The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed that the 102 bags of rice seized by Customs operatives earlier this month is unsatisfactory for human consumption due to contamination by microorganisms even as they have clarified that they are not plasticized. The NAFDAC Acting Director-General, Mrs Yetude Oni made this confirmation […]
Poultry products worth over N147 million illegally imported for the yuletide season have been impounded and destroyed by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit, Zone C, in Benin, Edo State. The products which were destroyed on Thursday in Benin included 16,422 cartons of imported frozen products. The Officer-in-Charge of the Benin […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Raymos Guana Farms, Mr Raymos Guana, says the decision of the Federal Government to ban rice importation is too hasty. Guana, a former Commissioner for Lands in Delta, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Thursday. According to him, the quantity […]
Nigeria is set to introduce genetically modified crops into the country’s farming system starting 2017 with the commercial release of the home-grown genetically modified cowpea (beans), which Institute for Agricultural Research, ABU, Zaria worked on in the last 13 years. Also next year, the country is expecting the research on Bt. Corn and Cotton for […]
With success stories of good harvests this year, and import restrictions which resulted in competitive prices for farm produce, farmers are warming up to expand their production nationwide. Aisha Mohammad, the public-private partnership officer of FADAMA III, Additional Financing, in Niger State said they are encouraging farmers to produce more food for the country. “We […]
The Union of Tomato Paste Manufacturers in Nigeria has said the once vibrant tomato industry might stop existing in 2017 if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not amend its policy on forex to exclude triple concentrate tomato paste from the scope of the 41 items under the restricted list. The union, through its […]
Bauchi State government has launched the Anchor Borrower’s Scheme with 20,000 farmers that registered for the scheme. The scheme was initiated by the federal government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as an agricultural intervention to help farmers boost production Governor Mohammed Abubakar officially launched the scheme in Bauchi State at Gadar-Maiwa town. Speaking […]
Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Ajah Modern Market, Lagos State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 39,500 Paint Bucket 1,700 445 38,500 1,600 1000 100 Garri (White) 60Kg 7,500 Paint Bucket 700 233 7,500 700 0 0 Maize (White) 100Kg […]
Cotton, one of the nation’s most valuable export tree crops before the oil boom of the 70s, is gradually becoming history in Nigeria despite the potential to have a share in the estimated $3 trillion global textile industry. From the 1960s to late 1980s, about 176 textile companies were active in Nigeria when Kaduna, Kano […]
The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has budget a sum of N65million to be spent on local travels and transport for training purposes in 2017. Similarly, another N8.54 million was set aside for local travel for other purposes other than training. The agency which is charged with the overall development and regulations of the national […]
The Federal Government has kick started the Agricultural Policy through the launch of a N10 Billion Women in Agriculture Environment Impact Fund (WAEIF) in Abuja to achieve some key targets among which is using women to unlock food security potentials. While declaring the launching of the fund open, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the Minister […]
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s efforts to diversify the nation’s economy, have led to a significant boost and patronage of made-in-Nigeria products as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), an entrepreneur, Mr. Nnanna Ibemgbo has said. President Buhari has consistently maintained that a strong manufacturing sector and SMEs will create more jobs and wealth […]
In 2050, when the population of Africa is two and a half times larger than now, the continent will scarcely be able to grow enough food for its own population. Even if much higher yields are achieved on all current cropland, further expansion into uncultivated areas is likely and very risky due to biodiversity loss […]
The Lagos State government has again assured residents of the availability of LAKE Rice at designated outlets across the State. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Toyin Suarau, gave this assurance yesterday while reviewing sales reports of the product from retail outlets and centres. Suarau said the government was working assiduously to ensure availability of the product […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in partnership with Heritage Bank Limited has provided a N2 billion long-term facility, under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) to Triton Aqua Africa Limited (TAAL). The move was part of efforts to support the real sector and unlock food and wealth creating potentials in the nation’s agriculture sector. […]