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Post by Shymmex on Jan 16, 2016 17:45:23 GMT
I concur.
And the huge fresh water reservoir in Africa hidden under the earth - that's the future.
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Post by Omoluabi on Jan 17, 2016 9:44:34 GMT
I agree with him. We have the land....let's put it to use
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Post by Merchantt on Jan 17, 2016 12:40:01 GMT
The Man of God is right.
Agriculture is where we should shift our focus to now.
Lord see me through, I'd love to set up my Palm Tree Plantation before the year ends. Land and labour are very cheap in Osun State.
We shall get there. I believe.
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 19, 2016 12:28:50 GMT
AfDB, Fed Govt in $300m loan deal The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Federal Government of Nigeria are planning for long-term solutions to youth employment in the agricultural sector. They will spend about US $300 million on the Enable Youth Empowerment Agribusiness Programme. The project is to be implemented in partnership (AfDB with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) within 18 months. “AfDB’s Director of Agriculture and Agroindustry, Chiji Ojukwu disclosed this information, recently in a top level meeting with Nigeria’s agricultural authorities, in Abuja”, The Nation reported. The scope and impact of this initiative would create 250,000 jobs; the beneficiaries would be trained at various incubation centres on all aspects of value chains, with each beneficiary of the project supported with about US $75,000. Ojukwu said the three-year project would enable training and funding of young graduates, who are interested in farming across the country. “A total of US $300 million would be accessed to cover the three year project which would bring young graduates together and train them for 18 months as entrepreneur farmers.” In a statement by the ministry’s Director of Information, Tony Ohaeri, the Agriculture Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh disclosed that the project would commence from the three Federal Universities of Agriculture in the country. “The initiative would create 250,000 jobs; the beneficiaries would be trained at various incubation centres on all aspects of value chains, with each beneficiary of the project supported with about US $75,000. The project would cover the 36 states including the FCT, while the Agricultural transformation Agenda (ATA) would be expanded through the processing zones.” The Minister, in his remark, emphasized the need for the three universities of agriculture in Umudike, Makurdi and Abeokuta respectively to revert back to the provisions of the Act that established them. Ogbeh advised the country to re-invent her own economic strategy to revive its economy. He stated that the strength of a nation lies in the population of the youth and expressed concern on the rate of youth unemployment in the country saying, “We need to take care of them before they take care of us.” He promised to collaborate with representatives of AfDB and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), who came to present him the concept note on the youth agriculture scheme. However, the Minister tasked IITA to intensify efforts towards researching into the conversion of cassava leaves into animal feeds, while some components of the Labour Intensive Family Enterprise (LIFE) of the ministry could be built into the youth empowerment initiative. IITA Director-General, Nterayana Saginga, called for a change in the mindset of the young graduates, saying that the IITA’s experiment in the past on young unemployed graduates revealed that they could make good turn over on their investments. He pledged the readiness of IITA to provide necessary support to the ministry. Source |
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 19, 2016 12:53:40 GMT
nice conversation  |
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 19, 2016 12:57:40 GMT
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 21, 2016 16:19:11 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 21, 2016 16:41:06 GMT
colonial pikin , makes a whole lot of sense. Hopefully our Governors emulate that.10% from that isn't bad at all
That's more IGR there.
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 25, 2016 16:03:59 GMT
Honorebu can you put the threads posted in this section into this one except the breadfruit thread  |
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 25, 2016 16:26:51 GMT
Cattle grazing: FG unveils plan for growing grass
The implementation of the Federal Government’s plan for a special grass cultivation programme across the nation as a means of stemming incessant clashes between farmers and normadic cattle herdsmen may begin soon.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, gave the hint when the he received the Surveyor-General of the Federation, Mr. Ebisintei Awudu.
Ogbeh said the resolve of government would improve agribusiness in the livestock sector by expanding it to include commercial production of grass in the southern part of the country to feed cattle.
According to him, it would bring to an end the roaming of the cattle-rearers and perennial conflicts between the pastoralists and crop farmers in different parts of the nation.
To this end, Ogbeh disclosed that some grasses that produced 28 per cent crude protein, taken from Africa to Brazil and which had been subjected to 16 years of research, would be brought in for use under this programme.
“By the end of April this year, the first grass supply may have arrived or could be on the way to the country.
“We are taking a radical step and we are beginning now. We are going to grow grass on a very large scale across the country,” he said.
The minister emphasised that the continued existence of cattle grazing and stock routes would continue to breed conflicts and deaths.
To reverse the untoward trends, Ogbeh stressed that cattle roaming had to end. “We just have to grow grass. The largest cattle ranch in the world is in Saudi Arabia with 153,000 cows, and the country sells milk to other gulf states. But they buy grass from Sudan and US, and are planning to buy more from Ethiopia.”
He noted that the north was not yet a desert, saying, “It is only arid.”
Besides, he said the north had many dams that could be used for irrigation and cultivation of grass, in addition to what would be done in the south.
“If certain countries sell grass to Saudi Arabia, there is no reason we cannot grow grass in Nigeria in the south and sell to the north of this country.”
While noting that the old grazing reserve system was no longer feasible as states were having problems with it, Ogbeh said if the grass programme was well implemented, Nigeria should have no roaming of cattle in another five years.
Meanwhile, the Surveyor-General of the Federation, Awudu, said that his office had mapped the entire country and had its satellite image at 2.5 metre resolution.
He said his office was ready to assist the Minsitry of Agriculture in survey and mapping of soils, placement of canals and other infrastructure, and site selection for animal husbandry.
On his part, a director in the office of the surveyor-general, Barde Jatau, who was also on the team, stressed the need for collaboration between the ministry and the office.
Jatau said, “The office had collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture on geospatial imagery, which will play a key role in site selection for animal husbandry.”
Source:Punch |
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 27, 2016 0:30:04 GMT
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 27, 2016 0:44:35 GMT
but the stats state most of the farmers in Africa are females as opposed to males but nonetheless I agree with her pov.
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Post by Honorebu on Jan 27, 2016 1:39:33 GMT
dansoye1 I love the way you include the thread title in your posts.It makes it very easy for me to merge them with other threads 
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 31, 2016 13:59:08 GMT
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Post by colonial pikin on Jan 31, 2016 14:30:02 GMT
Hopefully as time pass on we will hear about SW states with regards to rice production...thus far I am reading mostly Northern states....dunno if SW governors aren't serious about rice production.
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