By Adeyemi Bamidele Ezekiel The President of African Development Bank, AFDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adeshina, on Tuesday, in Ibadan, reiterated the Bank’s pledge to increase agriculture lending by USD2.4billion over the next 10 years in Africa. This was made known to newsmen in his welcome speech at a conference in Ibadan, organized by the International Institute […]
A five-year, $13 million collaboration between Michigan State University and The MasterCard Foundation will help 15,000 young people access employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the fast-growing horticulture, aquaculture, poultry, cassava and oilseed sectors in Tanzania and Nigeria. The partnership, the AgriFood Youth Opportunity Lab, will focus on youth ages 18 to 24 in major food […]
The Buhari administration has set two targets for farming: to reduce the country’s food import bill — currently about $6bn a year, according to the United Nations — and to increase farm exports, reducing Nigeria’s dependence on oil as a source of foreign currency earnings.The Buhari administration has set two targets for farming: to reduce […]
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu says efforts to get the nation out of its present economic challenges is beginning to yield positive results, especially in the area of agriculture. The presidential aide said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. According to him, an increase in the volume of rice production and processing across […]
The Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project has engaged members of the Nigerian Media, on the platform of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to promote effective agricultural policies. Speaking in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP on the sideline of the Guiding Sustainable Intensification in Sub Saharan Africa(GISAIA) workshop in Abuja recently, Principal Investigator […]
The chairman, Senate committee on Air Force, Senator Duro Faseyi, has stressed the need for government at all levels to create a conducive atmosphere for the youths in order to encourage them to participate actively in food production. He said it was unfortunate that Nigeria spends more on importation of food stuff than production, urging […]
The Federal Government is to take new biometric database of 16 million farmers to enable them benefit from intervention packages during the 2017 cropping season. The Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture, Prof. Danbala Danju, said this on Sunday while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Trans- Sahara Consortium, Nigeria. […]
The coordinator of the Fadama National Project, Taiwo Adewumi, has lauded women and Youth groups in Kaduna State over their involvement in tomato farming. He disclosed this after touring some communities benefiting from fadama project and Ikara food processing company in the state and urged Imams and traditional leaders to always encourage youth and women […]
An expert in food and crops production, Jude Ohanele, has appealed to government at all levels to provide more farm inputs and implements for enhanced food production for farmers in Imo State. Ohanele, who disclosed this in Owerri, emphasised the importance of consuming Vitamin ‘A’ cassava, stressing that its production in large quantity would help […]
Scientists from different parts of the world would converge at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan to discuss genetic improvement of yam in Africa. A statement by IITA Communication Specialist, Mrs Adaobi Umeokoro said the programme had been scheduled to hold between March 20 and March 24. Umeokoro said that progress on research […]
Secretary, Sokoto State Chapter of the Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria ( AAEUN), Mr Shehu Manu has lamented what he noted as selective implementation of hazard allowance both in the federal, state and local government levels. Speaking to Daily Trust on Sunday he said some departments of agriculture are given hazard allowances while […]
Against the background of falling oil prices, Kehinde argues for the potential for agriculture to change Nigeria’s fortunes, providing income and employment for a fast growing population that, by 2050, is likely to be larger than that of the United States. Kehinde discusses Nigeria’s National Agriculture Investment Plan, which was consolidated at a meeting in […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has pledged the federal government’s support of local food producers to meet the growing challenge of feeding the nation. Ogbeh gave the assurance in Lagos after his familiarisation visit to the production facilities of Sympli, pioneers of Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) fruits and vegetables in […]
The Federal Government is to restructure the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) to support its diversification programme. The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, gave the hint at the launch of Capacity building and institutional strengthening of Bank of Agriculture in Kaduna. Ogbeh, represented by Mr. Godwin Obinna-Opara, said the restructuring was aimed at strengthening the […]
Founder of Agrihub Ronke Aderinoye is an ex-banker and agro-entrepreneur. Her expertise is in agriculture and rural services. She works with farmers in Ogun State. She has seen the image of poor, ragged and weather-beaten farmers which puts off many young people. She is determined to change the picture of the business to encourage young […]