A visit to DE BUCHAZ Farm

I took a trip to DE BUCHAZ Farm and I was impressed. De BUCHAZ Farm have Fisheries and poultry section, their poultry is mainly layers and they boast of good quality egg, low cholesterol level, their fishes are well fed with the right feed composition and their maintainance practices is superb.. The farm is own by a lady currently undergoing Enterprenuership Development training at SSEDC in  Calabar. It good to see women involved in Agriculture....

More Pictures From NABG Annual Meeting

It was a glorious day to meet Agric a Stakeholders and policy makers. Agriculture is the way forward in Nigeria and it high time we invest in it. My question is what are the youth doing? What is their  role in agriculture? How can we make agriculture attractive for the youth? 

Nigeria Agribusiness Group Annual Meeting (NABG)

Today Nigeria Agricbusiness Group is holding there General Annual Meeting at muson center onikan, they are bringing all Agric stakeholders together to know the way forward in Nigeria Agriculture. The president of this group is Sani dangote. NAGB goals is to serve as an all inclusive private sector group- setting policy direction through public sector engagement. Today all agric stakeholders are meeting ranging from farmers to agro dealers and agric policy makers. I will bring you more pictures......

A Trip To Banadonase Farm

when you hear about women in aquaculture here is an example of one, meet mrs glory adonase,, a fisheries graduate and professional. Talk about fish farming in cross River state and you have the right woman, in need of good quality fingerlings then Banadonase Farm is the right place. The farm boast of good breed and low or zero mortality rate fingerlings . In need of good quality table size fish and hygienically processed catfish, banadonase farm is the place for you. They are located at 73 parliamentary extension in Calabar .... Phone no- 08036813836..

"Bitter Kola" Let Medicine Be Thy Food And Food be Thy Medicine

Just like the caption reveals some of our vegetables, fruits, food product are highly nutritious and medicinal, and one of such is Bitter kola. It has high nutritiounal content when eaten raw. Study reveal that Bitter Kola contain carbohydrate of 70.31% ( abundant ), moisture content of 9.28% was significantly high, ash 4.17%, crude fibre 3,94% , crude protein 11.27%, ether extract/fat 1.03 were present in appreciable amount. The level of vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and iron were significantly high. This result suggest that Bitter Kola posses nutritional and healthy benefit.
Do you know that eating a piece of Bitter Kola daily help in the treatment of low libido, erectile dysfunction and reduction of high blood pressure?
   A recent study of Bitter Kola in Science Journal of Microbiology showed that seed and leaf of Bitter Kola have anti-bacterial activity on clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, salmonella typi, fever and diarrhea. The seed also is good for liver treatment.
Bitter kola is so potent that it is often used to neutralized any kind of poison and when grounded into powder and sprayed in the environment it keeps snake away. So you see that Bitter Kola is not only good for your sour throat!  Bitter! Yes but very nutritious and medicinal..... Make it a a way of life to eat one Bitter Kola daily.

" Snail Slime" A Revolution

Ok a quick one, do you know every time you apply your face mask, facial cream, anti-ageing cream, you are applying a snail slime? Yuck!! Some people may say but very true.  Snail slime is a kind of mucus an external body protected by snail. It aids their crawling and help prevent the disiccation of exposed tissue. Snail slime is jellylike in nature and contain 98% weight of water combine with a small amount of high molecules weight glycoproteins, calcium, pigment, and lipids. In time past it is used medicinally against gastrointestinal ulcer and in form of syrup for cough but now China use it for cosmetic because of high protein and it helps minimize the damage cause by the free radicals that are responsible for premature skin aging. So when you eat snail, think of the other value chain.. The one you and I can't do without " our cosmetics"

More Pictures From My Trip To Jones & Stokes Farm

It Amazing when you think of the tons of fish this farm produce yearly and there turnover, not to mention the creation of employment in the state.. Ohhhh it's a big farm, I know but who says you can't start small and think big.....Agriculture is the way my people..... Feed yourself.. Feed your family...and feed the Nation.....

Women In Aquaculture Monthly Meeting

So today is the monthly meeting of WIA in cross River state. Let me tell you a little about these great women. Gone are the days when women take the farm produce to the market and also follow their husband to the farm. Now, women till the ground and soil their hand with the ground so to say, produce our own agric product, process into a good colorfully branded product for human consumption. These women are into different value chains from cassava to plantain, fish, palmoil production to poultry.  If u are a woman in agri business then this is a group for u to be part of. Please like their Facebook page - cross River state women in aquaculture.                                                             Great Farmers...... Great Nation, No Farmers....No Nation.

A TRIP TO JONES AND STOKES FISH FARM

 I took a trip to jones & stokes fish farm situated in university of Calabar, I had the opportunity of seeing there hatchery which was restricted to only staff because of sensitivity of the fry( baby fish) to bacteriaL infection. I saw there grow out pond and their earthen ponds section. They have over 15 hatchery unit and collapsible ponds of 8 and earthen ponds of about 10 that have more than 10,000
Catfish and tilapia. It a place to be, so serene and peaceful. So incase you need any amount of quantity of catfish and tilapia ( owanbe things) please visit jones & stokes farm. Ohh I almost forgot they also have Shrimps too. Hygienic ally packaged fish and shrimps.....