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Story: Story: Nigeria's soil-free salad farm: How one young entrepreneur is growing greens in shipping containers- no soil needed.
Hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture, which is the growing of plants in a soil less medium, or an aquatic based environment. Hydroponic growing uses mineral nutrient solutions to feed the plants in water, without soil. See a video of how a young entrepreneur in Nigeria is using this technolgy ...more
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News: News: The new edition of Nigeria farming magazine is out
280 reads The new edition of Nigeria farming magazine is out. This edition featured the six (6) biggest agricultural companies in Africa. The magazine is circulated to over one million farmers across the globe with over 500,000. email banks and direct contacts. You can also download it on the net ...more
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News: News: NIFAAS Co-hosts Feed the Future Team on Developing Local Extension Capacity in Nigeria Country Content
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News: News: Nigeria to Employ 100,000 Youth Extension Workers
purpose of effective and efficient extension service provision in Nigeria. The Vice President of the country gave this address at the official launch and public presentation of the Agriculture Promotion Policy (APP) tagged the’ Green Alternative’ in Abuja. He said, "The problem in agriculture sector ...more
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News: News: A NEW RICE PEST SEEN IN NIGERIA
465 reads A new pest of rice has been observed at the experimental field of National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, Nigeria. This pest is a threat to rice production. A team of scientist and technicians observed the devastating effect of the pest on rice on 16 August, 2016. The team, led by ...more
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News: News: FORMATION OF COUNTRY FORA POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS
801 reads AFAAS is in the process of forming and/or strengthening thematic working groups at, Country and regional level, in different themes including; post-harvest management, climate change, gender in RAS, ICT for RAS among others. These will be instru ...more
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News: News: Workshop on the Use of AFAAS VSNP for Agricultural Advisory Services
527 reads The workshop is presently holding in the Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ibadan. It is well organised, so enriching. Advisory Services Communication Nigeria <a href="/users/luqman-akinbile" title="View user profile." ...more
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Organisation: Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS)
process of registering with the Corporate Affairs Commission. It is governed by a Steering Committee and it is hosted by the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Physical Address: ...more
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Story: Story: When Nigerian farmers went digital
The application of science and technology has no doubt improved the livelihoods of Nigerian farmers. This is a case study of Nigeria Farmer’s E-wallet System, the first in Africa, which is indeed worth of emulation and implementation by other African nations. In October 2011, the Federal Ministry ...more
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Resource: Resource: Second batch of FARA Research Reports for the Year 2018
https://goo.gl/Bs24A1 Innovation Opportunities in the Rice Value Chain in Nigeria. Get it from here: https://goo.gl/FpCWrP Documentation of Selected Outstanding Innovations in Nigeria. Get it from here: https://goo.gl/fbuimE Analysis of the Dynamics and Obstacles to the Adoption of Technological Innovations: the Case ...more