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The apex bank, had since 2015, through its Anchor Borrower Programme, disbursed several millions of naira to farmers’ groups to boost, among other crops, rice, cocoa and maize production.
But critics of the initiative say in most cases, only political farmers benefitted from the interventions, which development, they opined, partly responsible for the current high prices of food items in the country.
Now, watchers in the system are calling on the apex bank to rework its policy on the beneficiaries in order to accommodate more real farmers in the package to boost more production.
They are also calling on the apex bank to build greater cooperation with the private sector and state governments toward boosting agriculture in the country.
By Moses Kolo Kaduna, June 1, 2021 Alhaji Mohammed Salihu, Acting Chairman, All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has urged Kaduna state government to adopt the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme to boost food production and sufficiency. Salihu spoke on Tuesday while
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Improving organic carbon in soils can improve nutrient uptake and reduce waste.
To understand the biology and physics of soil, scientists at Rothamsted Research have been exploring aggregate at microscopic levels of 100 microns (one thousandth of a millimetre) or less using x-ray computer tomography.
Such close observation is needed because carbon is sequestered at this size of pores, and the water-holding capacity of soil can be seen at this level, explains Andrew Neal from the department of sustainable agriculture sciences at Rothamsted.
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Farmer/Herder crisis: Institute of animal science advocate ranching to end feud Farmer/Herder crisis: Institute of animal science advocate ranching to end feud
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The Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) has advocated for the introduction of ranches in order to end the lingering crisis between farmers and herdsmen.
The Institute said cattle remain a valuable national asset to the country and its production must be sustained.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Registrar/CEO of NIAS, Professor Eustace Iyayi, said the nation must move away from the transhumance mode to the modern and more sustainable ranching method of cattle production.