As part of activities to launch the much mentioned Akure Commodity Exchange initiated, by the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, to help Ondo farmers midwife their sale internationally, the stage is set for the hosting of the 1st International Cocoa Industry and Investment Conference. In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information, […]
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has described as alarming persistent clashes between the Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the country. According to him, caution should be exercised in solving the problem in order not to escalate the crisis already created. The former military leader turned farmer said the crisis required all the […]
Tension is gradually building up in Ekiti State as the Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and Fulani herdsmen tango over implementation of the newly enacted anti-grazing law in the state. Since the anti-grazing bill was signed into law a couple of months ago, the stage seemed set for a long drawn out battle between the herdsmen and […]
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called for careful handling of the threat posed by some herdsmen across the country, especially in the Yoruba region of the country. The Ooni, who stated this at the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe yesterday, said this became necessary in […]
The Federal Government is making plans to recover over N12 billion owed the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) by farmers.This is part of efforts to revive and recapitalise the bank, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said. Ogbeh disclosed this while answering questions from journalists during a tour of the proposed […]
From November 9 to 11, 2016, HarvestPlus, would be bringing together heavyweights in the industrial sector, food processors and farmers for the second edition of the annual Nutritious Food Fair (NFF), taking place at TINAPA and the Calabar International Convention Center (CICC), Cross River State. The Country Manager of HarvestPlus Nigeria, Paul Ilona, who announced […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday, disclosed that bulldozers will be mobilised in a few days to the site for Agriculture City located at Kerkete Village in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to hasten the ongoing clearing and provision of physical infrastructure. Ogbeh, who disclosed this […]
In a bid to reduce foreign exchange spending on food importation through enhanced funding for agriculture, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved funding supporting to Coscharis Farms for establisment of a rice mill. Meanwhile the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said that the federal government may soon stop importation of rice […]
Commodity Price Between October 14, — October 20, 2016 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Bodija Market, Oyo State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 31,000 Congo 500 342 32,333 510 -1333 -10 Garri (White) 60Kg 20,000 Congo […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, Thursday inaugurated the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshalls (EGEM), the body saddled with the enforcement of the recently signed Prohibition of Cattle and other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti State Law. He gave them a mandate to rid the State of the menace of herdsmen, with a declaration that “he will […]
The Stanbic IBTC Business Leadership Series 2016, titled; “Gem in the Field”, took place on Thursday, 20th, October 2016, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists, NAAE, has advised that the nation may not actualize its paradigm shift to agriculture if the country’s agricultural budget was not beefed up. The National President of NAAE, Professor Peter Okuneye, gave the advice yesterday, while flagging off the 17th Annual National Conference of the Association at the Federal […]
The Federal Government has approved the registration and release of nine hybrid crops varieties developed by scientists for Nigerian farmers to boost agricultural production in the country. Dr Sunday Aladele, Registrar, National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. […]