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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Sept 11, 2011 13:18:15 GMT 1
Honey has been considered, by many, one of the perfect foods and is an ingredient for a variety of useful elixirs to cure, heal or improve multiple ailment. Available for sale @ THE THY AGRO ALLIED ENTERPRISES, 4,Ismail AbdulAzeez Street,Singer Bus Stop,Ewupe,Sango Ota,Ogun State.Tel: +2348023050835 , +2347033632285. E-mail: beekeepinginnigeria@gmail.com Attachments:
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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Sept 5, 2011 18:55:29 GMT 1
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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Aug 21, 2011 23:27:02 GMT 1
The Langstroth bee hive is the standard beehive used in many parts of the world for bee keeping. The advantage of the Langstroth hive over hives previous to its invention on October 30, 1851, is that the bees build honeycomb into frames, which can be moved with little trouble, because the frames are designed so that the bees do not attach wax honeycomb between the frames or to the walls of the hive, and do not cement the frames to the side of the box using a resinous substance called propolis. This ability to move the frames allows the beekeeper to manage the bees in a way that had previously been impossible. Other inventors, notably Huber, had designed hives with movable frames, but Langstroth's hive was the first practical movable frame hive which overcame the tendency of the bees to fill empty spaces with comb and to cement smaller spaces together with propolis. This practicality is demonstrated by the eventual adoption of the Langstroth hive over all others, and its current use throughout the world. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langstroth_hiveAttachments:
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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Aug 3, 2011 7:15:38 GMT 1
Amanase (E/R), Aug. 2, GNA – The Chief Cocoa Farmer for Amanase in the Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District, Opanin Alexander Asamoah Ampofo, on Monday appealed to the Extension Services unit of the Cocoa Services Division, to extend their services to farmers in the Amanase cocoa growing area. Opanin Ampofo, 61, who made the appeal through the Ghana News Agency at Amanase, noted that since the new extension system involved that of the Unit (Area), in collaboration with stakeholders, it was better that the extension services were made available to farms in the area. He pointed out that when the Extension division was placed under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), the area was completely neglected, but expressed the hope that with its current switch over to the Cocoa Services, the appeal of farmers would be considered. The Amanase Chief Cocoa Farmer said the new extension system involved programmes like snail farming, animal rearing, bee-keeping, gari and palm kennel processing, which were meant to support the farmers during the off-farming season. Opanin Ampofo has his farms at Amanase Homeso where he has cultivated a nine-acre cocoa farm, two acres palm fruits, and a one acre citrus plantation, in addition to animal husbandry. Source: www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Social/Amanase-Chief-Farmer-appeals-to-Cocoa-Services-for-Extension-Officers/?ci=4&ai=31852Learn more about beekeeping in Nigeria @ www.ismailabdulazeez.com
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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Jul 23, 2011 22:36:06 GMT 1
Seven corps members who were trained on entrepreneurship in the United States of America have returned. The corps members, under the Millennium Development Goals Wars against Poverty (WAP), were trained at the Barry University, Miami, for four weeks. The beneficiaries are Ademosun Adesanmi Ariyo, Dr. Akanmu Folashade, Attahiru Zayanu Tanko, Enupe Abudakar, Ahmed Jibrin Suleiman, Ikeagwonu Chiwendu Joshua and f*gbohungbe Micheal. Narrating their experience on the training, at the National headquarters of the National Youth Service Corps in Abuja yesterday, during a special press briefing, Ademosun Adesanmi Ariyo, who spoke on their behalf, said the sponsors spent $10,000 on each of them. Ariyo, who served in Oyo State with the 2009 Batch A set, said they were trained on seven agro-enterprises namely, Fish Farming, Snailery, Grass cutter farming, poultry production, Bee keeping/animal husbandry and Bananas/Plantain sucker multiplication. He said the selected participants were given a loan of N250, 000 before they went to the US but they would also be given the sum of N5m to beef up their own businesses on their return. Learn more about snail farming in Nigeria,Grasscutter farming in Nigeria,Beekeeping in Nigeria @ www.ismailabdulazeez.comSource: allafrica.com/stories/201107010597.html
