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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, said on Monday that the ministry under his stewardship, will ensure that agricultural research institutes are strengthened. This, he said, would help promote improved seedlings that will galvanise food production in the country. Mr Nanono, said this while receiving briefs from the research agencies under the […]
Nigerian High Commissioner Ashimiyu A Olaniyi has called for further cementing agricultural, academia, research and development ties between his country and Pakistan to ensure food security. Talking to University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf during his visit to the varsity here, he said that Pakistan and Nigeria were enjoying good relations. The […]
The recent ban on foreign exchange (forex) for importation of milk announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja, has been generating mixed reactions from different quarters across the country. With a national yearly dairy output of 700,000 metric tonnes and the national annual dairy […]
Institute moves to address yam production challenges Stakeholders in agriculture, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) through its Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa research project (YIIFSWA II), on Saturday, harped on modern techniques to improve yam production in the country. READ MORE: Nigeria, Others Can Assess $120m Global […]
Olam Nigeria has called on farmers, corporate bodies and the government at all levels to make more investments in cocoa cultivation, processing and other value chain development. Cocoa, the company representative said, has what it takes to diversify the economy of the country. More than 14 states are cocoa-producing places. Improved varieties have also made […]
Steady Decline in Cocoa Production: Ayodeji Calls for Introduction of Commodity Exchanges, Says National Emergency Intervention Needed as AFEX Discusses Cocoa as the Future for Nigeria In the past week, AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited (AFEX) started up conversations about the potential of cocoa as the future for export markets in Nigeria juxtaposing the insights on […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to block food importers’ requests for foreign currency in a bid to boost local agriculture in Africa’s most populous country. It is a continuation of a policy that the president began after coming to office in 2015, when he banned the use of foreign exchange […]
Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that its 2019 FirstBank Agric Expo would hold on Friday, August 30, 2019 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The 2019 edition – the third in the series – is themed Agricultural Value Chain – Spotlighting Opportunities and Managing Risks […]
The Lagos State government has charged members of the Lagos State Catfish and Allied Farmers Association (LASCAFAN) to explore new frontiers for the overall development of subsector, as there are enormous untapped investment potentialities. READ MORE: 1,000 hectares of Farmlands in Jigawa Threatened by Typha Grass Invasion The Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahun Lawal, who […]
Project Manager TELA, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Sylvester Oikeh, has said biotechnologically produced crops have contributed to global food security, sustainability and climate change. Dr Oikeh disclosed that in Ibadan at the 32nd annual international conference of Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN).Oikeh lauded the country for being the first in Africa to approve indigenous […]
A report that Nigerian food products are being rejected in the international market is not cheery against the backdrop of the quest for the diversification of the economy and strong currency. The over dependence on oil has stunted economic development and is no longer sustainable. We need alternative non-oil sources of revenue to boost the […]
A car park opposite the infamous New York City housing estate where rapper Jay-Z grew up seems an unlikely place for an agricultural revolution. Ten shipping containers dominate a corner of the Brooklyn parking area, each full of climate control tech, growing herbs that are distributed to local stores on bicycles. This is urban farming […]
The Federal Ministry of Environment says 35 per cent of Nigeria’s landmass has been eroded by desertification with more areas still threatened. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mahmud Mohammed, spoke on Thursday at the 2019 commemoration of the World Desertification Day in Nangere, Yobe. According to Mahmud, the means of livelihood of 40 million Nigerians […]
The New Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Muhammad Sabo Nanono is a 73-year old Politician, Farmer, and Traditional Ruler. The former chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (Kano) has been a university lecturer, civil servant and banker and has been reportedly long tipped for a ministerial appointment. Born in Tafai-Zakiria district, Kano […]
The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) has said that at least 2,000 unemployed youths from various communities in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State have been trained and empowered in mushroom and ginger production and value chain. The empowerment programme, which is in collaboration with the member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency, Ossai Nicholas […]