African Veterinary Association, AVA, has charged African governments to support livestock farming and animal rearing to attract the youth and the educated, for socio-economic development. The group gave this charge during its 6th congress themed: “Towards Economic Diversification And Sustainable Development in Africa” hosted by Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) in Enugu recently. African Veterinary […]
Experts at a forum on smallholder farmers have advocated for a new economy driven by agriculture and urged farmers to consider agriculture as an enterprise. This call was made at a dialogue session targeted at youth farmers in the value chain of agriculture, recently organized by the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), Pan Atlantic University, Lagos, […]
Integrated systems research approach in agriculture is key to sustainable transformation in Africa with benefits including increase in yields and livelihoods improvement of resource-poor farmers, according to the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga. The systems approach places the farmer at the center and develops an understanding of the […]
The federal government has reiterates that it would continue to subsidy quality seeds for farmers as part of efforts to encourage food sufficiency. The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, gave the assurance at the 2016 Seed fair exhibition organised by the National Agricultural Seed Council in Abuja. Lokpobiri […]
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has assured the federal government that it output in one farming circle is enough to feed the country and more for the entire Sub Sahara Africa. Speaking during a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, the national president of the association, Aminu Goronyi, […]
Grow Bamboo For Profit, The agric sector is one of the sectors that can boast to be one of the major contributors to the economy of many nations of the world. There are loads of profitable business opportunities in the agric sector and one of them is starting a bamboo farm. So if you are […]
Sunflowers is a viable business to start, as a matter of fact it is quite easy to grow and one of the good things about going into this type of farming is that do not always have to worry about diseases as they aren’t susceptible to them like other crops. However, care must be taken […]
Starting a poultry feed mill is one business that an entrepreneur can start and make cool profits from especially if the business is located in an area that has appreciable numbers of poultry farms. It is fact that any business in the agric sector stands the chance of make very huge returns on investment especially […]
Pumpkin fruit is one unique fruit that has various uses. Whilst some people use it as a major ingredient in the preparation of food like pumpkin pie; others use it for decoration during the Halloween season. You can start a pumpkin farm and make some good money during the Halloween period too. You may also […]
The agriculture industry is an industry that has loads of business opportunities for investors and aspiring entrepreneurs. As a matter of fact, any serious minded entrepreneur who is willing to work very hard can easily make his or her first million dollars from farming. The bottom line is that there are markets for agric produce […]
The agriculture industry is indeed a very large industry and it is responsible for the employment of loads of skilled and unskilled labor through out the whole world. It is a fact that there are several money spinning business opportunities in the agric sector and any serious minded investor can leverage on them to make […]
Dangote Foundation says it has donated food items and relief materials worth N1.3 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees in the North-East within the past five months. Ms Zouera Youssoufou, Dangote Foundation Chief Executive, said in a statement that about 106 trailer loads of basic necessities were provided in its fresh humanitarian intervention […]
Banks must start lending to farmers From the President to paupers, every Nigerian now utters with conviction that a major road out of recession into future prosperity lies in the promotion of agriculture. Experts have repeated it so often that it has become shopworn. Unfortunately, like all roads paved with gold which often lead to […]
The Provost of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Dr. Samson Adeola Odedina, has urged government at all levels to make agriculture more attractive to the youths, so as to utilise the value added chain opportunities. Odedina, who stated this in Akure, during the celebration of icons and launching by the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters’ […]
Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe, has described governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, as revolutionary in his economic management strategy. According to Chief Ogbe, the CBN governor has etched his name in the annals of Nigeria’s economic management history as revolutionary with the rice revolution he started across the country. […]