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PROBLEMS NORMALLY FACED BY AFRICA FARMERS.
1. NON MECHANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE: 80% of African farmers still farm in small form, due to subsistence agriculture, they still practice and it takes much money from them and man power. This also effects into low production of crops through out the year, the crops he will produce will be in small quantity, African farmer need to go big, like people farming like 5-10acres of farm, with mechanized method, thereby ensuring abundance in food.
2. LACK OF CAPITAL/SUPPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT: This area has been the problems of our people in the agriculture sector for decades, Government should relieve taxes of farm inputs, machinery imports to reduce the cost of production to enable the cost of food to be affordable by common people. Also in the aspect pf capital, Government should support small holders farmers, by turning them into big holders farmers to ensure a boom in harvest, and surplus in food, Supporting farmers with enough capital will enhance massive production, using mechanized method, getting quality seed, and using the right method.
3. FARMER EDUATION: Farming in Africa is practiced by the ones in the rural area and mainly the old ones, even those who studied agriculture in school are not willing to go to farming in references to no 2 problem. Many farmers don’t even know what is called Soil PH, Irrigation, Seed Improvement, and other necessary education on pest control, and storage method. The young ones are needed to get involved, especially the ones who studied agriculture in the tertiary institution.
4. DEPENDENCE ON RAIN/POOR SEEDLINGS: Our farmers depend on rain for water, thereby resulting to poor production in the farm, There is need for farmers to start using drip irrigation, especially the yam farmers, and vegetable farmers, to enhance all year rounder production. The need for our farmers, to get improved seed, and not the poor seedlings they grow.
http://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/4-problems-faced-by-africa-farmers.html

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Big Dutchman; a leading livestock company in Nigeria has urged poultry farmers to see agriculture as a business.
National Sales Manager(Business Unit Egg) of the company, Temitope Oyadeyi made this appeal on Monday at a seminar themed “build to last”, organised by the company in Ibadan.
Speaking on the sustainability challenge bedevilling many egg farms in the country, Oyadeyi harped on the possibility of running a poultry business that would continue to thrive for years, even in the absence of the founder or a tough economic climate.
“People own farms and not businesses and this is one of the reasons agriculture hasn’t improved in Nigeria”, he said.
To change this narrative, he added that farmers should begin to see themselves as business owners and not merely self-employed individuals.
He also charged them to collaborate with one another for cost effectiveness and improved productivity on their farms.
http://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/agriculture-isnt-just-farming-it-is.html

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The small-scale farmers have been advised not to give in to politicians’ empty promises, but to cast their votes based on issues in the forthcoming elections.
Teaching some members of farmers’ cooperatives at the weekend in Owerri and Asaba, the Executive Director of CARA Development Foundation, Mrs Nnennaya Emeremadu, admonished the farmers to “do issue-based voting.”
She advised, “Identify your needs and present your expectations to politicians. If possible, make them sign. You can use your voice to change things. You can come as communities or as cooperatives.”
The event, organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Asaba, Delta State and Owerri, Imo State, Emeremadu advised the farmers to get interested in three bills on seeds, fertiliser and warehouse receipt systems and ensure they participate in the process of their passage by tasking their lawmakers.
Chief Executive Officer of Contact Consulting, Mrs Folusho Olaniyan, told the farmers that AGRA and NESG were working together to see how laws could be enacted to regulate quality of the inputs (seeds and fertiliser) and to avoid duplication of oversight functions in the warehouse receipt system.
“These bills,” she said, “are the vehicles that will take you from pain to gain. This is election time, when state and federal lawmakers come asking for your votes. Ask what have they done on the bills?
Olaniyan explained that low yields, poor harvest, diseases, pest infestation, adulterated fertiliser, reduced soil fertility, poor soil health, post-harvest losses, low profit due to losses, poor storage facilities are causes of pain to the smallholder farmers.
The Seed Bill being currently promoted by the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Emeremadu added, “will provide an opportunity to align Nigerian seeds system with ECOWAS seed regulatory framework and will also ensure regulation of foreign-bred varieties for release on domestic markets.”
In addition, the Fertiliser Bill will “safeguard the interest of farmers against nutrient deficiencies, adulteration, misleading claims, short weight, etc.”
Emeremadu lamented the predicament of smallholder farmers in post-harvest storage and pricing of their harvests. She observed that farmers lack access to credit to meet the needs of increased adoption of improved seed and use of fertiliser, and farmers are often forced to sell at lower prices immediately after harvest.
Olaniyan reinforced Emeremadu’s view, stressing the benefits of warehouse receipt system, such as quality control, clearing house, source of supplies to processors and access to international commodity prices.
Mr. Apapa D. Apapa, Programme Manager, Rivers State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), who taught the farmers on appropriate farm practices, laid emphasis on weed management and application of farm inputs, particularly on appropriate use of fertiliser. He urged farmers to weed their farms and apply fertilisers properly.
http://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/expert-asks-farmers-to-vote-agric.html

