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How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by EkoIle1: 7:05pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Eko and SW o ni baje o |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Afam4eva(m): 7:09pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
I can only see Eko and south-west o ni baje Is that how the south-west will feed? Just by the mention of that sentence. 1 Like |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by babapupa: 7:21pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Fashola approves N500M loans for Agric-Yes graduates On January 26, 2011 · · In News Tweet By Olasunkanmi Akoni Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved the release of about N500 million loan facility for 100 youths who participated in the Agricultural Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-YES) aimed at boosting food production in the state. Meanwhile, the state government has expressed concerns about the impact of climate change on crop and animal production in the state, saying global warning had negatively affected rice production by 40 percent between 2009 and 2010. Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Yakub Basorun revealed this at a forum with Newsmen at the state secretariat, a situation he said “has been a source of concerns”. According to Basorun, the administration of Governor Fashola (SAN) had empowered 100 youths who participated in the Agric-YES, saying about N500 million loan facility would soon be granted to the beneficiaries to boost food production in the state. He said N500 million credit facility for the last batch of participants in the programme “was ready. We will ensure that people will not go to the farm and later run away. This scheme is aimed bringing the interest of youths in agriculture. Every six months, we intend to graduate 100 youths who will be empowered to practice agriculture. “We are also planning to embark on estate initiative for agricultural programme this year. We are discouraging individual allocation of land and encouraging estates. We have a fish farm estate in Ikorodu and we are looking at establishing a poultry estate where farmers can invest,” he stated. Commenting on rice production, Basorun said it has specifically suffered much setback as a result of unceasing rainfall and flood, which the permanent secretary attributed about 40 percent decline in the production. He said the state “witnessed too much flooding in 2010 which affected rice production. There was lots of warming which went on in the northern hemisphere and brought in lots of moisture in our land”. But Basorun acknowledged that the rice production in the state had improved from 0.5 ton, which the permanent secretary said, the state used to produce before 2007 to a production of about 400 tons in 2010. He said: “We expect to yield 600 tons of paddy (raw rice) rice annually. When processed, this can come up to about 400 tons of processed rice annually. This is equivalent to 8, 000 bags of rice per annum. “Before our Rice for job programme started, the yield on our land was 500kg per hectare. Now we reap two tons of rice per hectare and that was when we were producing on 200 hectares. But the impact of global warming has been enormous. In 2009, about 40 percent of rice planted was lost to draught”. Basorun said the state government would target producing rice on 300 hectares of land this year as against the 200 hectares used last year, disclosing that the aim of the state government was to put in place ultra-modern rice factory before the end of the year. He however unveiled the plan of the state government “to introduce technology adaptable to our environment to mitigate the impact of climate change. We have introduced machines and flood-resistant seeds to mitigate the effect of global warming. If we cannot increase production, we will not lose”. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by seanet02: 7:30pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Ile Yoruba Oni Baje Layelaye |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 7:32pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Buahahaha. This is granny-style farming. No innovation at all. This is the 21st century, not Moremi and Lagelu era.lol Even Ebonyi alone does better than this. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Nobody: 7:33pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
seanet02:Lai lai! |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Nobody: 7:42pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ZnO: I like granny style farming, where we just get ibos to till our soil, plant our crops, and do the harvesting, while we keep the proceeds. What type of farming could be better than granny style farming, hun? |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 7:58pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Aigbofa: I love it when you guys remain stuck in the 12th century. How will that not be the case when Asiwaju THIEF Tinubu is your leader? |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by seanet02: 8:01pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ZnO:Orji Uzor Kalu is Definitely the Best political Leader In NG |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Nobody: 8:04pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ZnO: 12th century, 21st century, it doesn't matter, as long as granny style farming is in place and ibo farm labourers keeps coming. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ektbear: 10:23pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
How is it granny-style farming? That egg setup is how it is done in the West, if I'm not mistaken. And there isn't really much information about the rest of their operations. They'll probably use modern techniques. . . fertilizer, tractors, etc. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 10:28pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Unfortunately, about the only national agric. research institute that is functional is in the East http://www.nrcri.org/ Newspaper reports do not speak volume. All na decoy for Fasola to embezzle money, and flood will just swallow everything sorry. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ektbear: 10:33pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ZnO:^--- ROFL. Account suspended for that site. They didn't pay the bills? This is one in Ibadan: http://www.iita.org/ Though I think there is another one my uncle told me of that I cannot remember atm. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 10:43pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
