By Opeyemi Olawore The need for Nigerians to eat bio-fortified crops was again stressed at the Pre-Second planting Season Seed Fair, tagged Eating for Health and Wealth. The Seed Fair which was jointly organized by HarvestPlus, Senator Adeyemo Women Empowerment Cooperatives (SAWEC), Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme (OYSADEP) and Oyo State College of Agriculture and…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that his government will rely heavily on a turnaround of the Agriculture sector to actualize accelerated development of the state in the next four years. The Governor, who was speaking an event in Eruwa, said that his Governnent would revive the farm settlements and leverage on the…
…As IITA presents agricultural policy framework to Oyo state Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today (Saturday) commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The project is an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of…
The Oyo State Governor-Elect, Engineer, Oluseyi Makinde has pledged to give agricultural development priority attention when he is sworn-in on the 29th May, 2019. He gave this assurance at the opening of a two-day workshop on Human Resource Development of Rural Farmers through Innovative Information Technology at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan…
The inaugural lecturer at the 28th Inaugural Lecture at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Professor Gbemiga Adewale has called on the Federal Government to revisit the agricultural development blueprint submitted by the former Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Professor Adewale made this appeal while delivering the 28th Inaugural Lecture at the Ladoke Akintola…
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)/IITA- Cassava Weed Management Project has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Viamo to promote the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management extension toolkit via the 3-2-1 mobile service of Airtel. The 3-2-1 mobile service will allow Nigerian farmers to have access to good agricultural practices developed by the Cassava…
The Executive-Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana, Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, at the weekend in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital disclosed that the use of crude implements such as cutlasses, hoes among others is the major reason why importation of food and other agricultural products are increasing in Africa and Nigeria in particular….
A group of foreign investors from Italy is set to invest N544milion into the Oyo State Economy for the purpose of tomato production. The representative of Fenco food Machinery in Africa, Mr Paolo De Sciscilo, disclosed this during a courtesy call on the traditional ruler of Lanlate towhship in Oyo State. De Sciscilo said the…
Recognizing the devastation caused by weeds to cassava farming systems, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) has organized training trainers for its 35 lead farmers, farmer cooperatives, extension agents and the N-power youths in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The objective of the training of trainers which took place recently in Abeokuta was to help farmers to…
The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) and African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) trained persons drawn from universities, research institutes, Oyo State Cassava Growers Association (OYSCGA), and other development partners on the use of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management toolkit. The toolkit was developed by the Cassava Weed Management Project and has proven…
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