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Soya bean Plantation

  Intro Soyabean is a leguminous crop which means it can be planted on any land. Every location will be suitable but not   waterlogged area. It fixes back nitrogen into the soil and therefore require little or no fertilizer. Yeah,good to know! Nutritional Breakdown The essential amino acids measured in mg/g of protein found in soy protein are histidine-17mg,isoleucine-63mg,leucine105mg,lysine-93mg,methionine95,threonine-69,tryptophan-18mg,andvaline-58mg,cysteine-21mg,63mg,tryptophan-18 mg,histidine-17mg.These compositions makes Soya the number one primary source of plant protein. Duration Soya is ready for harvest after 10-12 weeks of planting! Best planted now. USES Apart from making oil and animal feeds, large quantities of soya beans are consumed by many households producing soya milk and cake called ā€˜awara’ in the North and Beske in the WEST parts of Nigeria. (swear say you never eat Beske before, lol) Investment just...
 Late Maize with Samnaz39 Nation feeders, with great joy, I present to you, Sammaz 39 Maize variety.  Sammaz 39 maize varietyšŸ’ā€! What on earth is that??? It is a very recently-introduced strain released in June 2016 embedded with potentials to make farmers smile broadly. Sammaz 39 is one of the first-generation of provitamin A-rich maize (that is why it has orange-yellowish colour, it is enriched with vitamin A precursors), it is open pollinated and reaches full maturity in just 70 days. It was developed by the Nigerian Institute of Agricultural Research (IART) and the IITA after almost 10 years of development and testing. Apart from the high yield, the fact that it helps battle vitamin A deficiency in children, breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women is a major plus. In addition to other uses, maize meals are very popular as a weaning food alternative in our country and that this variety has enhanced levels of pro-vitamin A (specifically beta carotene) is indeed ...

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NATIONAL FISHERY RESOURCES, A FACT SHEET Total land area of Nigeria is 923,768sq km out of which 910,768 is land and 13000 is water. Inlandwater mass constitutes about 15 million hectares including natural land manmade lakes, rivers and reservoirs. The potential of fish farming in Nigeria is estimated at 5 million metric tons. New partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has recognized fisheries as a key instrument for increasing productivity, ensuring food security and improving market access for rural dwellers and strengthening Africans performance in global markets. Aquaculture Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants in order to increase for production. The need for aquaculture Growing populationy of the world Search for new protein sources Demand for low fat food Over fishing Pollution Fish domestication By domestication, we mean the transfer of an organism from its natural habitat to a captive en...

Economic and Health benefits of fish

The contributions of fisheries to the Nation's economy are significant in terms of : 1. Employment 2. Income generation 3. Poverty alleviation 4. Foreign exchange earnings 5. Provisions of raw materials for animal feed industry, etc.  It is estimated that over 2 million Nigerians are actively engaged in primary and secondary fisheries operations such as fisher folks, fish farmers, fish processers, marketers, operators, on board industrial fishing fleet, terminal/jetties operators, industrial fishing fleet, net-makers, etc. the fisheries sub-sectors is estimated to have a value of N143.33 billion contributing 3-4 % to the GDP. Given Nigeria vast capacity for fish production, especially from aquaculture, this could be doubled in ten years to include more than a million tons of fish export. Fisheries also occupy a significant position in the primary sector, providing direct employment for over a million people and contributing about 50% of the animal protein intake of the o...

Fish farming

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