Dr Ajibayo Oyebade, the Coordinator of Ondo State Cocoa Revolution Project, has commended Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko (AAUA) for its 10,000 cocoa seedling nursery. Oyebade make the commendation on Wednesday when his team visited the AAUA cocoa nursery. He said that the visit was to inspect the cocoa nursery and to expand the […]
…moves to attract investors into tomato production The federal government has approved measures to force down the prices of food in the market. The minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the federal executive meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. LEADERSHIP recalls that the […]
Thirty six communities in Jigawa state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company for sugarcane plantation. The state government gave the farmlands to Messrs Lee Group- based in Kano for N2.1 billion. The state government has confirmed most of the issues at stake to Daily Trust. However it failed to address […]
The Federal Government has adopted measures to bring down prices of food items in the country, Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has said. The minister stated that “There is really no starvation in the land.” The minister disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Acting President Yemi […]
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State has commenced production of Cashew Juice, an official of the institution said on Wednesday. Prof. Mohammed Yakubu, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the institution told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) in Lapai that the university has a small plant run by its Department of Food Science and Technology. […]
No fewer than 17,000 farmers at least, have benefitted from the loans scheme of the Osun Quick Impact Intervention Programme (QUIIP) as part of the comprehensive program of the Rauf Aregbesola administration to boost agriculture. A set of 77 farmers’ cooperative groups benefited under the QUIIP I while another set of 419 farmers’ cooperative groups […]
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) is a N25 billion Fund established by the state government to power SME and improve the skills of entrepreneurs, with a view to helping Lagos residents create a thriving SME economy. Specifically, the Fund was established by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Law 2016 to serve as […]
The governor, state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola earlier today held an interactive session with osun farmers from across the state to find ways to improve on current agricultural practices in the state. Aregbesola was in company of his deputy, Otunba Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, the chief of staff the the governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola and […]
Reacting, on behalf of the Jigawa State Government, the Deputy Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia said the 12,000 hectares which was initially given to Mr. Lee Group was inherited from the previous administration. He said although they have promised to halt the project during the 2013 campaigns, they have to review their stance “having realized […]
The Federal Government and development partners yesterday, disclosed that young farmers training on seed production will commence 26th March 2017, under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase 1, ATASP-1, of essential staple food crops. This was disclosed by the National Technical Adviser, ATASP-1, Dr Oyesola Oyebanji, who chaired the technical committee meeting for preparation […]
Member states of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will gather next week to appoint the Fund’s new President. The appointment will take place during IFAD’s 40th Governing Council meeting held 14 and 15 February at the organization’s Rome headquarters. The President is IFAD’s most senior position with responsibility for leading the organization which […]
Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday pledged to ensure he ends the challenges facing farmers through the activities of herdsmen and smugglers. Amosun, who stated this at the conclusion of a youth convention with the theme: Ogun Youths: Exploring New Frontiers, lamented the loss of an investor to the neighbouring state due to […]
Scores of Poultry farmers in the FCT on Wednesday decried the increasing cost of inputs in the territory and called for government intervention to avert the likelihood of egg and poultry shortage. Some of the farmers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kuje and Gwagwalada, said except urgent steps were taken, […]
The Bishop of the Catholic Arch Diocese of Abuja, His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has said that the Catholic Church has nothing against or for the controversial Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria. The Bishop made the position known in Abuja on Tuesday at a one day workshop tagged: Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation of Genetically Modified […]
For years (particularly the past twenty months), armed hoodlums masquerading as “herdsmen” have been attacking farming communities in the North Central, South East, South-South and South West areas of the country. Thousands of people have been killed; some of their victims were either slaughtered like animals or strafed to death with assault firearms. Communities have […]