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05/09/2024

Container-grown potatoes can thrive with proper guidance. Follow these steps for success:

1. Familiarize yourself with the potato growth cycle.

2. Choose varieties suited to your region's climate and growth periods.

3. 'Chit' seed potatoes to promote sprouting.

4. Plant at optimal times, avoiding frost damage.

5. Select containers with good drainage, like grow bags.

6. Prepare soil, position sprouted potatoes, and maintain coverage.

7. Water and fertilize using drip lines and acidic soil-friendly fertilizers.

8. Position containers for at least six hours of daily sunlight.

9. Harvest potatoes at the right time, with storage tips.

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12/07/2024

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11/07/2024

Nigeria battles to save 31.5m people in 26 states from food crisis.

According to the report, affected states under emergency in the North-East include Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and Bauchi while states in the North-West are Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto.

States under the pressure of food and nutrition crisis in the North-East include Taraba and Gombe; North-Central – Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, Niger, Kogi, Kwara and the FCT; North-West – Kebbi, Jigawa, and Kano; South-West – Ogun and Lagos; and South-South – Cross River, Edo and Rivers.

Those with minimal impact are Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi and Anambra.
In a remark at the presentation, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Temitope Fashedemi, represented by the Director, Special Duties, Adedayo Modupe, said the Federal Government was making efforts to address the situation with various agricultural interventions to boost food production across the country.

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11/07/2024

Food crisis: 82 million Nigerians may go hungry soon, UN warns

The United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity.

The prediction comes in the wake of a persistent hike in food prices in the country.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s food inflation rate hit a record high of 40.66 per cent in May 2024, surpassing the previous month’s 40.53 increase.

In 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organisation predicted that no fewer than 2.6 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara states, and the FCT may face a food crisis between June and August 2024.

According to a government-led Cadre Harmonisé analysis released in March, 2024, approximately 4.8 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states are experiencing severe food insecurity, the highest level in seven years.

11/07/2024

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07/04/2023

05/04/2023

Pest Attack: Kano Tomato Farmers Lose Over N1.5bn

Over N1.5 billion worth of tomato plantations is said to have been destroyed by the recent attack of tuta absoluta, a tomato pesto that is described as one of the most devastating insects affecting tomato crops.

According to chairman of the Tomato Out Growers Association of Nigeria (TOGAN), Alhaji Sani Danladi Yadakwari, who revealed that the association has started a mini census of affected farms in the already mapped out attacked areas, adding that so far, over 300 hectares of tomato plantation has been affected.

20/03/2023

Africa farmers tv visited a fish farmer with more than 6 earth pond in Yola, Adamawa state. watch out for the video and subscribe to our Youtube Africa Farmers Channel

16/03/2023

Zimbabwe : New African agricultural power house

Zimbabwe has registered its largest wheat harvest in 2022, 375,000 tons, making the austral African country a self-sufficient agricultural powerhouse.

With 375 thousand tons of wheat harvest registered for 2022, Zimbabwe is set to become a self-sufficient agricultural powerhouse. A unique performance in Africa.

The harvest in 2022 was 13% higher than the previous year, breaking a half-century old record.

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