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[ad_1] The Federal Government has sued about 70,000 Kebbi state farmers to court for failure to repay N17billion loan they had collected under the Anchor Borrower Programme. In November, 2015, President Muhammed Buhari, launched the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower Programme in Kebbi state, in which the sum of N17 billion was approved […]
[ad_1] A better way of realising the real danger posed by insecurity (Boko Haram, bandits, herdsmen, others) in Nigeria is through figures. If you had lived in denial or underestimated the scale of the crisis, the perception changes henceforth. As you are reading this, Boko Haram may be on its next mission while bandits and […]
[ad_1] Although the impact of the closure is still being felt in the society, leading to increase in prices of consumables, including rice, of which the country has not attained competitive local production, the alleged influx of goods smuggled into the country is compounding the problem. For now, going by investigations and survey of border […]
[ad_1] Fifty-four thousand broilers have been off-taken by a private company in Ogun State, as part of benefits derived from the state’s agricultural industrialisation programmes. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, said this at the official commissioning of the Ogun Broiler Project, at the Odeda Farm Institute. Represented by Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, […]
[ad_1] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released its 2020 seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP). The prediction was publicly presented on January 21, 2020, early enough to enable farmers, medics, transporters, the government and other relevant stakeholders plan. The prediction and the 2019 climate review had the title, “The Role of Climate Information for Decision Making […]
[ad_1] Non-commercialisation of research findings by various agricultural institutes has been identified as one of the challenges that may give rise to hunger in Nigeria. The acting executive secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Garuba Sharubutu, stated this in Abuja while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a private investor to […]
[ad_1] As part of efforts to boost economic growth and modernise agriculture, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a $60million five-year West Africa Trade and Investment hub in Nigeria. According the agency, the hub will create 40,000 new jobs. It will also unlock potentials and improve the ease of doing business […]
[ad_1] There is hope that the rubber subsector in Nigeria would soon be revitalised following the readiness of critical stakeholders to plant in 15,000 hectares of farmland in Cross River State. The planting project, planned by the National Rubber Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPPMAN), will last for 10 years. It will include […]
[ad_1] The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has called for full implementation of policies that would drive agriculture as the country’s leading revenue earner. It also tasked the Federal Government to evolve realistic mechanism aimed at encouraging massive investment in the sector. Chief Oke Okoroafor, the chief executive officer of Mangro Farms Ltd, a […]
[ad_1] Leading experts and thought leaders in the agricultural and financial sectors have been billed to discuss how to unlock productivity and investment opportunities at the maiden edition of Ecobank Agribusiness Summit. The Head of Agribusiness at Ecobank Nigeria, Mrs. Mojisola Oguntoyinbo, disclosed this in Lagos, saying the summit is part of the bank’s continuous […]
[ad_1] Herdsmen attacking farmers in Kaduna state, Katsina state, and Zamfara state were reportedly supplied weapons from Côte d’Ivoire, Libya and Turkey. An independent investigative organisation, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) reported this in its newly published case study assessing the weapons used in herdsmen-farmers clashes in Nigeria. CAR report revealed that no lesser than 7,000 […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have backed the Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono on his view that Nigeria can begin to export rice by year 2022. They argued that with what happened during the last yuletide that it was evident that there was no one that complained of scarcity of Nigerian rice, unanimously […]
[ad_1] Dr. Tony Bello, an expert in agribusiness has called on government at all levels to as a matter of urgency intensify awareness about sustainable agribusiness development, build agribusiness skills and technological capabilities among firms and her citizen to enhance the nation’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) positively. Bello stated this while speaking at the […]
[ad_1] The immediate National President of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, has said that poultry production is a low hanging fruit with remarkable short and long term benefits. For the sake of clarity, “Low-hanging fruit refers to the tasks, actions or goals that may be most easily achieved. The expression low-hanging fruit […]
[ad_1] Prince Gbolahan Lawal, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, has called on government at all levels to emulate the FADAMA Model since its policies have been very efficient and productive in improving the agricultural sector in the country. Lawal state’s this when he received members of the Implementation Completion Review Mission Team of FADAMA in […]