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🕷 mites (Tetranychus urticae)

🕷 mite life cycle Introduction Spider mites are a pest in many crops. Their great reproductive capacity enables them to cause enormous damage in a short period of time. In many protected crops the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae is the most important pest. In field crops, other Tetranychus species can also cause damage.ContinueContinue reading “🕷 mites (Tetranychus urticae)”

Growing the agricultural sector in Nigeria with involvement of youth and sound policies.

Among the most enduring and damaging impacts of Nigeria’s oil and gas resource curse has been the long, steady decline of the country’s agricultural sector. Once the primary source of government revenue and foreign exchange earnings, agriculture in Nigeria has suffered from decades of under-investment, corruption, policy neglect, and lost opportunity. Today, despite its vastContinueContinue reading “Growing the agricultural sector in Nigeria with involvement of youth and sound policies.”

POSITIVE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE TO NIGERIA ECONOMY.

Agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the process of economic development of a country. It has already made a significant contribution to the economic prosperity of advanced countries and its role in the economic development of less developed countries is of vital importance. In other words, where per capita real income is low, emphasisContinueContinue reading “POSITIVE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE TO NIGERIA ECONOMY.”

“lets adapt agriculture to climate change to build the zero hunger generation.”

Agriculture provides  us with the food that sustains us everyday. it is the most important sector that sustains the human race,but little do we know how those agricultural practices impact global warming? Theres some pretty big impacts,on the sustainable and industrial part of agriculture,employing sustainable practices,like organic agriculture,has huge potential to help in the fight against global warming,oneContinueContinue reading ““lets adapt agriculture to climate change to build the zero hunger generation.””

FG’S FERTILIZER INITIATIVE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

Food security remains a global need which underscores the need for enhanced agricultural productivity. Unfortunately low agricultural productivity as a result of lack of improved seeds and other key inputs continue to hinder agricultural development. Ruth Tene Natsa writes on the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) and its boost to the nation’s agriculture. The Nigeria agriculturalContinueContinue reading “FG’S FERTILIZER INITIATIVE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY”

FG’S FERTILIZER INITIATIVE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

Food security remains a global need which underscores the need for enhanced agricultural productivity. Unfortunately low agricultural productivity as a result of lack of improved seeds and other key inputs continue to hinder agricultural development. Ruth Tene Natsa writes on the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) and its boost to the nation’s agriculture. The Nigeria agriculturalContinueContinue reading “FG’S FERTILIZER INITIATIVE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY”

FG discloses plan to recapitalise BoA with N1trn

As part of efforts to ease access to funds for farmers at affordable rates, the Federal Government will recapitalise the Bank of Agriculture with N1 trillion. This is was disclosed by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, on Monday at the inaugural harvest of a tilapia fish farm in Oyan dam, Abeokuta owned by PremiumContinueContinue reading “FG discloses plan to recapitalise BoA with N1trn”

‘USE OF SUSTAINABLE SEED BUSINESSES TO TRANSFORM CASSAVA PRODUCTION’

Seed sector professionals have said that businesses selling improved varieties and high quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African farmers significantly raise their productivity. The benefits of this raised productivity will be enjoyed by all the stakeholders across the value chain in a sustainable way. This was part of the resolutions from a nationalContinueContinue reading “‘USE OF SUSTAINABLE SEED BUSINESSES TO TRANSFORM CASSAVA PRODUCTION’”