Tag Archives: Agriculture

Former Head of Agricultural Economics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Adeolu Ayanwale, on Saturday charged Nigerian youths to promote agriculture through technology. Ayanwale gave the charge in Ile-Ife at a workshop organised for rural farmers with the theme: “Scaling-up Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) in Nigeria”.  The workshop was sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning, …

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Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Hussein Mohamed Bashe wants the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to support the East African region towards cassava, soybean and banana transformation for economic prosperity. In a meeting with researchers from IITA—including those working under the Building and Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2, (BASICS-II), Honorable  Bashe acknowledged that agriculture was crucial …

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Some agriculture stakeholders have called for the elimination of middlemen activities across all crop value-chain to curb hike in food prices. 

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bauma CONEXPO AFRICA, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading trade fair for construction, building material, mining, agriculture & forestry machines, and machinery and vehicles, has announced the introduction of a Finance and Investment Hub at the next edition of bauma CONEXPO AFRICA.

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As Nigeria considers diversifying her economy from oil and gas, it has become obvious that agriculture must be given priority once again. In this interview with DAYO EMMANUEL, a young farmer, trainer and final year student of the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAB) Abeokuta, Ogun State, Grace Alabi advises Nigerian farmers to shun old ways of practicing agriculture. Alabi, founder …

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In the beginning Before the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in 1956, the Nigerian economy had thrived on proceeds from agriculture. The Western Nigeria then particularly achieved a lot from her earnings from agriculture which development included the building of the famous cocoa house in Ibadan which was built as the tallest building in the defunct western region. The …

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Seyi Olowu is the founder of FUTURESAVERS INITIAIVE, a non-governmental organisation that has a bias for the environment. Olowu, an Indian trained computer scientist is now a farmer and environmental activist who champions the cause of climate change with action. He is passionate about the environment and wishes everyone takes time to learn about the dangers involved when the environment …

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Policymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on digital agriculture. At the meeting tagged: ‘Presentation of Digital Tools: Disruptive Innovations in Cassava and Maize Farming systems’, the Commissioners for Agriculture in Ondo and Ekiti states, Messrs Adegboyega Adefarati and …

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…As Institute Presents Agric Policy Framework To Oyo State Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the weekend commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The projects include an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of innovations to farmers across …

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Cote d’Ivoire, Africa’s largest cocoa producer, has sent a delegation to Nigeria to understudy the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Youth Agripreneur (IYA) Model, as part of efforts to revamp its agriculture and address its growing youth unemployment, IITA said today. The 10-man delegation understudying the IYA model was led by Karitia Caulibaly, Deputy Director of Cabinet, Ministry of …

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