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Herdsmen/ farmers clashes affecting agricultural research, productivity - OAU VC, Ogunbodede


The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, has said that incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen in some parts of the country are having adverse effects on agricultural research and productivity.
Ogunbodede made this disclosure while speaking at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday.
The Vice-Chancellor, who spoke during the opening of 2020/2021 annual-in-house review exercise/33rd South West Zonal Research Extension Farmers Input Linkage System (REFILS) workshop, advised that all efforts must be put in place to find solutions to incessant clashes among farmers and herdsmen. ....

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Economic activities partially grounded in Calabar as blackout enters 5th day


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The total blackout being experienced in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has entered its fifth day.
The blackout reportedly started after last Thursday’s heavy rain and thunderstorm which ravaged the metropolis, destroying property worth billions of Naira, including electrical installations in the city.
Besides the damaged electrical installations, big trees uprooted by the storm also fell on electric installations increasing the blackout which has affected many businesses in the metropolis.
A tour around the city by DAILY POST revealed that technicians who make use of electricity for their work have suffered the most, especially those who do not own generators. ....

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Scientists begin work on formulation, validation of specialty oil palm fertiliser


By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
Ibadan, Jan.18, 2021 Scientists at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan and Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) have begun work on formulation, validation of specialty oil palm fertiliser in Nigeria.
The IAR&T Executive Director, Prof. Veronica Obatolu said this at a workshop tagged “End of Phase 1 Soil Mapping and Fertility Evaluation of Ochocercia sis Control Programme (OCP) funded Oil Palm Specialty Fertiliser Project in Nigeria’’.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was held on Monday at IAR&T in Ibadan.
According to Obatolu, the scientists are working to develop soil information that would serve as guide for formulation of specialty oil palm fertiliser for land areas under cultivation. ....

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Food security: Experts discuss state, future of precision agric in Ibadan

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