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Lagos State Government says it would vaccinate no fewer than 1.5 million dogs in the next two weeks during its current free anti rabies vaccination campaign in the state to prevent unwanted deaths

Lagos State Government says it has employed additional twenty five veterinary doctors in the State in furtherance of the reforms embarked upon in the red meat value chain

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country have been urged to produce soybeans in portable packs to ensure that the protein-rich food source is readily available and within the reach of all Nigerians

The year 2020 was an unusual one in every sense of the word. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic made sure of this. To remove any doubt about the threat that the virus posed to every country in the world, the World Health Organisations (WHO) recognised the COVID-19 as a global pandemic.

Lagos State Government says it is collaborating with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Africa Projects Development Centre (APDC) to train 13,548 youths in the State in the various agricultural value chains in a five-stage model within the next five years

Professor of Fish Nutrition at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos, Professor Adewolu Morenike has called on Nigerians from all walks of life to regularly consume soybeans and fish

Olam, a leading food and agribusiness conglomerate, has emerged as an employer of choice in the African region for 2020

Africa is big on agriculture. It has to be. It is the second-largest continent in the world. It is also the second most populous. So, there’s plenty of space to farm and over a billion mouths to feed. It is no surprise therefore that an estimated 65 per cent of Africa’s population relies on subsistence farming.

Lagos State Government says that no fewer than 879 farmers and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) across poultry, aquaculture and rice value chains have directly benefited from the Lagos Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project in the last three years

One of the serious problems facing developing countries today is how to match food production levels, particularly proteinous foods, with increasing demand by a growing population