Brong Ahafo Region-based farmer, Philip Kweku Agyeman, has emerged as National Best Farmer for 2017. Mr Agyeman, whose academic level is basic education, has been farming for the past 28 years and employs over 200 workers. The 50-year-old farmer took away a cash prize of $100,000 at the event which was on the theme: ‘Farming […]
An Abia State based journalist, Mr. Steve Oko, was in tears on Monday as he conducted his fellow journalists round his cassava farm destroyed by cattle apparently led into the farm by herdsmen yet to be identified. Oko, who is the state correspondent of the Authority newspaper, said that he was horrified and devastated when […]
The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM) said it would collaborate with the Nigerian Government to woo investors to invest in agriculture and other allied sectors of Nigeria’s economy. Mr Edwin Devakumar, Chairman of ASSOCHAM India-Nigeria chapter, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He made this known […]
About 5,750 farmers have so far benefited from the Fadama III Additional Financing project since its inception in Kogi state, the State Project Coordinator, Mr Paul Ogunmola said on Tuesday. He disclose this in Lokoja on the occasion of the 8th World Bank/FGN Support Mission to the state to monitor the implementations of the Fadama […]
Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, through its TOTALpreneur programme, has trained 60 youths in agriculture and other basic skills. They were trained at the OFFERCentre Institute of Agriculture in Oluponna, Osun State. During the graduation ceremony, which also held at the institute, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, TUCN, Mr. Nicolas Terraz, said the […]
Reducing the distance between people, markets, services and knowledge – or simply ‘getting people connected’ – is a great part of what economic growth is all about. Although virtual connectivity has become increasingly important today with the emergence of new communication avenues, a good and reliable transport network remains vital. There is a very strong […]
Various stakeholders from across the African continent are meeting in Dar es Salaam to step up efforts in the fight against aflatoxin contamination in the maize value chain. The two-day regional workshop, organised by the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) in collaboration with its partners, seeks to address the growing occurrence of aflatoxins […]
The Middle Belt Small Scale Farmers Network,MIBSSFANET, has commended the Benue state government and the State House of Assembly for enacting the Open Grazing Prohibition Bill to tackle the herdsmen menace in the state. The Network noted that the law was the panacea to the persistent clashes between pastoralists and farmers adding that it would […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has urged GM seeds and grains dealers to follow the due processes. The Director General/CEO, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, who said this at a consultative forum with Nigerian GM seeds and grain dealers in Abuja today (4th December 2017), pointed out that the Agency will not hesitate to penalize any […]
The Katsina state government at the weekend launched a digital tracking of animals in a move to check cattle rustling. The scheme entails inserting digital microchip implant into the skin of the cow to enable its owner to track its movement from his mobile phone. Speaking at the flag-off of the scheme in Runka town, […]
Paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, Tor Tiv, Orchivirgh, James Ayatse has stated his resolve to work with relevant bodies and organisations to bring down the poverty level in the Tiv nation and Benue state at large through modern farming techniques. One of such moves was his recent visit to South Africa where he addressed […]
The President and Chairman of the Council Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Prof. Segun Ajibola, has identified non lending to critical sectors of the economy by commercial banks in the country was the reason the country’s economy is recording weak growth. Ajibola, who spoke at the third inaugural lecture of Caleb University, Imota, […]
The United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), Oxfam and other developmental organisations have urged governments in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to enact laws and policies that would enhance women participation in agricultural development. They were speaking at a two-day conference on “Promoting Gender Equality in Agricultural Land Investments in Africa”, organised […]
The illicit business of smuggling to Nigeria remains a challenge to the country’s efforts at attaining self-sufficiency in the production of rice, a professor of agriculture, Babagan Gambo has said. Mr. Gambo, the lead consultant on agricultural matters to Nigerian Governors’ Forum, said this last Monday, while delivering a paper on ‘Untangling the bottlenecks towards […]
The Nigerian food market was recently invaded by a heavy consignment of bananas allegedly smuggled into the country from neighbouring countries. This could ruin the prospects of local farmers and threaten the national food security. According to media reports, the major markets at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, specifically in Maitama and Utako districts, […]