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Wednesday 27 June 2012
HAS( begins sensitisation on fake seedlings he
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pepper, cowpea, tomalOU,
1Of'Sbwn. mi1Iet. CUAYa, yam.
Seed. Council
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(NA5CJ has begun
The sensilisalion lum led by Abraham Adeb.yo Agbool a. Ihe council 'l aulstanl director In charse of quilt)' CGnllol, kick ltaned Iu surveillance Ictivltles of the South West wne of the cou nlry compriSing Oyo, Ogu.n. O!un. Eklti. Oodo and Kwa,. .taleS. ... gbooll said thaI th e 0flJ'0lnB semltiYtion e2n::i5e would .sslll lremendously In Increlling the yield of
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nltlonwlde KnSilisadon nen: K to crate mMll~ '.lIO~ seed deak:nand th ~ 10::.1 fanne:B on thedanaersinh.!rnt In the RJpply and utl llsa Icn of fate and adulterated 141 ML "the N~ a I~mmenl Ig~DCY mlndllro I whh the resporaihillty of lVi!rsHlng the de ve lopmenl and ff:8Ulalion or the ru tIonaI teed Industry. WUDel , Nigeriin fanners to be¥I~ of rue and adullrmed 1ftdl1 18' in their plantadons. a.'lyir 1 Ihll was crudallO mile die nadon'l "«ricuIlunLI Trml [onnldon
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Notable .eeds and oop. under the counclr. mlndale inch de rice , malz:e, loya:>e. ns, okro,
rumen.
HIgman MItIlng rhal ·the assurance would be there
th at whatever any firmer II buytn~ fOI pllntallon II genuine and of top quality." According 10 him. when I farmer planu p;td seeds wflh 3QOd ~enL he i& 1Urf: of cominl up ",,·ith bumper harve:sc fuJt IS the eco...system
Kana pou try institute graduate~ 200 women trainees ADEOlA AJAKAIYE
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grad uated anothtr batchol~OOwomen
traI.nees. 1hesr-dJ.tion and settlement of th !! NOmen, who acquired Iralninl In poultry mlnat:ement, 30k pbce It the Institute's premise•• hulled In the headqulners or Mlkoda Local GoYemmMt Area of tbeabte. Speaklnl dl ring the ce~moDJ at thro wee.ke:nd, ~MUSI Kwunkwuo said the training propnune Ind other lim lor onel concdYed by h1119 M!mment ~ part of the ht tkdc stepa Ielred I' promoting the culture of e:conlDlic selfreliance aIDonl romen In
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The governor expressed opllmlsm thll the prOSramme wi I ImplCt on the malerial '~II-beJ.ns of the beoe8c1a~lel, their fa mille.. and the state It
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Under the scheme, 200 women drawn from each of the 44 locaJ IIlwcmment Irell In Ihe It.le were provided with monthly tninlnl after wldch they were provided wltll Jive birds and ~ rearlill racilltiea.
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Kwanlr.w a so hin ted
Ihat hll admlnlltratlon I iso planned to Introduce animal ratteningprogra.mme Into the curriculum of the Insthute, In no dlsl.nt fUlure . ...«ordlnl to him, about 5000 Clttle would be Imponed. and they will be d1str:Ibuted to the womt'O roc the purpose ofbre:edin8 Ind muldplkadon. ",1.50, In her address .t the ceremony, Barn. Sanl, the IIlte commlulon.er for Igricu.lture and nlluru resource, whose mlnillry is over-se.einl the Insdtute, .ald lhat Ibe nrat batch or tnlnee • • who Tecelved s lmUar trllnlng graduated lOme monthl azo. Shedding nShl on the benenu of the scheme, BaTaka Iialed tha, the women empowerment programme WIS one of Ihe sev. rll Initiatives Ihat cut IcrOIl gender, ained II empowering the bene.fidarles with necesury aIdlla required to funcdon In a fOtmal economy. To heT, the training wal specifically organised Jot- the women puup because of the antegk: n;Me they play In the family leI-UP. as well as In the ove:n.U development of
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The comml.,loner eIplllned thlt the programme wa. allO conceived I I In Ivenue of bOOlllo, productive economic actlvitlel In the f'\InI areas of the state..
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will abo not be polluted. Wblle "sll),g otber Id.-Intagel of good Iced, whlcb lndude thr capaclly for 10"8 lutinlstorage !hat will ullimatetymtuce farmei WIJIe on the Held. he Imlsted Ihll tbe cultivation of low peklirl8 or adulterated seeds will result In poor hlrw:sts. This wUI ultimately lead 10 low Income and pmiltrnt pomty or the affected fanner. He, the refore , urged farmtonln lheSouth West zone to key Inlo the "grlculturII Transformilion "Iendl . advisins them 10 always look. for thecouncil'ueal of qualtty' whenever theyMre acqu1rir1f! seeds from seed dealers. - By that Sell of QUllity or the CouncU thai is on any cenJ6ed pawge, Nigerian farmers will be laved the apny or patrottlslng 10UU or ~ncy seed dealers who
jUlt package uedJlln nylon and display 10 srD to unwary patrons.- be stated. Agboola declared !hat his team would take the campaign to aU the nooks and crannles of the South West just u be appn}ed 10 the local fumen to adapt 10 po5idV!: change. •...s council. we will not re:lenl in eduatlngthem until the righl thing Is done; he lIaled. Ind appealed to the various lems of government to funber assist the coundlln tmnJ or mobility to boost the _lrlAdon exercise apInR fake and adulterated.seeds in the nation. The NASC boss, howeYet, solldted the cooperadon of the bw enfoJtmlent agmcieI. panlcularly tbe police and the cMI security service as, acx:ontinl to him, ~ills a joint battle that must be fought and
won tnsether:'"
Osun earmarks 1,600 acres for yam farm, to start planting in August RlMI FEY~IPO .un S lat e government b to begin planting on the 1,600 acres earmarked for yam farm In Ife-Odan, Ejigbo locil g~menL This II pan of the CUtJ1!nl administrldon's food u curity programme M:inl spearheaded by Ihe Quick Implct Intervention Programme IQIIP) " .ub-commlttee let up by the slate government and ~ by Moshood N:!eod. the lecretary to the Ilate lovernmeol, recendy conducted an on .the.spot assessment on the £arm 10 IS toundetxoretheseriDUSOell of the Idmlnlstratlon or Governor Raul ... regbesola
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on Igriculture.. lbe fann which il 10 be used for yam planting from "'ugusl Is currently being utilised for maize fanning 10 prevent the land from being ~wlth~
QIIP. Ihe government Ilency clrrylng out intervention workl to IIstst farmers to Iccess support packages put in pllce by the governor is belnl coordlnlted by De.le Ogundjpe..Aiready, QUP has aJded 252.5 acres of land In Oyan and Asl towns in Odo-Otin IocaJ govrmment 10 suppon and enhance the ability of polato farmers 10 Increase production Ind maintain the leadership POlilion of Osun as tbe leldlng producer of sweet potalO In NIgeria.
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Free. "mlnu holds for prospecth·e invulOn:in agriculture Are you interested In agricu,hure! A free semlnar talKed ·Untapped Opponunltles In the agr1c sector Is hobi1ng Friday 29, this ~ar at Sweet Sensation Opeblllartinl9am.
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