Category Archives: CROP PROTECTIONIST

#IamAg Campaign – Encourage Youth in the Sector!

Farming First is excited to announce the #IamAg campaign, to encourage more young people to take up agricultural careers. The campaign is now LIVE until the 21st October. Stories of talented ag professionals from across the globe and across the whole value chain will be shared. Join the campaign! The first blog post is from 29 year old JudyContinueContinue reading “#IamAg Campaign – Encourage Youth in the Sector!”

After tomato ebola, quelea birds outbreak imminent: Setting agenda for FG

In the face of the current economic recession and the ongoing measures to tackle food crisis that is affecting an average Nigerian, Nigeria cannot afford to be a victim of pests on farmlands. The country might not have considered the presence of locusts and Quelea birds coming into the country from Niger Republic as beingContinueContinue reading “After tomato ebola, quelea birds outbreak imminent: Setting agenda for FG”

#chemicalfreeagriculture

The word Danger, ( as shown on pesticide labels) accompanied by the word Poison and a skull and cross bones…….tells you that the pesticide has high acute toxicity or poses a dangerous health or environmental hazard.   Inversion conditions (climatic inversion) are dangerous during a pesticide application because fine spray droplets and pesticide vapor canContinueContinue reading “#chemicalfreeagriculture”

FG To Build 370 Dams Across the Federation – Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogheh has said that federal government is set to commence the construction of 10 dams per state across the federation, including the FCT. The Minister stated this yesterday in his goodwill message at the public presentation of the water sector road map in Abuja. According toContinueContinue reading “FG To Build 370 Dams Across the Federation – Ogbeh”

Four lessons for transforming African agriculture

African agriculture is at a turning point, and a long-awaited “green revolution” may be within reach. Many of the continent’s governments are adopting market-friendly policies and committing more resources to the sector. Traditional big-donor countries are increasing their expenditures on agriculture, while China and Brazil are also beginning to contribute to the effort. African’s agriculture’sContinueContinue reading “Four lessons for transforming African agriculture”

How To Start Cocoa Farming In Nigeria

Cocoa farming presents one of the best business opportunity in Agribusiness. The demand for cocoa seeds worldwide is extremely high and the price in international market is quite encouraging to farmers. You already know what cocoa is used for. There will be no chocolate on the shelf without the cocoa seeds. Confectionery and Beverage makingContinueContinue reading “How To Start Cocoa Farming In Nigeria”

New technologies at the service of Africa’s agricultural transformation

Farmers are effectively using mobile telephone technologies to eliminate middlemen distorting the marketprices of farm produce and access better seeds, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina told delegates at theAfrican agricultural transformation conference, at Senegal.The results of several years of research, new seed varieties and improved crop science can also be scaledContinueContinue reading “New technologies at the service of Africa’s agricultural transformation”