SORGHUM WITH HIGHER IRON HIT MARKET
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...
CASHEW INDUSTRY NEEDS MORE FUNDING, TO BOOST FOREIGN RESERVES-NCAN PRESIDENT
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,...
‘WHY HONEYBEES ARE FEWER’
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...
CASSAVA ETHANOL TO REPLACE PETROL AS FUEL
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...
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