The oldest cocoa producing community in Nigeria, Eti-Oni in Atakunmosa East local government area of Osun State has designed developmental goals to modernise the ancient community, better the lives of the cocoa farmers and curtail the mass rural to urban migration. Speaking at the post Cocoa Festival conference held at the Oloni’s Palace Gureje Square […]
Have you ever thought of starting your own tomato farming business in Nigeria?You may think that only the northern part of Nigeria grows tomatoes, but I can tell you that anybody, in anywhere can grow tomato provided you are well informed, well planned and have done all the necessary things. Just like the popular garri, […]
Commodity Price Between January 13, — January 19, 2017 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Aba Main Market, Abia State. Garri (White) 100Kg 21,000 Paint Bucket 680 234 21,000 680 0 0 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 48,000 Paint Bucket […]
Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday inaugurated a nine-man committee headed by Chief Osaro Idah, to kick-start his administration’s agricultural empowerment programme. This came as he started strategising with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to boost the economy of the state, assuring of his administration’s continued economic revolution to guarantee youth empowerment. The […]
An Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, sentenced a 96-year-old man, Bayode Ojo, and his son, Ade, to two months imprisonment over alleged malicious damage of crops valued at N500,000. According to the prosecution, the convicts and others at large committed the offence at Awule village in Akure Magisterial District on December 27, 2014. The charge […]
The Federal Government has constituted a 21-man steering committee to restructure and recapitalize the Bank of Agriculture (BoA). Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, inaugurating the committee in Abuja on Monday, urged it to work within time to achieve its purpose. He said the restructuring was aimed at revitalizing the bank’s operations to make it more responsive […]
A specialist in bees, Mr. Johnson Oluwaseun, says the establishment of apiaries or bee farms would lead to bumper harvests in Nigeria. Oluwaseun, a consultant with USAID Market 2 in beekeeping training, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Owerri. According to the entomologist, establishing more apiaries would increase the number of […]
An industrialist, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, has enjoined the Federal Government to initiate a cocoa production policy that would enable Nigeria to regain its lost leadership in cocoa production globally. He made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. Ezeemo also urged the government to position farmers […]
The Managing Director, Jekon Integrated Farms Nig. Ltd., Uyo, Mr. Godswealth Henry, on Tuesday urged the Federal and State Governments to establish oil palm industrial parks in the country. Henry told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Lagos that the parks would provide a sustainable solution to the scarcity and high […]
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has provided land in Agatu Local Government Area of the state for use as cattle routes. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of a two-day meeting between Ortom, the Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, Chief of Agatu, Godwin Onah, and Fulani Agatu, Ardo Boderi Tuja in […]
The member Representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal constituency, Hon Linus Okorie as part of his determined effort to ride the constituency of social vices and empower the teeming youths of the constituency, yesterday commenced the training of 50 youths on fish production. The youths are being trained by the Federal School of Fisheries and Marine Technology Lagos. […]
Food Security & Family Empowerment (Farming Support) Initiative Be part of the Food Security and Family Empowerment (Farming Support) Initiative on Cassava, Rice, Maize, Plantain etc. farming. Join us for the first in the series of our Urban-Dweller farmer Training with the VCDP group’s Rice Cluster Farming Support/Intervention programme, which holds on Saturday, the 21 […]
Farmers in Adamawa State have called on the federal government to ensure the sustainability of the Anchor Borrowers scheme saying it is a sure path towards attaining food sufficiency in Nigeria, RUTH TENE NATSA write In line with the federal government’s push to diversify the economy and make agriculture a major revenue earner for the […]
When the former administration of president Goodluck Jonathan began the movement for the production of bio-fuel as an alternative source of energy, many farmers were clustered and encouraged into the production and farming of jatropha, a plant which seeds are used in the production of glycerol. Glycerol is a major component for bio-fuel, especially diesel […]