Author: Adewale Kupoluyi
By Olamide Tejuoso In this exclusive interview with the Director of Operations of BIMABEL Farms, Mrs. Bimbo Bello, who works in a farm that specialises in poultry production, but focuses on using organics to raise them naturally in order to encourage healthy eating and living by the people, she spoke to FarmingFarmersFarms on a number of issues pertaining to what organic broiler farming is all about, profitability of the venture, and agriculture in general. Excerpts: What is the concept of organic broiler farming all about? Why do we produce organic chicken; organic broiler to be specific? Organic poultry production is…
By Omolola Pedro The Federal Government has disclosed that 32 states, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and 178 local government areas (LGAs) are at risk of heavy flooding in 2023. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu made this known at the presentation of the General Highlights of the 2023 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), put together by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Adamu also stated that the forecast for 2023 AFO shows that many states across the country were at high risk of flooding. According to him, 24 LGAs in 35 states of the…
By Oludele Taiwo The National Programme Manager, Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN), Wheat Development Project, Dr. Aliyu Samaila, has said that all efforts must be made to increase farmers’ yields in order to sustainably expand wheat production in the country and to make it competitive with rice and other dry season crops. He stated this while speaking during the Kebbi wheat farmers green field day in Bunza LGA of the state. He said that the cultivation of 114-hectare demonstration farms across the six northern states of Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Plateau, Taraba and Yobe to provide training on good agronomic…
By Oludele Taiwo The National President of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Sunday Ezeobiora, has called for a special and substantial attention to be given for poultry production in order to produce cheap and enough poultry meat and eggs for good protein sources for the people. He stated this in his remarks on the launching of the AFD-Feed Africa-Food Sovereignty and resilience summit in Dakar, Senegal. He said at the moment, there are over one billion people currently underfed and malnourished and that the sure and best way to get people out of hunger and poverty is to give…
By Oludele Taiwo A lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Olanike Deji has affirmed that women should be given significant attention and empowered to engage in farming in order to achieve food security in the country. She made this known in her presentation titled; “Role of Institutions towards Achieving the SDG of Food Security” at a workshop sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning, in conjunction with OAU and Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State for rural farmers with the theme: “Scaling-up Lifelong Learning for…
By Sodiq Lawal A Nigerian genetic engineer, Dr. Abdulrazak Ibrahim, has been eulogised for changing the face of crop farming in Brazil with his invention of an insect control technology. FarmingFarmersFarms reports that Dr. Ibrahim is the inventor and patent holder of an insect control technology for the control of whitefly in tropical crops using RNA interference with patent deposited at the Brazilian Industrial Property Organisation. He co-led a research project, under the Africa-Brazil programme that led to the establishment of the first bio ballistic facility in Northern Nigeria, between 2012 and 2014. He is described as a very versatile,…
By Olamide Tejuoso Following the induction of Ukraine as the 178th country to join the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), small-scale farmers, who are playing a critical role in feeding the population during the war, would be eligible for funding through the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) from 2025. The country’s membership was supported by the IFAD’s directing council, which is the organisation’s most significant decision-making body. IFAD had embarked on discussions regarding membership with the Ukrainian government since 2016. Ukraine has had a long and historic relationship with the United Nations. It was one of…
By Olamide Tejuoso Black, brown, green, red, white and more; pulses as a global food ought to be celebrated – as they are perfect to eat and healthy to grow. Thanks, to farmers from the sub Saharan Africa to Europe and Latin America; we have them in different varieties and colours all over the world! World Pulses Day, often celebrated every February 10 could be said to be the first important commemorative day in the field of agriculture annually. The theme for the last edition, celebrated in 2023, as virtual global gathering, was ‘Pulses for a Sustainable Future’. History has…
