The Nigeria Britain Association 2018 Annual lecture provides a platform to lend our voice to the national desire to shift focus and attention to agriculture and reposition it as the bedrock of Nigeria’s economy. The seminar, which is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 21st of March at the Agip Recital Hall, Muson Center, Onikan, Lagos, […]
Farmers to Assess Agric Machinery, In a Communique jointly signed and issued by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Former President of Nigeria who is also the Chairman, Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum and Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the Executive Governor of Borno State on Friday night, 09 March 2018 at the end of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum […]
Minister Inaugurates 23 Agric Boards, The Federal Government has inaugurated 23 governing boards of agricultural research institutes and colleges of agriculture under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Inaugurating the boards in Abuja, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, charged the board members to make accountability their watchwords. He said […]
Women Agriculture Empowerment: The need to support and celebrate women as well as advocate for continued gender equality for women in a world dominated by men knew no bounds all through the past week as women all over the world celebrated the International Women’s Day whilst pressing for progress in every facet of life, as […]
Sovereign Wealth Authority Acquires Farm In Nasarawa For Job Creation, The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority on Monday said it acquired a fully integrated maize and soya beans farm in Panda, Nasarawa State to expand its investment portfolio in agriculture in the country. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of NSIA, Uche Orji, said in a statement sent […]
Nigeria Food Imports Dropping Drastically, The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigeria is recording a massive decline in food importation, stating that its agricultural policies have started to have far-reaching effects on the transformation of the sector. Speaking at the inauguration of chairpersons and members of Boards of 23 agencies and parastatals under the Federal […]
Nigerians have been advised to see agriculture as a business and an avenue in realising the country’s full economic potential and not a vocation for the poor as erroneously perceived by the majority. Mr Kofo Adegoke, President, Olaoluwaseni Joshua Adegoke Foundation (Oja-F), an NGO, gave this advice on Monday at the inauguration of the foundation […]
Olam Nigeria Limited says it has invested about 1 billion U.S. dollars to boost productivity in Nigeria’s agricultural sector. (Agric Sector Olam Nigeria) The company’s Vice-President, Reji George, who stated this in Abuja, Tuesday said the investment was made over the last 26 years of the firm’s operation in Nigeria. He identified the company’s goals […]
NASC Alerts Farmers To Circulation Of Fake Seeds, In order to get the required yield, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), has called on farmers to use seeds from accredited sources as they prepare to commence planting this wet season. This is just as the Council said they were collating a list of all seed […]
How New Farmers Approach Agriculture As Business, The number of new entrants into farming is rising, despite the grim picture being painted by practitioners. However, young farmers are unperturbed because they see agriculture as business, DANIEL ESSIET reports. A growing number of young Nigerians are joining a movement of highly educated, ex-urban, first-time farmers, who […]
Nigeria Sugar Cane Estate: President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to inaugurate the N50 billion Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State on Thursday. Located on the banks of River Niger in Mokwa, the estate is owned by Sunti Golden Sugar Estates (SGSE) Limited, a subsidiary of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. A statement from the […]
Women Urged To Be Investors In Transforming Agricultural Sector, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo, the Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara, has called on Nigerian women to be reputable agents, collaborators and investors in transforming the agriculture sector. Oladipo made the call at a thanksgiving service to mark the International Women’s Day on Sunday in […]
Nasarawa Farmers Mourn Doma, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa State Governor, who died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday, March 6, and was buried in Doma on Sunday, has been described as “a lover of agriculture”. Farmers in the state, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Doma, said […]
Rising from its third quarterly meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum (NZHF) has issued key recommendations and resolutions that should be quickly implemented towards the attainment of Zero Hunger by the year 2025 in the five pilot states comprising Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ogun and Sokoto and beyond. The recommendations […]
Distribution Of Inputs To 9, 500 Rice Farmers Begins In Sokoto, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution commenced on March 8 with identification and screening of the farmers. The Distribution of farming inputs to rice farmers by the Federal Government has commenced in Gwadabawa Local Government area of Sokoto State. The […]