Nigeria will be saving about N300 billion it spends annually on importation of rice as local production of the commodity has now reached 15 million metric tonnes, the federal ministry of Agriculture disclosed yesterday. The director of Agriculture at the Kano office of the ministry, Muhammad Adamu, who gave the hint, while inaugurating the Rice […]
Local rice production in Nigeria has now reached 15 million metric tonnes annually, the government has claimed. It said the development means the country will now be saving about N300 billion it used to spend annually on importation of the commodity. The Director of Agriculture at the Kano office of the Federal Ministry of Agricultural, […]
Dr Mohammed Abdullahi, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Edo North Senatorial District, on Monday said that youths in the area would cultivate 500 hectares of cassava next year. Abdullahi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Auchi, the headquarters of Etsako-West Local Government Area of the state. He […]
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has said that one of his missions in the state was to ensure rice, goats and other agriculture produce from indigenous farmers reach New York City and Japan. To accomplish this dream, Governor Bagudu said his administration welcomed international observers and research organisations to make critical assessments of […]
The Ministry of agriculture irrigation and livestock in Afghanistan has engaged Messer Cellulant Nigeria, an indigenous mobile commerce company to begin the process of establishing a market-based input distribution technology to boost the country’s agricultural sector. The Agrikore/ e-wallet technology developed by the Nigerian company gives small holder farmers access to agricultural inputs of improved […]
The Ogun state government has unveiled its plan for corps members willing to use their service year to farm and venture into other areas of agriculture development. The Governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, made this known during the passing out programme of another set of corps members who have just concluded their three […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has asked the private sector in the country to woo more investors in agriculture to recapitalize the industry for the country’s economy to grow. Mutharika made the remarks on Wednesday during the official opening of the l4th National Agriculture Fair in Blantyre which will run from l6 to l9 August 2017. […]
Nigerian farmers covered by the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) get new packages in the area of parametric insurance otherwise known as Area Yield Index (AYI). NAIC Executive Director of Operations, Bashir H Binji, recently told journalists in Abuja after the inauguration of a technical steering committee for implementation of bilateral agreements signed between Nigeria […]
The Federal Government says it will stop issuing fish importation quota to importers, saying the venture was no longer sustainable. Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, said this during a meeting with the Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction (IDIPR) in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said that stopping the […]
The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, FCT, Mr Abdulahi Galadima on Tuesday distributed fertilisers to farmers in the ten electoral wards at subsidised rate to boost agricultural activities in the area. Galadima said that the gesture was aimed at encouraging farming and to position farming as a business for the development of the agricultural sector […]
Nigeria and Morocco have set up a steering committee to develop a sustainable crop insurance scheme for the country. The Committee, comprising representatives of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), Bank of Agriculture, the Moroccan Agricultural Insurance Company (MAMDA) and MAMDA RE. In developing the insurance scheme, the committee is expected to use parametric products […]
The Agricultural Bank of Namibia will finance the purchase of female breeding stock as a way of boosting production in the northern communal areas of the country. This was contained in the year-long agreement Agribank signed with the Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) two weeks ago. In terms of the agreement, Agri- bank will purchase the […]
The worst rainfall in the Cederberg Mountains in more than half a century has forced organisers of the popular Clanwilliam Wild Flower Show to cancel the annual event. The show was scheduled to take place between August 25 and September 2 in the historic Olifants River Valley town, but the worst rainfall in 64 years […]
President Peter Mutharika has again put his foot down on stopping local farmers exporting maize, maintaining a two-year ban, saying the ban would be lifted only when all Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) in the country are filled up. Mutharika said this on Wednesday when presided over the official opening of this year’s 14th National Agriculture […]
Nigeria’s current indirect tax system is targeted at those engaged in luxurious lifestyles and capacity to pay the relevant taxes attracted by their expenditures. Making the assertion Tuesday on ARISE Television, a THISDAY Newspaper sister broadcast network, a former Chairman of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, Chief Oseno Elemah, said since some Nigerians […]