The minister of agriculture, Akin Adesina has been nominated as Silverbird Man of the Year along with renowned entrepreneur Aliko Dangote, Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, CEO, Union Bank PLC Funke Osibodu, investment banker Atedo Peterside, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio,...

This week we caught up with another rising entrepreneur at OAU to learn more about his agrovision for Nigeria. Tukeni: Hello! Thank you for joining us today. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Tunde: Goodday! My name is Babatunde Emmanuel Olarewaju. I am an undergraduate of Obafemi Awolowo...

At the recently concluded Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services International Conference in Nairobi, Kenya held November 15-18, 2011, the audience learned that more use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools could make up for the gap in agricultural extension workers...

By Crusoe Osagie With rising population and improved income and standard of living in Nigeria and other developing countries, these countries may be facing severe meat and dairy shortage by the year 2050. According to a new Food and Agriculture Report, by 2050 an expanded world population...

As a 10-year-old, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu hated working on his parents’ farm. He could not play with other children and he disliked getting dirty. But he loved listening to the radio, the only means of communication with the outside world. In an ironic twist of fate, Ikegwuonu is now not...