No fewer than 19 academics from different universities in Nigeria have begun research attachments in several fields of study sponsored by Shell, a multi-national oil company. Bamidele Odugbesan, Shell spokesperson, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Port Harcourt. Mr. Odugbesan said that the programme […]
Towards the upliftment of farmers’ livelihood, companies using agricultural produce as raw materials have been urged to source for their raw materials locally, to boost the country’s economy. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who stated this during his visit to Nestle’s state of the art Flowergate Factory in Sagamu, Ogun State, […]
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food supplies, warned the UN food agency Thursday. “It is probably only a matter of time before most of the region will be affected,” said David Phiri, sub-regional coordinator for Southern Africa of the UN’s Food […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has concluded moves to fund commercial banks with additional foreign exchange to carter for school fees, medicals and personal traveling allowance (PTA) and Business Travel Allowance (BTA) at a special rate of N375 to a dollar. Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Isaac Okoroafor, who dropped this hint when he was […]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, says Nigeria has achieved the status of second largest producer of rice in the world. Malam Garba said this in Abuja at the weekend at a special interactive session with the youths organized by Citizens Support for Good Governance in Nigeria […]
In an effort to increase food production, the Kebbi State Government has procured 300,000 tons of fertilizer for farmers under its short and long term plans . The State Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammad Garba disclosed this to newsmen during a ministerial briefing organised by the state chapter of NUJ in Birnin Kebbi. According to […]
The World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) and African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) have entered into an agreement to carry out a risk-sharing facility to subsidize premium for over 80million farmers in Africa. The World Bank GIIF is a multi-donor trust fund that has facilitated approximately 1.5 million contracts that cover over 6 […]
The State Employment and Expenditure For Results Project (SEEFOR), an intervention project of the World Bank and the European Union (EU), says it will train 250 Delta youths in hybrid tomato farming. The Coordinator of SEEFOR in Delta, Mr Benson Ojoko, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday […]
Mr Godswealth Henry, the Managing Director, JEKON Integrated Farms Nig. Ltd., says Nigerian palm oil is the cheapest in international market because Nigeria exports low quality palm oil. Henry told the News Agency in Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday that the palm oil produced in Nigeria was not readily accepted in the international market […]
As the latest inflation rate is pegged at 18.72 per cent from 18.55 per cent by figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), showing a 0.17 per cent rise in the consumer price index (CPI), Nigerians, in no small measure, are feeling the bite, as the prices of foodstuff maintain an upward trend. […]
Some farmers in Zaria on Friday appealed to government for early supply of fertilisers for this year’s farming season to facilitate bumper harvest. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria. Malam Musa Dogara, a seasoned farmer, said the call became necessary in view of the fact […]
The Federal Governments has been advised to follow the Indian example of mechanized agriculture if the country must be self sufficient in food production. The Acting Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria-ARCN, Professor Ambrose Voh, stated this in Kaduna, while declaring open a three-day workshop on Integrated Safe Fertility Management-ISFM for Livelihood Impact organized […]
INTRODUCTION: Egusi Melon Farming, also called “wild watermelon,” is grown throughout Nigeria and Congo for its seeds, which are high in protein and carbohydrates. In Nigeria, it often grows wild, but it is also farmed as an increasingly important cash crop. Melon (egusi) has been an important crop in our economy because it is used […]
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has expressed the determination of his administration to promote commercial farming in the state through various agricultural initiatives. Ahmed made this known in Ilorin while declaring open “Go-Veg Initiative”, a programme organised by Kwara Agro Mall for vegetable farmers in the state. The governor was represented by the state’s […]
The Bank of Industry (BoI) and Bayelsa State government have unveiled a N2 billion Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) matching development fund to support entrepreneurs in Bayelsa as part of efforts to encourage value-addition to the nation’s natural resource endowments. Indeed, the development finance institution (DFI) highlighted the need to drive MSMEs especially in […]