Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has signed an agreement for a strategic partnership with Michigan State University (MSU) in the United States to establish a world-class Faculty of Agriculture at Gombe State University (GSU). The deal, sealed with a Letter of Intent, is viewed as a significant step toward enhancing agricultural education and
A Nigerian professor, Monioluwa Omolara Olaniyi, has raised an alarm on how tiny plant worms, known as nematodes, silently destroy crops and reduce farm yields. Olaniyi, a Professor of Nematology at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), spoke during the university’s 36th inaugural lecture, titled “Managing Plant Worm Adversaries: Safeguarding the Environment, Sustaining Our
Dr John Ajayi, the Provost of the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (FCAH&PT), Ibadan, has urged livestock farmers to minimise the use of antibiotics in animal production to curb the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Ajayi disclosed this at the Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Summit organised by the Federal College of Animal
A Nigerian dairy expert has warned that structural weaknesses in the industry are the main reason for the country’s low milk production. Dr Ayoola John Shoyombojo, a reproductive biotechnologist at Landmark University, Kwara State, said Nigeria produces less than 600,000 metric tonnes of milk annually, far below the 1.6 million metric tonnes demanded by consumers.
In the face of rising food inflation and empty baskets across Nigerian markets, a quiet revolution may be budding—not on the farm, but in the laboratories and classrooms of Nigeria’s agricultural research institutes.At a recent meeting with provosts of agricultural colleges and research bodies, Barrister Yejide Ogundipe, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
