Category Archives: Cassava

60,000 farmers to benefit from $200m APPEALS project fund

Sixty thousand farmers, drawn from six states will benefit from the $200m World Bank assisted project, under the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS). This was disclosed at the Project Facilitation Training for facilitators, which ended yeste...
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FARMING, NOT JUST A CHOICE

Farming, not just a choice but a must Once in your life you’ll need a lawyer At some point you’ll need a Teacher As you start earning, you’ll need a banker Religion demands that you need a preacher But at least thrice a day, you’ll need a farmer Starting with your morning rou...
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MAKE TODAY COUNT

Every day comes with its opportunity and incentive, every second, minute and hour in it has the potential of transforming our today and securing tomorrow. It’s a blank cheque and we determine what we fill, we are all products of our choices, so if a man expects something different from his makeup ...
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AN INSIDE VIEW AT INDIA’S CASHEW INDUSTRY

The 100-year-old Indian cashew industry is in an interesting phase – much to look back on, facing a challenging situation and at the same time, much to look forward to. In the last three decades, there have been lot of changes in the cashew industry – in India and globally. Last decade of the 20...
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FAMILY IS EVERYTHING

Based on research, two-parent families are fast becoming less common, marriage rates are falling and a majority of children under 17 still live at home. There has also been a dramatic increase in cohabitation, divorce, and non-marital childbearing in Africa, North America and Europe over the last fo...
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The Effect of Democracy on Agriculture

History made us understand the two main political systems that have effect on the macroeconomic and socioeconomic variables of a country. These two systems are; democracy and dictatorship. It has been identified that democracy was adopted by countries reported to have a higher level of economic deve...
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Seyi Makinde Pledges To Prioritise Agriculture Development In Oyo

OYO State Governor, Oluseyi Makinde has pledged to give agricultural development priority attention during his tenure as the Governor of the state. He gave this assurance during the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on human resource development of rural farmers through innovative information t...
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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT

Nigerians do not save enough; that’s what the data says. The World Bank pegged our national savings rate at 17% in 2017, below Angola (26%), our fellow petro-state, and the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (19%), a cluster of poor countries the World Bank targeted for debt relief. But the data can ...
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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE TO BE USED TO IMPROVE FARMING PRACTICE IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

  The Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria, Oyo state chapter, Dr Jolade Aderonke Sansi has said that the association would do all within its reach to impact meaningfully on agricultural practice in the state. She made the pledge at Farmers Hall, OYSADEP, Ibadan, Ibarapa ...
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AGRO-INDUSTRY TAKING THE FRONT SEAT.

Agro-Industry Taking the Front Seat. Over the years, there has been a noticeable growth of the agricultural sector in Nigeria. In comparison to the past when agricultural practices were carried out mainly in small scale (subsistence farming) for consumption purposes, it is evident that a milestone o...
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