The Katsina State Government says it has invested N200 million in rice and cotton production under the Anchor Borrowers Programme in the state. Dr Abba Abdullahi, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Agriculture, disclosed this in Katsina on Tuesday, at the opening of a town hall meeting on the programme. The town hall […]
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Anambra State, Dr. Tony Nwoye, has promised to entrench an agricultural policy in the state that would help the people of Anambra State develop their agricultural interests to commercial levels using resources from local and international development institutions. Nwoye, according to a statement by his campaign organisation, […]
India and Nigeria have agreed to cooperate on space development with a view to boosting agriculture, as well as communication and improve standard of living of their citizenry. This was part of the agreement reached during a courtesy visit by the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Nagabhushana Reddy, to the Minister of Science and […]
The exporters of yam to the UK and US have disputed the reports, initially aired by the Africa Independent Television (AIT) purporting that the yams exported after the official flag-off ceremony on June 29, 2017 were rejected at their export destinations. The symbolic event, done at the Lilypond Container Terminal in Lagos by the Minister […]
The apex northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Tuesday inaugurated four standing committees namely, Research, Strategy and planning committee, Political, Education and Agricultural committees. The political committee has Professor Ango Abdullahi as Chairman, Arc. Gabriel Aduku Deputy Chairman and Hon. Ado Datti as Secretary, while the Education committee has Professor Iya Abubakar as Chairman, […]
Director General of National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba has said that regulators of modern biotechnology need to be necessarily trained so as to ensure that Nigeria benefits maximally from the technology. Dr Ebegba made the observation while opening a training session for staffers of the agency organised in conjunction with M and […]
This year’s edition of the National Agricultural Show, the 10th organised by the National Agriculture Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN), which ended on Friday October 20, 2017, unlike the last two editions, witnessed a more significant turnout and participation by stakeholders in the sector. These include policy makers, farmers’ associations, research institutes, technology developers, fertilizer companies, […]
LAPO Microfinance Bank, a subsidiary of the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), has disbursed N89.6 billion as loan from January to August 2017 via 447 branches in 29 states and the Federal Capital Territory, ABUJA, as part of effort to grow micro and small businesses in the country. Collectively, institutions in the LAPO system disbursed […]
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, says only 40 per cent of Nigeria’s arable land is under cultivation. Adamu, who said this in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, called for increased investments in agriculture, as the situation had elicited serious concern. He said one good thing that […]
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday in Akure signed Memoranda of Understanding with two firms on agricultural projects and appealed for speedy take off of the projects. Akeredolu signed the MoU for the construction of a powderised egg factory with Greenfield Poultry Ltd. The second MoU with Adventum Global Inc, USA, was for […]
Ongoing research by the Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) may have recorded a major milestone in its objective to find solutions to the challenge of weeds on cassava farms. Journalists were led on a trip to a demo plot of IITA-CWMP in Ijaiye, Akinyele Local Government Area […]
An agro-business firm, KADS Capital Group, has partnered with a South Africa-based company, PBS Trading Ltd, to revive ailing government-owned investments in agriculture. They also aim to create significant yields in the agro-business value chain in Africa. KADS Capital is currently in strategic negotiations with state governments and relevant ministries and agencies towards reviving moribund […]
Edo State Government has ordered the state Revenue Board to commence the collection of revenues in the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Oil and Gas, regretting that government was losing revenues in these sectors. The deputy governor of the state, Mr. Philip Shaibu, who gave the charge during a meeting with Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries and […]
Barely seven days to the commencement of the enforcement of the Open Grazing Prohibition Law in Benue State, Governor Samuel Ortom has said his people will stone him if he failed to implement the new law. Governor Ortom, who spoke at a meeting with the leadership of Maiyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, traditional rulers, local […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, injected the sum of $195million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market. Details of the new release showed that $100million was offered to authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment received the sum of $50 million. Those requiring […]