Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is believed to be due to a recessive gene since only about 30% of 'Branco' palm seeds mature to express this trait. [13] BRS-Pará was developed in 2004 by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Agency. The pulp yield ranges from 15% to 25%. [14] BRS Pai d'Égua is the newest cultivar developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Agency. [15]
An adoption and implementation of a new constitution in 1954 created the Eastern Region Marketing Board which acquired most of the assets of the Nigeria Oil Palm Produce Marketing Board. [4] From 1954 onward, the responsibilities of the board began to change, surplus funds were accumulated and used to finance public and private institutions in ...
Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc is a Nigeria-based company that is involved in oil palm plantations, palm kernel processing, and rubber plantations. Okomu Oil produces crude palm oil, palm kernel, palm kernel oil, and palm kernel cake. In 2023, Okomu Oil's revenue grew by 26.61% year-over-year to N75.108 billion. [1]
Olam International is an agri-business company, operating in 60 countries and supplying food and industrial raw materials to over 20,900 customers worldwide, placing them among the world's largest suppliers of cocoa beans, coffee, cotton and rice.
Achi is the largest town in Oji River, a Local Government Area of Enugu State. Achi town is made up of 12 villages - "isii na ulo, isii na agu" as the natives say. That phrase literally means that there are 6 villages in the northern section of the town and 6 villages in the southern section (if you imaginarily divide the town into two sections).
A large number of date cultivars and varieties emerged through history of its cultivation, but the exact number is difficult to assess. Hussain and El-Zeid [1] (1975) have reported 400 varieties, while Nixon [2] (1954) named around 250. Most of those are limited to a particular region, and only a few dozen have attained broader commercial ...
The Nigeria component was renamed Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) by the Research Institute's Act 33 of 1964. [1] Same year, the institute mandate was expanded to include coconut, raphia, date palm and some skeletal works on coconut mostly to understand the coconut pest and diseases, coconut nutrition.
A farmer and his cow. The majority of herders in African countries are livestock owners. Livestock farming is a part of Nigeria's agriculture system. In 2017, Nigeria had approximately over 80 million poultry farming, 76 million goats, 43.4 million sheep, 18.4 million cattle, 7.5 million pigs, and 1.4 million of its equivalent. [26]