AgroBusiness Times

[ad_1]  Dr Agnes Kalibata, President of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has said that while efforts were being made to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, there is need to make efforts to ensure people have food, else, food crisis would become imminent.  Kalibata, in a statement stressed the need to consider […]

[ad_1]  Givefood.ng, a coalition of partners that have come together to provide food and nourishment to Nigeria’s vulnerable in communities has been launched.  Kola Masha, Chief Executive Officer of Babban Gona who is the Coalition founder said with millions of Nigerian’s struggling to get access to food in states currently under lockdown orders and the […]

[ad_1]  Government has been called upon to provide some levels of intervention such as inputs subsidy and also ease movement of farmers to their farm so that they can meet the target for this year.  Dr. Bello Abubakar, National President of the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) made the call in an interview, stating that […]

[ad_1] The Plateau Chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has donated 150 crates of raw eggs to Plateau government for distribution to citizens as palliative sequel to the lockdown order by the authorities. Presenting the item on Saturday in Jos, Sunday Rogo, Vice chairman of the association in the state, said the gesture […]

[ad_1] The Nigerian government on Friday said it had begun the process of ensuring agricultural products have easy access across the states. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, inaugurated the joint technical task team on emergency response to COVID-19 to ease the movement of agricultural inputs across Nigeria. In a statement sent […]

[ad_1] The 1800 bags of rice donated by the Federal Government to Oyo State as COVID-19 palliatives are unfit for consumption. According to reports, the three trailer loads of rice were found, on close inspection, to have been infected by weevils. The government of Oyo has indicated it will return the rice to the sender. […]

[ad_1] AN electronics product distributor at Onitsha, Anambra State,  Lemmy Ifeanyi Isibor, 41, abducted February 14, at Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, by armed herdsmen,  has revealed that the abductors mounted and hung around trees in the forest where they commandeered them,  to keep eyes on the  hideout, hostages and “intruders” especially […]

[ad_1] The Kwara State Fish Farmers Association (KWAFFA) has raised concern over the rise in the cost of fish feed amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The fish farmers, who seek government intervention, said they have observed increases in the prices of feed due to scarce forex and other factors. This was contained in a statement sent […]

[ad_1] Four days after receiving 1,800 bags of rice from the Federal Government, the Oyo state government, on Friday, resolved to return all the bags of rice having deemed the grains of rice to be infested and unhealthy for consumption. Executive Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Agribusiness, Dr Debo Akande, who made this announcement […]

[ad_1] APPREHENSION, yesterday, enveloped Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, following the killing of a poultry farm manager and the watchman in the community by suspected herdsmen. At another farm in Anambra State, some people suspected to be herdsmen kidnapped a 20-year-old woman. In Delta State, it was gathered that the suspected herdsmen […]