Oando and its Joint Venture (JV) partners – the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), have given a boost to agriculture through training and giving assistance to farmers leading to greater awareness on what farmers should do to increase yield. As a result of the increased awareness on the agric […]
From verifiable historical records of Nigeria’s chequered socio-political history, the mass media can justifiably and evidently pride itself, more than any profession, as occupying the frontline in nation building. For example, in the struggle for independence from the colonialists, Nigerian journalists were in the frontline. Among them nationalists were Herbert Macaulay, Kitoye Ajasa, Nnamdi Azikiwe, […]
Forests still cover 51 per cent of Mozambique, but this percentage is declining thanks to slash and burn agriculture, the exploitation of wood fuel, notably charcoal, and illegal logging, warned the Minister of Land, Environment and Rural Development, Celso Correia, on Wednesday. Speaking at the opening of a conference organised by the Attorney-General’s Office (PGR), […]
When Abbas Gandi lost a large portion of his crops to the combined ravages of desertification and drought a few years ago, he was so disillusioned he considered abandoning his 10-hectare farmland. “It came as a shock; very terrible year. Instead of getting at least 200 bags of yield, I got between 25 to 30 […]
Following the numerous agricultural programmes initiated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) towards boosting food production in the Niger Delta region, the Bayelsa State Government has expressed willingness to collaborate with the multinational, with a view to enhancing agricultural development in the state. The Governor who was represented by the Deputy Governor, John Jonah, […]
The Minister of Finance revealed an inflation rate in Sudan of 34 percent in the first half of 2017. He said that the current flour crisis in some Sudanese states can only be resolved by lifting the government’s subsidies entirely on wheat, and freeing the commodity. Speaking in the parliament on Monday, Finance Minister Dr […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has, in conjunction with the Nigerian Customs Service, ordered that the genetically modified (GM) maize consignment illegally imported into Nigeria be sent back. Dr Rufus Egbegba, the Director-General of NBMA, said this in a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. “In view of the information and facts […]
Mrs Folusho Olaniyan, the Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa, says over 40 exhibitors and 60 speakers are expected at its exhibition this year. Olaniyan said via a statement in Lagos on Monday that the annual exhibition, which involved crop production, crop processing and manufacturing concerns, would hold in Lagos from Nov. 21 to Nov. […]
No fewer than two staff of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan were hospitalised on Monday after some overzealous men of the Oyo State Police Command clashed with students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moore Plantation, Apata Ibadan. DAILY POST gathered that trouble started some minutes before 8 am on Monday […]
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, on Monday, said investment in the agriculture sector was the only alternative ticket that could take Nigeria out of its current recession, instead of dependence on oil. The governor made the assertion at Igbogene, a suburb in the outskirts of Yenagoa, during the 21st Farmers’ Day celebration under the auspices […]
Rice Farmers Association for the Daura Local Government chapter reveals that it has so far registered 500 farmers for the second phase of the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Agricultural Programme. This was made known by the chairman of the association, Alhaji Nura Baure, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura […]
Agriculture which in recent time has become a hub for economic activities, has been tipped by stakeholders to take over from petroleum as the major export commodity for Nigeria which will boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Furthermore, government over the years have embarked on series of programmes and interventions targeted at changing the […]
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday disclosed that about 250,000 hectares of arable land have been earmarked as agricultural zone for the use of farmers in the state. It stated that over 500 farmers have applied for the use of land to be allocated for free by the state government to boost agricultural produce in […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has committed N44.1 billion to the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) through the 13 participating financial institutions. Its spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, disclosed this during the CBN Special Day at the just concluded 2017 Lagos International Trade Fair. He said the CBN is moving into commodity associations where over 300,000 farmers […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has disclosed that his administration has disbursed about N1billion to five hundred small holders farmers and fourty commercial farmers in the state. Besides, he said 381 kilometers of rural roads will be rehabilitated in 2018 under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) in partnership with the World […]