Chief Simeon Abanulor, the National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, said “there would be a hike in the price of bread to enable bakers to remain in business.”Daily Trust Reports. Abanulor said this at a news conference in Umuahia. He...
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DABINO OR DATE FRUITS: UNSUNG HEALTHY NUTS OF THE DESERTS
Many would have come across this fruit usually hawked by northerners around the country but only a few would have paid attention to details about this plant. Dabino as they are popularly called by the Hausas are known as Dates and their mother tree is the Date palm...
Genetically Modified Food Items: Practitioners move against its importation
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has begun moves to introduce Genetically Modified (GMOs) cotton and maize into the country’s food and farming system. This came in when most Nigerians and stakeholders in the agricultural stakeholders are relaxed that...
Ebonyi Empowers 3500 Farmers on Cassava Value Chain
Over 3,500 farmers in Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State have benefited from an empowerment and enlightenment program where they were taught how to produce cassava chips, biscuits, bread, flour, Fofo, tea, among other derivatives, they were also...
TUTA ABSOLUTA: NIGERIA OPTS FOR IMPORTED TOMATOES
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has resorted to a tentative solution to the tomato scarcity. Many would have thought that Tuta absoluta menace has been resolved, rather, the reappearance of tomatoes...
Nigeria to repackage produce to Europe
The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has announced new measures to ensure that more of Nigeria’s agricultural produce meet the European Union(EU)’s standards. This was made known by Mr. Christopher Onukwuba, NAQS’s Head, Department of Collaboration,...