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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 29, 2016 12:23:57 GMT
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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 29, 2016 12:24:49 GMT
didn't even know there is such a thing as cassava bags...really cool.Found a video on the Madagascar story
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 30, 2016 23:50:17 GMT
Nigeria: Ogun Moves to Check Global Warming With 1.5 Million Tree Seedlings
The Ogun State government has concluded arrangement to begin the distribution of 1.5 million tree seedlings to the state's nine forest reserves in a strategic move to contain climate change. The Commissioner for Forestry, Chief Kolawole Lawal, dropped the hint in Abeokuta after planting some tree seedlings as part of events to commemorate this year's International Forest Day, tagged "Forest and Water." He reiterated that aside their contribution to socio-economic development, trees were key to human survival as they help to regulate the ecosystem. Lawal noted that his ministry had set out this year for massive tree planting across the three senatorial districts of state. "For the government and the people of the state, year 2016 is a tree planting year. That is why we have stepped up the number of tree seedlings in our nursery sites from 700,000 to 1.5 million so that we can have enough for distribution and planting in our forest regeneration exercise," he stated. The commissioner explained that the distribution and planting exercise were expected to commence around June during the raining season, urging the people to key into the project. Lawal implored residents on full participation, noting that, "the last man dies when the last tree dies." Allafrica.com
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 30, 2016 23:50:51 GMT
I love this
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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 31, 2016 2:56:23 GMT
I hope it's sincere...after reading Premium Times coverage on how government officials stole flood relief money in the billions from different zones of the country...yuh done know Naija gov officials can lie for Africa ...so yea..hopefully they really plant those number of tree seedlings.
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Post by dansoye1 on Apr 1, 2016 18:55:28 GMT
FG Launches VADI to Encourage Rural FarmersTHE Nigerian government through one of its agencies has launched what it calls Village Alive Development Initiative (VADI) that will involve rural stakeholders where they have comparative advantage. The initiative overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture is part of efforts by the Federal Government to encourage people to embrace agriculture. At the official launch of the VADI in Kwara State, the people of Omomere Oja in Ilorin South Local Government and Amayo in Ifelodun Local Government Area were full of appreciation. Officials of the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) handling the programme were welcomed with songs and dances. The scheme involves giving out one million Naira loan to each rural community to empower farmers to grow different crops and also teach them how to invest their profit judiciously. The programme, which had earlier been held in four other communities in the state, will also educate local farmers on the modern method of farming and also provide loan to the farmer co-operatives to grow crops in which they have comparative advantage. The Acting Executive Director of ARMTI, Mr Johnson Njoku, said that under the VADI programme loans given to each community would be repaid to their respective co-operatives. He expressed happiness that the intervention of the agency in turning around the fortunes of the local farmers had been yielding fruitful results. The Kwara State Governor represented by his Special Assistant on Agriculture, Mr Anu Ibiwoye, lauded the effort of the Federal Government through ARMTI, adding that the programme is in line with the effort of the State government to encourage local farmers in the state. A farmer, Idowu Magaji, was full of appreciation and described the training and loan provision as an impetus that would bring out the best in them and also make them self-reliant. As the Federal Government continues encouraging diversification through agriculture, it is believed that the beneficiaries of the programme would reciprocate by using the money for what it was meant for. www.kwaranews.com/fg-launches-vadi-to-encourage-rural-farmers/
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Post by Honorebu on Apr 4, 2016 21:41:40 GMT
CSR: BAT, firm partner to boost cassava productivity
In continuation of its policy of investing in communities to positively impact the lives of smallholder farmers across Nigeria, British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation, BATNF, recently rehabilitated the Cassava Processing Cottage at Ago-Are, in Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Executive Director, BATNF, Oluwaseyi Ashade, said that the rehabilitated cassava processing cottage industry was initially commissioned and handed over to the community in 2004. Due to expansion of agricultural activities, especially the cassava value-chain enterprise, a request for facility expansion, to increase cassava processing into various derivatives, was made by the Ago Are agrarian community in 2015, which the Foundation honoured. “Our work in supporting smallholder farmers in rural communities in Nigeria is our answer to the challenge of poverty and our approach to transforming the society to self-sufficient people who can feed themselves, earn an income from their farms through processing and feed the larger population. So far, the Foundation has established community development projects in all 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, some of which have resulted in wealth creation and food security.” ” According to Ashade, the rehabilitation of Ago-Are Cassava Processing Cottage signposts the Foundation’s commitment to supporting efforts targeted at alleviating poverty among smallholder