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The Federal Government has disclosed plans to restrict importation of NPK fertiliser so as to encourage local blending plants to grow.
The Director, Department of Farm Support, Mr Jarrod Ohaire, gave the indication in Abuja during a stakeholders’ meeting over regulations implementation of the fertiliser control, noting that although there had not been an outright ban on importation of NPK.
He said the idea behind the Presidential Initiative on Fertilizer was to increase the capacity of local blending plants to improve local content utilization and production.
“People are bagging adulterated fertiliser with the same bags used for the PFI and this has continued because we don’t have a law that can bite to penalise people involved in fertiliser adulteration,” he added.
Meanwhile the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has assured that the Fertiliser Quality Control Bill, which has scaled third reading at the National Assembly, would soon be transmitted to the president for accent into law.
Kehinde Makinde, Country Representative of the Alliance for Green Revolutuon in Africa (AGRA), pointed out that it is important to get quality fertiliser to small-scale farmers to increase their yields, and by extension, the income they earn from agriculture.
“That is why it is important to have a mechanism to prevent fake and adulterated fertiliser from getting into the hands of farmers and AGRA has been working to kick fake and adulterated fertiliser out of the market and help farmers develop confidence in inputs and technologies they use on the farm.
The representative of Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN), Gideon Negedu, said an outright ban of NPK fertiliser was more desirous as the current blending plants have a capacity of about 4 million tones, more than enough to meet local demand.
http://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/fg-to-restrict-importation-of-npk.html

Farming in Nigeria has taken a dramatic turn to better directions in recent years, creating jobs and opportunities for Entrepreneurs who dare to go into farming Business.

Millionaires are currently being made every year through Farming in Nigeria and there is no end to the prospects of creating more and more wealth through farming in the coming years.

There are good reasons why farming in Nigeria is currently doing very well and understanding these reasons will help any serious entrepreneur (no matter where he comes from) to think seriously about setting up Farm in Nigeria.
(1) There is no any other African country where Farming is as viable as it should be in Nigeria in terms of productivity and profitability.
(2) There is no other country where farmers are more advantaged as they are in Nigeria as regards demands.

Top 5 Reasons Why Farming In Nigeria Is Irresistible
(1) Nigeria has a huge population of over 150 Million people, twice more than the populations of Zimbabwe and South Africa combined. The entire population of Nigeria depends on staple foods produced from farms and other farm produces for their daily meals and sustenance — and more than 80 percent of Nigerians buy their Farm Produce from the market.




(2) Nigeria has very large expanses of fertile farmlands laying fallow for nothing. Nigeria Land area when measured in sq km is about 910,770. The Land area of any country is the country’s total area, excluding areas that are considered to be water bodies.

So, Nigeria has one of the biggest expanse of Land in Africa of which 70 percent is available for Farming.

(3) Nigerian Government is seriously turning it’s attention to promoting Farming in Nigeria to help boost food productions in the country and minimize foods importation.

The government is willing to assist any would be Farming entrepreneur/investors with the necessary supports and logistics.