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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Jul 10, 2011 6:59:42 GMT 1
The 2010 MDG report states that the proportion of the Nigerian population living below the hunger threshold increased from 29% to 33% between 2000 and 2009, implying little prospect of achieving the 2015 target of 14.5%. The source of this data is unclear. Whilst acknowledging that the average family spends over 60% of household income on food, the MDG report plays down the impact of the 2007/08 food crisis, claiming that food inflation in Nigeria remained below 20%. Other reports suggest that the price of rice doubled during this crisis period. A more accurate picture exists for the other MDG measure of hunger – the incidence of children under age five who are underweight. In a formal Demographic and Health Survey conducted in the second half of 2008, the key indicator is 23.1%, down from 35.7% in 1990. This suggests a rate of progress in line with the Goals. However, UNICEF says that most of these seven million underweight children are located in just six states in north-eastern Nigeria. This is the region of semi-arid land where poverty lowers capacity to cope with unreliable performance of crops and livestock. A good overall harvest in 2010, together with continuing rainfall, has relaxed short term concerns about hunger in Nigeria. However, few doubt that food insecurity could resurface in the event of serious flooding or prolonged drought, especially in the vulnerable northern regions.. Causes Once a self-sufficient exporter of surplus food, Nigeria lost its way in response to the oil bonanza which dates from the 1980s. Comfortable in its new wealth, the government allowed investment in agriculture to decline. The allocation in the 2011 budget amounts to only a few percentage points, despite presidential expressions of resolve to restore national food sufficiency. This long period of neglect is reflected in the profile of the rural economy. Small rain-fed farms of a few hectares contribute 90% of output, constrained by poor infrastructure, antiquated equipment and limited access to credit. As almost 60% of all employment in Nigeria depends on agriculture, extensive rural poverty is inevitable. In the absence of subsidies and quotas, commercial farms have become few and far between, the sector unappealing to the younger generation. About half of the country’s arable land lies fallow. Whereas Nigeria has the potential for surplus, it has instead become one of the world’s largest importers of food, especially of wheat and rice. In 2010, the import bill for rice alone was $1 billion. Solutions The central goal is to recreate a modernised professional and commercial farming sector, supported by improved infrastructure and research into high performance seeds and livestock. The World Bank has backed the approach with a $150 million loan but it is difficult to assess the extent to which announcements of new initiatives and institutions have been implemented. It also remains to be seen whether existing smallholdings will benefit from modernisation or suffer further neglect. Social welfare schemes to protect the poor from the consequences of bad harvests remain in their infancy. Protection of the rights of small farmers will be particularly important if the government builds on its stated interest of making land available to foreign investors. Source: uk.oneworld.net/guides/nigeria/food_security?gclid=CKq-3s6A9qkCFegNtAodvCkWfALearn more about Beekeeping in Nigeria @ beekeepinginnigeria.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=123bee02&thread=46&page=1Attachments:
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Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Jun 8, 2011 9:33:50 GMT 1
Beekeeping is one the lucrative agricultural enterprises that requires low start-up capital. The running cost is very minimal, you don't have to feed the bees.The return on investment is very huge.Beekeeping requires less time. Whether you are gainfully employed, unemployed, retired or about to retire, beekeeping is appropriate for you. Demand for pure honey is always on the increase while the beekeepers that supply pure honey are few. In Nigeria today 1 litre of petrol sells for N65, while 1 litre of pure honey sells for N1,500 or more. Beekeeping equipments are durable, they can last for more than 5 years, the equipments be produced locally. For further details call: THE THY AGRO ALLIED ENTERPRISES, Tel: +2348023050835 , +2347033632285 or E-mail: beekeeping@sendfree.com or beekeepinginnigeria@gmail.com Website: beekeepinginnigeria.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=76Attachments:
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