The Federal Government’s goal is to achieve 500,000 million metric tons (mt) of cocoa through the rehabilitation of old plantations, expansion programmes and best agricultural practices. Some development partners have joined the government‘s campaign to restore Nigeria to its past glorious position through empowerment programmes. When President Muhammadu Buhari urged cocoa stakeholders to step up […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, is crest-fallen. Amid fanfare, his ministry flagged off the exportation of yam to Europe and the United States (U.S) on June 29. The first consignment of 72 metric tonnes of yam left Nigeria through the Apapa Port to U.S. And with the shipment, Ogbeh was […]
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the institution’s intervention strategy in Benin for the period 2017-2021. The strategy supports the Government’s Program of Action (PAG 2016-2021) for the country’s economic and social development, anchored on two main pillars. The first pillar focuses on the development of agricultural value […]
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Agricultural Production and Services and Customs and Excise to investigate the Federal Ministry of Agriculture regarding exportation of yam tubers. The House alleged that the ministry disregarded the law prohibiting exportation of yam tubers. Others expected to be probed were Comptroller-General of Customs and the Executive […]
The Association of Small-Scale Agro Producers in Nigeria (ASSAPIN) and other stakeholders have lamented the low budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector by both the federal and states governments in Nigeria. This observation was made at a one day stakeholders meeting organised by ASSAPIN with support from OXFAM Nigeria to analyse the 2017 budget vis-à-vis […]
The Edo State Government has revealed plans to train returnees from Europe in agricultural skills to enable them to settle back in their home country. The state commissioner for Agriculture, Monday Osaigbovo said this while presenting his briefs to the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Osaigbovo said that the government has the capacity […]
The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba has assured Nigerians that the Agency will continue to work to ensure the safety of Nigerians with regards to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Dr. Rufus Ebegba, who said this while receiving the Mallam Aminu Kano Award of Excellence bestowed on him by the Northern […]
A horde of Nigeria’s first class traditional rulers yesterday thronged the 2017 Nigerian Agri-Food Investment Forum in Lagos to demonstrate their unflinching solidarity towards President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic diversification policy, which has placed top priority to agriculture. The forum organized by Youths Off The Street Initiative (YOTSI), a non-governmental organization (NGO), attracted potential investors mainly […]
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the alleged importation of seven ship-loads of Genetically Modified (GM) maize by Olam Group into the country. This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Kingsley Onwubuariri (Imo-PDP), at the plenary. Onwubuariri said the agricultural revolution of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was […]
The federal government has pledged to tackle food insecurity in the country through modern and holistic agricultural programmes and policies. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this at the ‘walk and sensitisation’ segment of the celebration of the 2017 World Food Day with the theme: ‘Change the future of migration: […]
Ogun State government has, in conjunction with the federal government and the World Bank distributed equipmentworth more than N150m to farmers in rural areas to boost their trade. The State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun made this known while distributing the equipment to farmers in Eri, an agrarian community in Ijebu North East of the state. […]
The Federal Government FG has expressed its readiness to partner with the Niger Delta region in line with the present administration’s resolve to diversify the economy from oil to agriculture and reduce youths’ restiveness. Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu , spoke when he received the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta […]
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has announced that it is partnering with the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM to set up a N2.5 billion export development fund. Managing Director of NDDC Mr Nsima Ekere, disclosed the plan Tuesday when a delegation from the NEXIM Bank paid him a courtesy visit at the Commission’s headquarters in […]
Farmers, especially those on large-scale, are keeping away from their farms owing to the activities of kidnappers, consequently posing threat to commercial farming in Nigeria, Daily Trust reports. There are many large scale farmers across the country with hundreds of hectares of land engaged in both crop and livestock farming. However, the increased incidence of […]
The Cross River Government on Monday launched the first phase of the nursery of one million cocoa seedlings in Akim/Osomba communities in Akamkpa Local Government Area. Gov. Ben Ayade, who was represented at the ceremony by his Special Adviser on Cocoa Development, Mr Oscar Ofuka, said that the project was part of his administration’s efforts […]