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Genetically modified foods ; The myth and truth of the unending debate.

Man ever since creation has evolved and survived well chiefly because of his instinct for survival which has hitherto driven him towards knowledge and research to fulfil his basic needs;  Food, cloth and shelter and also to improve his environment and life generally. For centuries, there has been scientific researches and projects aim at improving and increasing food supply to meet the food demand of the ever increasing world population. Earlier researches aim at achieving this include selective breeding involving artificial and natural selection as well as mutation breeding. With more advancement in knowledge and scientific research, there was the development of the most recent method of plant and animal improvement; genetic engineering or generic modification which is the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries t...
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Value addition makes you a better, modern and business minded Farmer.

Couple of weeks back,  the CEO of one of the farms I work with,  called me in and said, " I am tired of this agric business,  it pays less,  looks to me like you just work for others to eat, Fishes i raised for average for 5 to 8 months, a buyer comes in and get at 550/600 naira per 1, then he goes to an hotel,  bar or road side,  create a mini processing  facilities,  make barbecue or pepper soup,  sells the head for 1000 naira, and the tail for 1500,  I feel cheated.  The Mallam that came to buy on my farm,  or the pepper soup woman has made 2500 naira from the fish he got from me at 500 naira". Familiar sorry,   I smiled and said to her,  what this person has done is to add value to the raw fish she got from you,  with minimum Maggi, tomatoes and pepper cost, then sell for you at triple the price. That moment  I decided I will write on value addition, but  along the line,  I got busy and it esc...
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FISH FARMING; A MONEY SPINNING AGRIBUSIESS

BACKGROUND Fish is an important source of food, income, employment, and recreation for people around the world and it is very important source of animal protein for both man and livestock in developed and developing countries. Humans consume approximately 80% of the catch as food. The remaining 20% goes into the manufacturing of products such as fish oil, fertilizers and animal feed (FAO, 2015). Fisheries and aquaculture are integral part of Agriculture which were found to have the capacity to increase the country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product), employment opportunities and also bring about financial uplift to individuals farmers involved. According to  the Intergovernmental Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 2015, The demand for fish in Nigeria mostly outstrips the local production. Nigeria is the largest fish consumer in Africa, and among the highest fish consumers in the world. With over 1.5million tons consumed annually. Yet, Nigeria imports over 900,000metric ton...
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