Greenhouse technology has the potential to rapidly expand the country’s agricultural production, including a very attractive opportunity to generate huge Return On Investment for investors within a short time.
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Abubakar Rasheed, has said that six universities have adopted the Sasakawa Fund for Agricultural Extension Education, SAFE, initiative to ease the method of farming in the country.
The Bayelsa Government says it will soon begin exportation of fish from its aquaculture farm. Doodie Weeks, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said this on Wednesday at the Inter-Ministerial and Agency Briefing in Yenagoa.
The Bayelsa Government on Wednesday said it established a grazing site for cattle rather than colony at its Palm Estate in Yenagoa to check clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
The House of Representatives wednesday passed a motion mandating its Committees on Agricultural Production and Services and Water Resources to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Central Bank of Nigeria (CNB), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other stakeholders ….
Coffee, maize, sugarcane and rice farming will be highly lucrative in the next few years, according to a new report. The Tanzania Agribusiness Report for January 2018, published by Business Monitor International (BMI), says future demand for the four crops will be relatively high in both the domestic
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it plans to increase its loans to Nigeria by over $8 billion next year with investments in energy, infrastructure and agriculture. AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina said it will grow its loan portfolio to Nigeria by more than $2 billion over the next one year.
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday commended a 66-year-old Germany-based Nigerian engineer, Mr Olusegun Arowolo, for inventing a cocoa pod breaking machine, the first ever in the world.
Tomato growers in Kano state have lost over N1 billion this dry season farming following the recent closure of Tiga dam by the Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA).
The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) in Ondo state has raised alarm over the wave of illegal importation of crude Palm oil into the country, describing it as a sabotage against the policy of the Federal government.
An outbreak of a cattle disease identified as Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia, CBPP has struck Katsina State and killing thirteen cows.
Sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis.
A lawmaker, Danjuma Laah (PDP, Kaduna South) has rejected the Federal Government’s intention of creating cattle colonies in his senatorial district.
The Senior Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom state governor on Technical Matters and Due Process, Elder Ufot Ebong has identified Agriculture as the bedrock of any flourishing economy, saying it is an integral part of the State’s economy plan for sustainable economic growth and development.
African Development Bank (AfDB) and other partners such as World Bank are investing over a billion dollars in Nigeria’s power, health and agriculture sectors this 2018 and by that, the bank hopes that the country’s Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) landscape will change significantly.