Tomato Disease: Experts proffer solutions to Tuta Absoluta

Agricultural experts at the University of Ibadan,at an Agriculture bloggers confrence held at university of Ibadan,on monday (30th of may 2016) , proffered solutions to the recent outbreak of Tomato disease, Tuta Absoluta, saying importing tomato seeds was not the best option. Dr. Morufat Balogun, a Geneticist, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue reading "Tomato Disease: Experts proffer solutions to Tuta Absoluta"

Nigeria land use law

Introduction From time immemorial through the period of agriculture to the period of industrial development, land has remained the most valuable property in the life of man and his development. It is a source of wealth to those who have it and the mother of all properties. In other words, virtually all the basic needsContinue reading "Nigeria land use law"

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 makingContinue reading "How To Start Cocoa Farming In Nigeria"

How Cocoa Farming In Nigeria Is An Opportunity For Investors

    Cocoa Farming in Africa presents one of the brightest investment opportunity to local and foreign investors in agribusiness in this region. Cocoa has been and will remain one of the fastest selling agricultural product in both local and international market. Once you have it planted and nurtured to maturity, you harvest cash from it forContinue reading "How Cocoa Farming In Nigeria Is An Opportunity For Investors"

How To Start Lucrative Pineapple Farming In Commercial Scale

pineapple farming in Nigeria is another sure money maker. Thousands of fruit juices are made with pineapple and the makers of fruit juice are always on the look out for pineapple farm where they could buy their raw material. Go to mile 12 market orany market near you or even the fruit sellers near youContinue reading "How To Start Lucrative Pineapple Farming In Commercial Scale"

Accelerating change for smallholders with digital technology

According to experts at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, we are sitting on the edge of theFourth Industrial Revolution. This revolution builds on the third, which was the digital revolution, and is predicted to blur the lines between the physical and digital world through innovations such as artificial intelligence, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, andContinue reading "Accelerating change for smallholders with digital technology"

Mechanisms to increase agricultural productivity and spare land for conservation

Habitat loss driven by expanding agricultural land is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Two, seemingly opposing, strategies have been proposed as a way of reconciling increased demand for agricultural production and conservation of biodiversity, and in turn preventing further conversion of natural habitat to farming: land sparing (the intensification of agriculture to set asideContinue reading "Mechanisms to increase agricultural productivity and spare land for conservation"

What urbanisation means for rural areas in Africa

“How to feed our cities? Agriculture and rural areas in an era of urbanisation” – that was the theme of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, or for short, the GFFA, hosted in Berlin in mid-January. With Habitat IIItaking place in October in Quito, Ecuador, urbanisation features on top of the agenda of manyContinue reading "What urbanisation means for rural areas in Africa"

TADAN HARVESTS 2016 FIRST TILAPIA FISHES

Tilapia Aquaculture Developers Association of Nigeria has harvested the first set of tilapia fishes at a ground-breaking ceremony in Iseyin, Oyo State, last Saturday. At the event which held at Ikere Gorge Dam, the Managing Director, Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority, Engr. Akintunde Soyemi lauded the achievement of TADAN and assured greater support of fishContinue reading "TADAN HARVESTS 2016 FIRST TILAPIA FISHES"