In this interview with WALE AKINSELURE, Oyo State commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Mr Oyewole Oyewumi, speaks on the Oyo State agricultural initiative (AgricOyo) launched about a year ago, and other plans of government to maximise the state’s potential in agriculture. It’s ten months since the Oyo State Agricultural Initiative, also called […]
Upon assumption of office, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, challenged the PPPRA to fast track the development of the National Biofuels Policy and incentive document to provide an enabling environment for the biofuels industry to thrive. Though the policy has been initiated since 2007, we have not been able to […]
Bauchi State government has promised to support dry season rice farmers across the 20 local government areas of the state to cultivate 4, 000 hectares. Governor Mohammed Abubakar made the promise when he launched the 2017 Fadama III additional financing for dry season rice farming at Konkiyel village in Darazo local government area. He said […]
The Zamfara State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has said that it has come up with a new farming programme for women as part of government’s commitments to empower women in the state. The Commissioner, Hajiya Balkisu Bungudu said this in Gusau on Saturday. Bungudu said that the programme was introduced particularly for women […]
The federal government is to reduce the cost of a bag of fertiliser by N6,000, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said. Ogbeh gave the assurance when he appeared on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said that Nigeria and Morocco have signed an agreement for Morocco to […]
The Federal Government has denied the reports by some United Nations (UN) agencies of imminent famine in Nigeria, saying there is no threat of starvation in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, made the denial when he featured at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. Three UN […]
Nigeria is to restructure Bank of Agriculture (BOA) to facilitate farmers’ access to loans and encourage youths’ participation in farming. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the move was to encourage farming and boost food production. According to Ogbeh, the bank’s […]
In spite of selling rice to five countries, Nigeria is aiming to be self-sufficient in rice production by 2018, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said. He noted that Nigeria was currently selling rice to Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Mali and Mauritania. He said that though the country was not yet […]
As part of its resolve to diversify economy using agriculture, Bank of Agriculture(BOA) and Osun state Government had agreed to partner with each other to enhance collaboration between them in the area of business and farming. The Bank has also commenced disbursement of funds for farmers in Osun and Oyo states under the Anchor Borrowers […]
Farmers in the State of Osun have been advised to desist from illegal harbouring of Fulani/Bororo cattle rearers in their community so as to guide against farmland destruction commonly caused by cattle grazing on cultivated farmlands in the State of Osun The Committee Chairman on peaceful coexistence between Fulani/Bororo and Farmers in the State of…” […]
The number of people facing severe hunger worldwide has surpassed 100 million and will grow if humanitarian aid is not paired with more support for farmers, a senior United Nations official has said. Director of the emergency division at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dominique Burgeon, said latest studies showed 102 million people […]
Poultry farmers in Ilorin have commended the Federal Government for banning importation of poultry products. The farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Sunday expressed their delight as demand for chicken and other poultry products increased following the ban. A poultry farmer, Samuel Ishola, whose farm is […]
From the National Assembly comes a promise of legislative antidote to the deadly and perennial attacks by herdsmen on farming communities in the country. President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, broke the cheering news in Gboko Benue State, while delivering his remarks at the coronation ceremony of the new Tor Tiv, His Majesty, […]
BUA Rice Milling Company, Kano, has in fulfillment of its commitment to boost rice farming, offered a non interest loan of improved rice seeds, pump machines and other tools worth N288,000 to each of the 2000 targeted rice farmers in Kano State. In an interview with newsmen shortly after the distribution of the farming tools […]
With huge infrastructural gap and inadequate finance, Nigeria is faced with the onerous task of stable economic development in pace with its growing population. In this report, OLUSHOLA BELLO writes that the move to launch Africa’s first-ever climate-related bond by Nigeria may open up another vast opportunity to develop major infrastructures It is widely recognized […]