agriculture
Defence and Security
Lt. Changfe Maigari emerges first female Nigerian Navy aircraft pilot
Lt. Changfe Maigari has made history as the first female pilot of the Nigerian Navy (NN) after completing her basic pilot training and fulfilling all other requirements.She was presented...
agriculture
Nigerian Government targets massive wheat production Nigeria
By Emma Ujah,The Federal Government has launched an ambitious initiative to boost Nigeria’s wheat production, as part of...
Nigerian Society of Engineers
NSE Confers Honorary Fellowship on Chief Leemon Ikpea,
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Engineering profession and the development of the oil, gas, and...
Energy
Anambra State Electricity Market, Regulatory Commission Bill Passes Second Reading
A bill for a law to establish Anambra State Electricity Market and Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission has...
Education
Ex-NABTEB registrar seeks HND scrapping, advocates degree awards by polytechnics
Former Registrar, National Business and Technical Examinations Board, (NABTEB) Prof. Olu Aina, has urged the Federal Government to...
A grass native to Africa could transform the continent’s dairy yields. Here’s how
Sita Ghimire,
The cows kept by small-scale farmers in Africa are notoriously unproductive. The average dairy cow, for example, produces about 540 litres of milk...
Food storage as business opportunity
By Patricia Pessu
Even though it sounds like ancient history now, agriculture was actually once the mainstay of our economy. From rubber and oil palm...
RELEGATION OF EXTENSION SERVICE IN PACE SETTER STATE: INJUSTICE TO FARMERS
The Agricultural sector in Nigeria has continued to play prominent role in the socio-economic development of the country.There is no doubt that the sector...
Nigeria, Brazil Plan Assembling 77,400 Tractors – Senate Panel Chair
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja.He said the...
The time is ripe for African countries to grow their urban agriculture- Esther Ngumbi
As COVID-19 strains urban food systems, cities can innovate to grow more locally and provide jobs for young people, writes, Esther Ngumbi, an Assistant...
Why efforts by Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to help cocoa farmers haven’t worked
Michael E Odijie, UCL
A handful of cocoa beans
West African cocoa farmers are largely poor despite the value of their crop. Irene Scott/Wikimedia Commons, CC...