Once again, the Lagos State government has restated its commitment to boost food security in the state just as it said that various agricultural initiative programmes aimed at making the state attain food sufficiency have been developed through profitable investments in the agriculture value-chain. Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oluwatoyin Suarau, who briefed the media as […]
No fewer than 2000 farmers in Awe Local Government Area of of Nasarawa State have received full compensation for ceding their lands for the construction of the Dangote Sugar Company in Tunga community. Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim-Shuaibu, the Emir of Tunga, confirmed the payment of the compensation while speaking with newsmen in Lafia on Wednesday. The […]
YOUTHS in the country have been told to key into the policy of agriculture of the Federal Government to take themselves out of poverty. The Head of Development Finance Office, Central Bank of Nigeria, Ibadan branch, Mr Sodiq Ajayi, gave the advice at the 2017 business seminar of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) […]
The Federal Government has embraced value-chain development (VCD) to stimulate growth, promote agric and combat rural poverty. One of the agencies promoting it is the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State. The institute is deploying VCD to empower rural people and increase food security. DANIEL ESSIET reports. For years, life has […]
With over 80 million hectares of arable land available for cultivation in Nigeria, the country is still struggling to be self-sufficient in food production. CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi caught up with Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture Audu Ogbe and they started by talking about some of the concerns that the latter has about the sector in […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has urged its men and officers to engage in farming as a viable alternative source of income. Its Comptroller-General, Mr Muhammad Babandede, made the call at a sensitisation and capacity building forum on agriculture for personnel of the service on Thursday in Abuja. “Section 28 of the 5th Schedule of […]
The Provost of the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, (FECA), Dr. Samson Adeola Odedina, has said many Nigerian youths lost interest in studying agriculture due to the absence of extra-curricula activities in many agricultural institutions. Odedina said ,many agricultural institutions fail to give attention to activities like football, volleyball and other games which instill the […]
Rice farmers in Benue State are hoping for a bumper harvest in no distance time following their ability to effectively tackle the resurgence of army worm infestation on their farms. Most of the farmers lost their yield last year to the ravaging crop pests. But, with the application of appropriate pesticides and engagement of best […]
The Oyo state government has appealed to residents of the state to make available their land for rent, lease or outright sale to would-be investors. State Commissioner of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Mr Oyewumi Oyewole premised this appeal on the difficulty faced by investors in accessing land owing to failure of some residents […]
The Nigerian government says it is investigating how yam said to be of low quality was exported from Nigeria to the United States of America, USA. This was part of the decisions taken at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, which held inside the Council Chamber of State House Presidential Villa, Abuja […]
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Agriculture to investigate alleged importation of maize while it has banned the importation of more than 41 items from getting foreign exchange. This decision, which was unanimously adopted by the lawmakers, followed a motion by Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation, Sen. Adamu Aliero and co-sponsored by Sen. […]
Maslaha Seeds Limited, a renowned indigenous seed company, is set to release SDM6 maize hybrid seeds that can yield up to nine tonnes per hectare come 2018. This was revealed by the company’s Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Marketing, Abubakar Sa’id Dansadau, who spoke on behalf of the company at the recently concluded AgrikExpo and […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has so far disbursed N43.92 billion to local farmers through the Anchor Borrowers Programme, an agricultural intervention programme of CBN. The acting Director of Corporate Communication of CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor, disclosed this at CBN Special Day at the 12th Abuja International Trade Fair in Abuja on […]
As the pressure continue mounting on the future of tobacco following the growing ant-smoking campaign at global level that has led to declining revenues to farmers, most of Malawi’s tobacco growers, as a survival mechanism, are now slowly abandoning growing of the crop in favor of other crops such as soya beans, sorghum, and groundnuts. […]
A Sustainable Development Goal SDG’s Fund joint programme tagged Food Africa has begun the process of revamping the nation’s food sector with training of farmers in Kaduna State as a pilot stage. Food Africa is being jointly implemented by the Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO), International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Trade Centre (ICT), Sahara Foundation […]