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Gbagyi farmers narrate benefits of traditional method of grain preservation
“For those of us who cannot acquire foreign methods of preserving food, we are still comfortable with what we saw ...
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“For those of us who cannot acquire foreign methods of preserving food, we are still comfortable with what we saw ...
The fund through technology will support 50,000 smallholder women and youth farmers growing rice, maize and soybean, a statement by ...
The USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity with the support from the Foundation for Partnership ...
In 2020, she harvested only six bags (100kg) of groundnut, four bags (100kg) of millet and five bags of maize.
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Farmers now worry about the takeoff of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Four companies have been granted permission to import 262,000 tons of the cereal
The directive comes a day after a PREMIUM TIMES report showed that Nigeria's maize importation failed to decline in two ...
Farmers have said they can meet local demand, but that has made no difference.
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The official said the council will be working with others to implement "an array of actions to keep the sector ...
“The farms in those areas were completely ravaged because the incident was high and alarming, nothing was left for farmers".
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The event was organised by United States Agency for International development (USAID)
The farmers attribute the increase to improved use of technology and research.
The NSIA says it hopes to create 10,000.
The revised policy is for the National Bio-Safety Management Agency.
Maize was not among the 41 items banned, an official said.
''Our economic diversification and inclusive growth ambitions are coming to fruition."
The Anchor Borrowers Programme was inaugurated by the President in November 2015.
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Traders attribute the drop in prices to anticipated good harvest.
“The federal government must set an immediate time scale to ensure that maize is not imported within months.”
Over 300 died in a recent mudslide in the Regent area.
Farmers blamed the continued devastation by army worms of maize crop on the increase.
Top government functionaries were at the event.
Environmentalist area alarmed by the decision which came despite government’s earlier pledge against it.
The groups express worry over the alleged conflict of interests displayed by country’s regulatory agencies.
The import is to prepare the country for impending drought
