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After the successful launch of the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) in West Africa, Solidaridad is set to commence full implementation of the palm oil intervention programme. Solidaridad’s Senior Climate Specialist (Africa), Dr. Samson Ogallah, who disclosed this to The Guardian, noted that the programme was funded by the government […]
The Edo State Government has given out 125,000 chicks, feeds and vaccines, among other support facilities, to 158 poultry farmers, in the pilot phase of the state’s poultry production scheme. According to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security Programme, Prince Joe Okojie, the gesture was part of Governor Godwin […]
Provision of adequate health services and necessary welfare packages for the well being of farmers, has been identified as necessary impetus to increase production and profit margin in the agriculture sector. The Head of Cocoa Sustainability, OLAM Nigeria, Mrs. Jeniffer Abuah, who said this at the 2019 Olam Farmers Day, in Akure, Ondo State, to […]
Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its readiness to make everyone interested in farming. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this while reviewing plans of the sector at the Treasury Board Meeting, in preparation for the 2020 budget, held at the Oba’s complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said his administration will continue to look for […]
No fewer than 20,000 hectares of irrigable land would be cultivated by wheat farmers registered under the Anchor Borrower Programme in Kano State in this year’s dry season farming. The state chairman of the Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN), Alhaji Musa Shehu-Sheka, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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…as Olam’s model spurs massive rice production in states Perhaps what is at present boosting women and rural participation in rice production in some states is the Nigeria Rice Outgrower Value Chain Development Programme put in place to spur more interest in rice farming across the country. The United Nations/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), […]
Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) has lamented what it called lateness in accessing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) inputs intervention under the anchor borrower scheme. This, the association said, has been an annual occurrence, which it says has been affecting wheat farming over the years. WFAN National President, Alhaji Salim Muhammad, made this […]
Tomato farmers in Kano state have expressed fear that the production of the commodity, this year, might face serious challenges following the suspension of the distribution of hybrid tomato seedlings by Dangote farms. Alhaji Sani Danladi-Yadakwari, the state branch Chairman of National Tomato Growers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria, said this in an interview […]
Farmers under the aegis of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria have said they are targeting to produce over 300,000 metric tonnes of the crop in the coming season. This is coming as a result of the increased funding from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the apex bank. […]
Beans farmers in Katsina State are gearing up for a bumper harvest as the crop is blossoming and yielding fruits far better than that of the last two years. According to the farmers, the development cannot be unconnected with the late October rainfalls witnessed this year as the crop needed moisture and cold temperature to […]
The Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme (CASP), has raised 420,000 assorted tree seedlings for distribution in seven northern states for the development of plantations and woodlots with a view to mitigating the effect of climate change, This was contained in a statement by the National Coordinator of the programme, Muhammad Lawal Idah, after […]
Stakeholders in business, investors, financial experts, and government officials are currently in Osogbo, the capital of the state of Osun, attending a three-day economic and investment summit organized by the state government to open up investment opportunities that abound. The event which kicked off on Tuesday at the Aurora Conference Centre, Osogbo, with the theme, […]
The Government of Imo State has disowned an ultimatum issued by a group, under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, giving herdsmen in the state 24 hours to quit. According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chibuike Onyeukwu, the group lacks legitimacy to speak for the […]
The Federal Government has been urged to establish at least one mega rice meal in each of Nigeria’s 109 senatorial district to encourage the production of the staple. An agriculturist, Alhaji Abba Kale, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend, saying it would in no small […]