Abimbola Akosile looks at the efforts of rice production giant, Olam Nigeria, to enhance food security and local sufficiency in agricultural production, in a bid to help the country realise the global Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty, among others Nigeria, which is in the West Africa region, is Africa’s most populous country and […]
The Honourable Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has said that, for Nigeria to survive as a nation, banks must support farmers through agriculture financing with single digit interest loans, warning of a possible catastrophic disaster in the near future if the nation fails to achieve food sufficiency and security. Audu Ogbe […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday says it will restructure the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), to support the diversification programme of the present administration. Represented by Mr. Godwin Obinna-Opara, an official of the ministry, Ogbe said the present administration had approved the restructuring aimed at strengthening the bank for optimal service delivery to farmers. According to […]
The National Chairman of Association of Indigenous Seafood Stakeholders Nigeria, Mr Lamina Rasheed have said the prices of frozen fish will continue to be high if the government refuse to sell dollars to fish importers at official rate to import frozen fish into the country. Rasheed lamented that the Nigerian fish importers access forex from […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in its recently released World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2017 (WESO) that the number of unemployed persons globally will hit over 201 million in 2017, with an additional rise of 2.7 million expected in 2018. According to the ILO report is because the pace of labour force growth […]
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted a 40ft container of frozen Tilapia fish imported from Turkey and valued at N22.1 million. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Muhammad Jibrin, said this on Monday when he led newsmen to APM Terminals, Apapa, where the container was intercepted. Jibrin said that the container […]
The Executive Director of Lake Chad Research Institutes (LCRI) Dr Oluwasina Olabanji, has suggested investment plan to boost seed production in the country, which according to him, would enable farmers have easier access to seeds for planting at affordable rates, and expedite Nigeria’s food sufficiency drive. Olabanji also said investment plan in seed production would […]
According to the Cadre Harmonise report in 16 northern states of Nigeria, it was gathered that about 7 million people will face severe food insecurity if adequate measures were not taken to addressing the security challenges and climatic situation in the states. This came as a result of the lingering attacks of Boko Haram in […]
The Federal Government says it will henceforth arrest, prosecute and fine illegal importers of frozen foods into the country through the land borders and seal cold rooms where it is sold. Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development, announced this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Lokpobiri said […]
President of Agriculturists for All Nations International Society, Deola-Tayo Lord Banjou, in this interview, shares how entrepreneurs can earn N10 billion from agric tour investments and his plans to organise a week-long West African tour for young people to explore opportunities in agricultural investment and practice. Your NGO is organising a week-long agriculture tour of […]
First Bank Nigeria limited, Nigeria’s leading financial services firm in furtherance of its support and value for the development of the Agricultural sector, hosted its first ever Agric Expo summit in Lagos. It brought together stakeholders in the Agric sector, who were eager to explore ways of collaborating to boost the value chain in the […]
The government of Japan will today formally sign a contract approving $462,183 to fund six community-based projects in Nigeria. The contract is under the Japanese Government grant assistance for grassroots human security projects. John Chukwuma Nwankwo, a Senior Assistant/Special Advisor on General Affairs, Information and Culture said the Ambassador of Japan in Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu […]
Agriculture has been a beneficiary of steps to counter effects of dollar shortage Young men, ageing widows and local chiefs — even civil servants — have taken to the fields to work in rice paddies that stretch for miles around Tarasa, a village in north-west Nigeria. Two years ago the land in one of the […]
Steps like using precision agriculture and cover crops not only can sequester carbon but also can benefit soils. There aren’t many topics that cause flushed faces and steam-churning ears akin to the cartoon character Yosemite Sam to occur like manmade climate change. Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show 97% or more of actively […]
Africa is set to experience a unprecedented boom in demand for animal foods over the coming decades that if not properly managed could lead to the spread of new diseases, damage the environment and affect people’s livelihoods, experts say. The United Nations forecasts demand for meat, milk and eggs in Africa will almost quadruple by […]