farmers. While urging the smallholder farmers to take advantage of this initiative to enhance their livelihood, Ashade added that with the handing over of the facilities, BATF expected that the beneficiaries and the community at large will put the equipment into proper use in order to increase their productivity and income, thereby making life more meaningful to them, their household and the social-economic life of the community. The Aare of Ago-Are, His Royal Highness, Oba Abodunrin Oyetunji Kofoworola Olakanla II, while commissioning the cassava processing cottage, noted because agriculture is very key, it therefore becomes necessary to support and encourage smallholder farmers through periodic incentives that would enable them earn a better living. “In this regard, the exemplary role of BATNF in alleviating poverty among smallholder farmers is noteworthy and what we have witnessed today is not surprising as the Foundation is reputed for its wealth creation agenda among smallholder farmers.” While acknowledging the foundation’s giant strides in agricultural development in Ago-Are, the monarch urged BATNF to also extend its interventionist schemes to the area of provision of potable water so as to enhance the livelihoods of all members of the community. Director of Rural Community Development in Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Pastor Yode Ayanlowo, who represented the state Governor, said that BATNF’s impressive agricultural interventions and development agenda have given Oyo State indigenes a renewed sense of hope. He reiterated the government’s willingness to continue to partner with the Foundation in its transformation drive by engendering an enabling environment. Thenationonline
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Post by colonial pikin on Apr 20, 2016 10:45:24 GMT
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Post by colonial pikin on Apr 20, 2016 10:46:47 GMT
nice one Kebbi state. Honorebu, do you know if Oyo state does rice farming?
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Post by colonial pikin on Apr 20, 2016 10:51:27 GMT
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Post by colonial pikin on Apr 20, 2016 10:52:21 GMT
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Post by omohayek on Apr 20, 2016 12:26:19 GMT
My opinion is that this is just another loud-mouthed ignoramus spouting nonsense that needlessly spreads fear amongst the masses. The sheer amount of scientific illiteracy in the man's statements is astonishing. For example, he says that but this is utter nonsense: what is "natural" about battery farming, salmon aquaculture, cows pumped full of steroids, or even artificially saturating the soil with fertilizer? If the developed world were to go back to truly "natural" methods, more than half of the world's population would soon starve to death. He then makes the statement that which just goes to show how utterly clueless he is about how genetic engineering works. If he'd even bothered to do a quick Wikipedia search and read an introductory article, he wouldn't display such incredible ignorance. Many vaccines are actually made of inactivated versions of disease-causing viruses, which are far more dangerous than anything used to create GMOs, yet few people would take seriously anybody saying we should therefore stop vaccinating children. The great thing about science is that it is by nature an open process: anyone who's willing to do the work can download and read the research behind genetic engineering techniques. The infuriating thing about anti-GMO cranks is that none of them seem interesting in taking the time to properly study and understand what they're opposing, and prefer to talk nonsense about "natural" vs. "unnatural", as if smallpox and tuberculosis aren't "natural" ... Sub-Saharan African agriculture is already the least productive there is in the world, without anti-science fear-mongers trying to hold it back further.
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Post by colonial pikin on Apr 20, 2016 13:12:04 GMT
omohayek ,I am from a science background but I am biased towards the so called natural movement lol.You do have a valid point tho....nah my hippy tendencies .I think Africa ought to learn from the Asian model of farming especially when it comes to integrating her smallholder farmers but that's just my opinion...each country will make their own choices.
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Post by omohayek on Apr 20, 2016 15:04:25 GMT
omohayek ,I am from a science background but I am biased towards the so called natural movement lol.You do have a valid point tho....nah my hippy tendencies .I think Africa ought to learn from the Asian model of farming especially when it comes to integrating her smallholder farmers but that's just my opinion...each country will make their own choices. I'm not opposed to everybody doing what they're personally comfortable with (though I personally would never pay extra for "organic" anything), but the thing about anti-GMO types that annoys me is that their whole aim is denying others the fruits of scientific progress. It's never enough for them to simply abstain from using GM technology in their own ventures: instead an entire continent must be left "pure" and backwards, while these activists either personally live in a highly "unnatural" developed world, or they happily collect sponsorship money from such affluent left-wing westerners. There really is no difference between today's "keep GMOs out of Africa" crowd, and the types of white people who used to praise the "unspoilt" nature of the "primitive but proud" Hausas as opposed to the "perverted" nature of the "trousered Africans" of Lagos. Both groups would like nothing better than for us to stay pristine and "pure" in a state of under-development, as if we were exhibits in a zoo.
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Post by Honorebu on Apr 20, 2016 22:07:18 GMT
colonial pikin yeah they do. Even in their new agric program, rice is part of the crops they want aspiring agropreneurs to cultivate
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