The Katsina State government has announced its determination to revive cotton and rice production, as part of its diversification plans. Aminu Bello Masari According to Governor Aminu Bello Masari, the state would concentrate on the value-chain in cotton and rice production, insisting that what made cotton farmers abandon their farms for other businesses would be […]
Abia State government has acquired about 8,000 hectares of land to effect oil palm revolution in the state. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Uzor Azubuike, who announced this during the flag off of the two million oil palm seedlings planting, as part of the state oil palm revolution, held at Ahiaba Umueze in Osisioma Ngwa local […]
A social commentator, educationist and pioneer Rector of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) College, Jos, Malam Abdulkarim Abdullahi has disclosed that the country’s agricultural policies, have over the years, have caged, trapped and under-developed the sector. Abdullahi, said this in a chat with press in Gombe, and blamed the activities of the elites and their […]
A Public Private Partnership to mass produce fish for local consumption and export has taken off in Lagos State. The initiative which will fetch the federal government 30 percent returns on investment, investors 40 percent and project promoter 30 percent over the next ten years, is located at Igbo-Olomi Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. Mr. […]
AS the Federal Government explores various agribusinesses to diversify the economy, an apiculturist, David Musa, disclosed that honey production can create 10, 000 jobs in three years. This was stated by Musa while speaking at the recent launch of National Apiculture Platform, NAP, where he said the nation stands to rake in high foreign exchange […]
The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh was in Kebbi State on Friday to flag off the control of trans-boundary pest in 17 front line states. The front line states are: Adamawa, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Yobe, Kano, Kaduna, Kogi, Kebbi, Plateau, Bauchi, Sokoto, Enugu, Delta, Anambra, Rivers and Bayelsa States. Ogbeh said […]
Few weeks after the celebrated Katsina State Investment and Economic Summit, the Kasina State Government has started implementing some of the solutions reached, which placed emphasis on the development of agriculture as the main stay of the economy. Also, recently, the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari embarked on foreign trips to China and India, where […]
The Federal Government has said the country spends $6m on the importation of rice daily. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said this while addressing farmers at Ndeagu-Echara and Omege-Echara in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Friday. “The country is currently importing $6m worth of rice daily and the […]
As the nation seeks a way out of its economic recession, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwuis, Ojaja II, has called on the three tiers of government to focus on agricultural development and youth empowerment programmes as panaceas to quick recovery from the economic crunch. The monarch who made this remark while addressing […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has said that the Federal Government would save $8billion through new storage technologies developed by the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Illorin (NSPRI). This is contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Information in the ministry, Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams in Abuja on Thursday. The […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Wednesday in Abuja said Nigerian businessmen demanded 2.5 billion dollars (about N492 billion) a week for importation of goods and services into the country. Ogbeh made this known yesterday at a meeting with officials of VICAMPRO, an indigenous Agro Company investing in production of […]
Bitter Kola otherwise known as Garcinia Kola is a highly sought after product in the international market, in countries like China, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, and many other Asian countries. It is exported in different forms – wet, dried or powdered – depending on the specification of the buyer. Bitter kola is a medium sized forest […]
Pastor Segun Adewumi, the National President, Nigeria Cassava Growers Association says cassava can generate over N20 trillion for the country, annually if adequately utilised. Adewumi stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He said that, cassava which was one of the most reliable cash crops in […]
Beside low food production that hallmarked the continent’s agrarian economy, post-harvest losses have become the major challenge besetting the quest for food security. But the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has reiterated the importance of policy regulations to end the losses in the continent that spends $35 billion on food imports each […]
Good farm hygiene and animal health practices can greatly reduce the need to use antimicrobial medicines, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said in its new Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance. FAO pledged to help countries develop strategies for tackling the spread of antimicrobial resistance in their food supply chains, as governments prepare to debate […]