by Adaora Anozie | Mar 24, 2016 | General News, Industry News, News Flash
The Federal Government has opened a milk collection and processing facility in Yola, in partnership with a Fulani community and Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH). The gesture was aimed at reducing the importation of milk which experts said cost the...
by Adaora Anozie | Mar 24, 2016 | Business News, General News, Government/Regulatory, Industry News
The release of two new nutritionally high sorghum varieties, one with three times higher iron content, will be a boost for farmers as well as the malnourished populations, especially children in Nigeria,Daily Trust Reports. A statement from the International Crops...
by Adaora Anozie | Mar 24, 2016 | Business News, Government/Regulatory, Industry News
The cashew industry requires N100 billion to fund production and boost foreign earnings, the National President, National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), Pastor Babatola Faseru, has said. He spoke at the just concluded National Cashew Festival Awards in Ilorin,...
by Adaora Anozie | Mar 24, 2016 | Research
With the constant disappearance of honeybees, researchers in Europe found one of the reasons for the disappearances during an examination of dead honeybees in Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the researchers, the dead honeybees had 57 different pesticides. For the...
by Adaora Anozie | Mar 24, 2016 | Industry News, Research
Cassava Growers in Cross River State are in talks with relevant stakeholders to find ways of using ethanol extracted from cassava as an alternative to petrol. The Cross Rivers State Chairman,Nigerian Cassava Growers Association (NCGA), Mr. Augustine Oqua, said this in...