The Lagos State Butchers’ Association has lamented the soaring cost of cows threatening the livelihoods of its members and called for the Federal Government’s intervention to save the sector from an imminent collapse.
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Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare of the less privileged as he…
The member representing Maru/Bungudu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abdulmalik Zubairu Bungudu, has distributed irrigation machines to 205 dry-season farmers in his constituency.
The President of Sierra-Leone, Dr Julius Bio, on Wednesday in Ibadan decried the sum of 50 billion US dollars being expended on food importation annually by African countries.
ASHENEWS reports that Niger Foods has signed a memorandum of understanding with National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) and the Federal Ministry of Youth Development to commence the implementation of the National Agricultural Development Scheme in the state.
Ethiopia has progressively embraced genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture over the past decade. In 2015, the country amended its stringent 2009 biosafety law to permit the commercial cultivation of Bt cotton and to initiate confined field trials for GM maize and enset (a staple crop also known as false banana).
The Pan African Agricultural Journalists (PAAJ), has elected new officials to manage its affairs for the next two years. Declaring…
ASHENEWS reports that thousands of Muslims in Sokoto State have expressed gratitude to Mr. Yahaya Buhari for his annual Ramadan…
Journalists from across the African continent, under the umbrella of the Pan African Agricultural Journalists (PAAJ), have elected Abdallah el-Kurebe,…
Farmers in Difa Community, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, now stay on their farms to keep watch due to increasing hippopotamus attacks on their crops.