IITA is not a national institute It has nothing to do with the West except that it is located there. In Nigeria, it has branches in Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja and works closely with researchers in Umudike (the link I provided, which is working except may be in your own computer) and UNN. Outside Nigeria, it has branches in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, TANZANIA, Cameroon, Congo etc. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ektbear: 10:48pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Doesn't appear to be my computer alone. SSHed to another machine (which uses a different network) and saw the same account suspended message. Unfortunate, perhaps they forgot a payment. . . In any case, makes no sense for the "account suspended" page to show up only from my computer (and this other machine). |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 10:50pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ekt_bear:It works for me, it works for your kanuri-Yoruba brother Alj Harem. So look in the mirror. I digress though, it still remains the only viable national institute involved in crop production. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 10:57pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. [b](pics) [/b]Not Just Talk Like Some People. Where is the pics? Typically Yoruba fake propaganda |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by babapupa: 11:01pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ZnO:Ibo people and their backward thinking sha. How do equate a training institute staffed with local and international exparts with granny farming? Do you send your farmers inside bush with shovels without any education in modern farming, skills and technics? lol @ dude pulling up some incompetent and obsolete fed nonsense and trying to compare it with real functioning and credible institute that's training and graduating real students. How pathetic? The man is viable, What is viable? Isn't viable about real activities with real people training and results in terms of graduates and visible improvement in farming and products? IITA in Ibadan remains one of the leading agric research and training institutes in Africa. This man is displaying a lot of ignorance. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:02pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:03pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
babapupa: You title says with pic. Where is the pic? IITA is not a SW institute, it is not a Nigerian institute. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ektbear: 11:09pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
I'd rather have a premier African/International agric institute in my zone than a poorly funded local one that cannot even afford to maintain its website Maybe I should chip in $15 to pay their internet fees for the month |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Nobody: 11:14pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
seanet02: Lai lai! |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Nobody: 11:17pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ekt_bear: I'll host it free of charge, for six months. I promise. Anything for my South East brothers. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:17pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ekt_bear: While it is in your zone, is it being funded by your zone? No. Also it is located elsewhere within Nigeria and its research is widespread far beyond your zone Be it known to you that IITA has some financial crisis that may lead to its closure (from Nigeria); when that happens you are finished. Oh!! Was it for IITA Eko Ile was bragging about how you guys will feed yourselves? That is a non-starter. IITA has been there since the 1960s/70s and you still import from the North. lol |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by babapupa: 11:21pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ekt_bear:lmao. Dude is really clueless. lmao. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:21pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Did you notice who the webmaster of NRCRI is? Webmaster: Alawode A. Olaide,. HAHAHa! Omo Yoruba don chop money wey dey give am to maintain website. Omo ole. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by Nobody: 11:23pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
ZnO: The webmaster is not responsible for paying your bills. |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:24pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
IITA Research Stations Map of IITA stations IITA-Benin IITA-Cameroon IITA-DR Congo IITA-Ghana IITA-Kenya IITA-Malawi IITA-Mozambique IITA-Nigeria IITA/Abuja IITA/Kano IITA/Maiduguri IITA/Onne (Eastern part of Nigeria) IITA-Tanzania IITA-Uganda IITA Ltd, Croydon UK http://www.iita.org/about/stations |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ektbear: 11:26pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
Aigbofa: Be careful. The server which you host it on, you might lose your indigene rights to it. "75% of Aigbofa's server is owned by Igbos!" |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:26pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
The highest ranking Nigerian ever in IITA is an Igbo man. Prof. Bede Okigbo, former Deputy Director General. Professor Bede N. Okigbo is the renowned agronomist and retired Director of the World Agricultural Institute in Japan, former Director of the United Nations Institute for Agricultural Research in Africa, Accra, Ghana, and the former Deputy Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Nigeria. He is widely regarded as Africa’s leading Agricultural scientist. http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/j4/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3565:the-achebe-foundation-interviews-33-professor-bede-okigbo&catid=45:achebe-foundation&Itemid=168 |
Re: How Lagos And The Swest Will Feed Itself. (pics) Not Just Talk Like Some People. by ZnO: 11:29pm On Apr 23, 2011 |
I am a resource person to IITA till tomorrow. We rule there. |
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