[ad_1] Imo State government has unveiled plans to donate 100 hectares of land to the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) for the development of integrated farm estate in the state. This is just as the agency disclosed plans to reactivate a 35-hectare integrated farm estate located at Acharaugo Emekuku in Owerri North Local Government […]

[ad_1] The Kwara State Government has charged livestock farmers and stakeholders in poultry business on improved bio-security network to prevent spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) disease in the state. This is sequel to the report of outbreak of the disease in Kano, Plateau, Oyo and 12 other states of the federation and the Federal […]

[ad_1] LAFIA – The British High Commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Laing, has on Wednesday expressed the Brittain Government redness to partnering Nasarawa State Government on Agriculture and infrastructure development to improve the economic development of the State. Catriona Laing, disclosed this when she paid a two-day official visit to Nasarawa State Government. She said there […]

[ad_1] …Restates Commitment to Food safety LAGOS – In its determination to achieve food security, the Lagos state government says it targets increased food production by 50 per cent over the next four years and thereby creating new opportunities within the state and Nigeria. Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, while speaking on Wednesday at […]

[ad_1] The price of a litre of palm oil moved from N600 to N1, 000, while vegetable oil increased from N2000 a litre to N4,000. The prices of noodles, bread, and cooking oil (vegetable and palm oil) rose between 20 and 30 per cent in the last 12 months, a survey of markets in six […]

[ad_1] The project will benefit 4,000 smallholder farmers who will work as outgrowers (also known as contract farmers) with Tomato Jos. The West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) on Monday announced a $1.2 million (N494 million) co-investment grant to Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited (Tomato Jos). The hub, funded by the United […]

[ad_1] The 10 states at the top of the chart had about 5.2 million of the country’s about 10.2 million out-of-school children. Ten states were homes to more than half of Nigeria’s out-of-school children, data published in the 2018 digest of basic education statistics by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) shows. The data was […]

[ad_1] BENIN – Dr Dapo Olakulehin, General Manager, Lagos Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA), on Tuesday called on the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to develop a national policy on coconut value chain to make the crop the mainstay of the nation’s economy. Olakulehin made the call during a one-day stakeholders meeting on […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – Gbagolo Integrated Farms and TOAJ Nigeria Limited are to benefit from NIRSAL plc’s guaranteed Union and Sterling Banks’ N232m facility to assist the entities to boost poultry production and Cocoa Export in Cross River State. Gbagolo Integrated Farms Limited – a livestock producer and TOAJ Nigeria Limited – a cocoa dealer are […]

[ad_1] • IITA affirms weed management efficacyTo help farmers tackle weed infestations in cassava and raise yield per hectare, Bayer has developed a new crop protection product. Known as Lagon, and tested on more than 200 trials across Nigeria and Tanzania, it was rated among the top best pre-emergence herbicides for control of both grasses […]

[ad_1] Over 1,178 dry-season farmers from 13 local government areas in Jigawa State, who were affected by flood last year, are to benefit from IFAD/CASP programme for job creation and food self-sufficiency. The support includes the supply of agricultural inputs to farmers affected by flood and COVID-19 to improve their dry-season farming. This was disclosed […]

[ad_1] The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc), in collaboration with its partners, Successory Nigeria Limited and MTN Nigeria, has launched the NIRSAL Farmers’ Business School (NFBS), a mobile learning platform that is based on Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology. The initiative is to offer farmers leverage to increase their productivity through […]

[ad_1] Initiator, Youths Empowerment in Nigeria, Omotola Fawehinmi, has said agriculture remains a strong pillar in the efforts to solve food security challenges, create jobs for Nigerian youths and increase government revenue at all levels.  A report says one out of three Nigerian youths are currently unemployed and agriculture has been identified as a viable sector […]