(4) Nigerians have very high purchasing power, far more than any other indigenous Africans — we buy things here and we pay cash! Talk about parties, Nigeria is the most merriment people on earth — the foods used for parties and merriment in Nigeria yearly can feed four other African countries.

(5) By the time Nigeria attain it’s full capacity utilization is agriculture, Farming in Nigeria will become great foreign currency earner more than as it already is.
The implication is that Nigerian Farmers will be able to earn in Naira and in Dollars as well as Euros and Pound Sterling.
The prospect for Farming in Nigeria is so high that only a fool will ignore it.

http://www.agricinfo.com/2017/03/top-5-reasons-why-farming-in-nigeria-is.html?m=0&fbclid=IwAR0DbWv5icLZqGjjEZgmFAexuy3GYTBMuhr7MZ8mJbX6Wbt8lWh91F8tz6o

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In a bid to enhance rural farming in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has earmarked $120 million to advance the adoption of agricultural technology innovations.
TAAT Coordinator, Mr. Krishan Bheenick, made this known at the capacity development and technology outreach programme sponsored by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) together with the AfDB and TAAT in Abuja
The fund is to be divided into three phases having $40 million each from 2018-2021, is aimed at supporting 40 million farmers through the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) programme.
The Lead Specialist, Innovation Systems and Partnerships for FARA, Dr. Oluwole Fatunbi, noted that the training was of utmost importance looking at the functions of agriculture extension workers in boosting farm production.
He explained further that the 70 people being trained are expected to train 50 others, adding that the 400 innovation platforms would meet the needs of about 25,000 farmers in each of the innovation hubs.
https://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/afdb-to-invest-120-million-in-agrictech.html

Its compulsory everywhere. You pay for the logistics. I paid in Ekiti.

Katier00:
OK I will surely do

Thank you ma.

Katier00:
Wow but they say pepper don't have any nutritional value. Knowledge is power

It has my sister.
Kindly visit our blog. You will find on Others.

But the appeal of bell peppers goes way beyond their stunning good looks. Here’s a short list of the good things they can do for your health:
1. Bell peppers are low in calories! So, even if you eat one full cup of them, you get just about 45 calories. Bonus: that one cup will give you more than your daily quota of Vitamin A and C!
2. They contain plenty of vitamin C, which powers up your immune system and keeps skin youthful. The highest amount of Vitamin C in a bell pepper is concentrated in the red variety.
3. Red bell peppers contain several phytochemicals and carotenoids, particularly beta-carotene, which lavish you with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits.
4. The capsaicin in bell peppers has multiple health benefits. Studies show that it reduces ‘bad’ cholesterol, controls diabetes, brings relief from pain and eases inflammation.
5. If cooked for a short period on low heat, bell peppers retain most of their sweet, almost fruity flavor and flavonoid content, which is a powerful nutrient.
6. The sulfur content in bell peppers makes them play a protective role in certain types of cancers.
7. The bell pepper is a good source of Vitamin E, which is known to play a key role in keeping skin and hair looking youthful.
8. Bell peppers also contain vitamin B6, which is essential for the health of the nervous system and helps renew cells.
9. Certain enzymes in bell peppers, such as lutein, protect the eyes from cataracts and macular degeneration later in life.
10. Acts as Natural Pain Relief
Topical capsaicin is used to alleviate pain caused by for osteoarthritis and diabetic neuropathy. It works by desensitizing sensory receptors, and also possesses anti-inflammatory effects.
Spicing up your meals with hot peppers is an excellent first step in preventing atherosclerosis.
So, pop some bell peppers into your shopping basket, and start reaping their rich health benefits!
https://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/10-health-benefits-of-pepper-you-should.html

brownemmanuel43:
@op u are absolutely right except the fermented one. Hv u ever drank fermented one aka overnight. Overnight is the best palm.

Ilove palmwine and meat

Opinionated:



My fav but papa never allowed me . Also see Health Benefits of Coconut Water

lol.
omo daddy

sammysammy111:
Wen growing up I was told it makes u have dull brain (coconut head) tank u op, let me go back and be rushing coconut water

I had the same mentality too.
Coconut water is great.

