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Innovation key to unlocking Africa’s agriculture potential

Agriculture is the fulcrum of Africa’s economy, with growth-enabling roles that cut across all crucial sectors despite its seemingly dwindling share of the continent’s...

Lagos distributes maize, sorghum to 15 farm settlements to avert food scarcity

The Lagos State Government  has begun the distribution of maize and sorghum to no less than 15 feed millers, farm settlements and other stakeholders...

Africa’s most vulnerable called to bear brunt of Covid-19

One of world’s harshest terrains for farming threatens to crumble under COVID-19.  West Africa’s farmer collectives, small businesses and other stakeholders in agriculture reveal...

Kenya to use drones, mobile apps to assess impact of desert locust

Kenya’s Agriculture Ministry on Monday, May 18, 2020 said it will, in July, use drones and mobile applications to help assess the impact caused...

AfDB supports Nigerian youths with dry season farming irrigation technologies

Ayuba Abimiku, a young rice farmer at Gidan Mai-Akuya community in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria, is excited. Ayuba is witnessing the operation of a pressured...

Osinbajo inaugurates $1.5bn fertiliser plant in Port Harcourt

Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, July 27, 2017 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, inaugurated an imposing fertiliser plant, built by Indorama Eleme...

Study links deaths in Bangladeshi children to agriculture chemicals

Excessive and improper applications of insecticides and other agriculture chemicals in local fruit orchards may have triggered an outbreak of  acute encephalitis syndrome (AES),...

Farm practices must change to protect endangered species, habitats

Sustainable agriculture practices must be widely implemented in order to stem an alarming loss of biodiversity and to protect endangered species. This is according to...

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Dangote Refinery reduces petrol price to N970 per litre

The Dangote Refinery on Sunday, November 24, 2024, announced reductions in the price of petrol. The petrol, which was sold...
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Oil industry leaders converge on Yenagoa for 13th Practical Nigerian Content Conference

A long list of oil industry leaders, ministers of the federal republic, national assembly members, as well as oil...

COP29 deal: New finance goal an insurance policy for humanity – Simon Stiell

In his remarks at the Closing Plenary of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, by 03.45am approx local time on Sunday,...

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Dangote Refinery reduces petrol price to N970 per litre

The Dangote Refinery on Sunday, November 24, 2024, announced...

Oil industry leaders converge on Yenagoa for 13th Practical Nigerian Content Conference

A long list of oil industry leaders, ministers of...
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