Until the late 1970’s when hydrocarbon was discovered in commercial quantity in Oloibiri, present day Bayelsa state, Agriculture remained the mainstay of the economy contributing over 90% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country as against the less than 40% it now contributes with crop […]
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The ethanol programme by NNPC aiming at exploring sources of biomass that can be used to produce fuel ethanol to improve automotive emissions in the country, to reduce domestic use of petrol, free up crude for export and position Nigeria for the development of “Green Fuel” which […]
Read more →Yam {Dioscorea spp.} is an important food crop especially in the yam zone of West Africa. Although more than six hundred species of the tuber exist, only a few are important as staple food in the tropics. These include white yam (D. rotundata), yellow yam (D. Cayenensis), […]
Read more →Extensive market research has revealed that palm kernel oil {PKO} is an everyday goods used by individuals as well as Industries. Thus, the market is ongoing and is not dependent on economic cycles and can be described as a FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) commodity market, hence the […]
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