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The coconut has got to be the most versatile fruit used. Grown on the Palm Tree, every part of the coconut and the tree has virtually got a use and has been used by different countries in different ways. Known as “The Tree of Life” in The Philippines and “The tree of a 1,000 uses” in the Malaya language, coconuts have a history of important uses worldwide.
Grown in over 80 countries worldwide, the coconut palm excels in the tropics, notably The Philippines and Indonesia closely followed by India and Brazil which combined, account for approximately 80% of the world’s coconut production.
The coconut is of significant economic importance to these top producers.
Here is a selection of the many uses of this exotic fruit tree which I will be talking on the uses of the water only now.
Coconut Water
Commonly drunk in the humid tropics, coconuts all produce water. The younger the fruit, the more water it has.
1. A good source of sugar, fibre, antioxidants, proteins, vitamins and minerals makes it a popular sports drink providing energy, hydration, and endurance.
2. It helps restore any electrolyte imbalances caused by diarrhea, vomiting and after exercising.
3. Emergency infusions may be done with coconut water due to its ability to mix with blood.
4. It has antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral properties.
5. It is used to replace lost fluids in cases of influenza, typhoid, malaria, and dissolves kidney stones.

https://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/5-amazing-health-benefits-of-coconut.html

1 Palm wine improves eyesight

Palm wine helps in maintaining good eye health. This is because it contains the antioxidant Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) which is also found in other fruits and vegetables. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) also helps in improving our vision.
This is why some school of thought argue that our grandparents in the village have better eyesight than us because palm wine is their beverage.

2 Reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases

Research has showed that drinking moderate amounts of palm wine has been associated with a reduced risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure.
This study was conducted by Lingberg and Ezra in 2008. Palm wine contains potassium which has been proven by research to improve heart health and bring down hypertension.
However drinking it in excess has adverse effects like destroying the liver.

3 Palm wine can help fight against cancer

Palm wine contains vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin. Riboflavin is an antioxidant which helps in the fight against some cancer causing agents called free radicals.

4 Palm wine helps in maintaining a healthy hair, skin and nails

The Iron and vitamin B complex found in palm wine are needed for a healthy skin, hair and nail.
Iron is very essential for the development, growth and functioning of some cells in our body.
This property of palm wine makes it helpful in promoting wound healing by repairing our tissues and promoting the growth of healthy cells.

5 Palm wine promotes lactation

Palm wine is being used by many natural healers in Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana and other parts of Africa to help a lactating mother when she has limited breast milk production.
Research is needed to investigate the property of palm wine that makes it stimulate the production of breast milk.

Precautions

Do not drink fermented palm wine in excess. Fermented palm wine in excess is detrimental to our health. Fermented palm wine is locally referred to as “strong white mimbo” Fermented palm wine contains a high percentage of alcohol, which is probably higher than that found in some of the alcoholic beverages we drink.
This fermented palm wine destroys our kidney, liver and other systems in our body.
Drinking alcohol in excess is a risk factor for hypertension.

http://www.agricinfo.com/2017/03/top-5-health-benefits-of-drinking-palm.html

Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) says it is supporting the ban on the importation of the Nitrogen Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilizers as the move will save the country $500 million annually.
FEPSAN President, Thomas Etuh, who said this in Abuja noted that the NPK fertiliser importation ban would also create job opportunity for Nigerians.
Etuh commended the Federal Government’s move and added that it will stop the importation of poor quality NPK fertiliser into the country.
He stressed that the government took the right step by discouraging the importation of what the country can produce at a cheaper rate.
According to him, “The only way the Federal Government can demonstrate its commitment to improve agricultural production and boost local capacity is by taking such strong steps.”
“The ban will position the entire agricultural value chain and allied industries to support the Nigerian economy while widening the already open opportunities for foreign exchange earnings.” He said
https://www.agricinfo.com/2018/11/association-backs-fgs-ban-on.html

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