriculture must be treated as a business. The president stated this in Calabar yesterday while declaring open the 55th annual general meeting of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). BuhariContinueContinue reading “Agriculture Must Be Treated As A Business – Buhari”

Things You Need To Have Before You Venture Into Any Kind Of Farming

Lucrativeness of farming has been promoted by several bloggers, newspapers and “Agribusiness Consultants”, so much that everyone, young and old, rich and poor, men and women are trooping towards it, in many cases blindly. This interest in farming is a good sign, but the concerns of what really drives young people towards farming remain. BelowContinueContinue reading “Things You Need To Have Before You Venture Into Any Kind Of Farming”