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The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted 30,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from Benin Republic. The unit also intercepted two Lexus bullet proof jeeps, four Toyota Hilux vehicles and Indian Hemp, Tramadol and Codeine syrup along the Ogun State axis. Speaking to LEADERSHIP […]
Managing director/chief executive, Heritage Bank Limited, Mr. Ifie Sekibo has called for innovation in the agricultural sector in order to maximise the sector’s contributions to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sekibo made this call while speaking to a group of investors stressing that innovation is necessary to tackle the challenges to productivity in the […]
Perhaps in response to criticism, that its Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) had been a failure, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released an evaluation and impact assessment report of the scheme. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele had during the CFA Nigeria Investment Conference held last week hit out at critics of the programme. “We have empowered 800,000 people in our rural communities. […]
• Says Customs negligent on rice smuggling The Country Representative and Regional Coordinator of Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice), Ibadan, Dr Francis Nwilene, has exclusively disclosed to The Guardian that Nigeria’s demand for rice per annum hovers around 7.8 million metric tonnes. The country, Nwilene said, produces about 5.8 million metric tonnes, making it about 75% […]
No fewer than 21 small-scale farmers in Enugu State have been trained on agribusiness sustenance by the Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Executive Manager of the company, Mr Vincent Nnadi, disclosed this during the graduation of the farmers in Enugu at the weekend. Nnadi said […]
There are elephants in Nigeria, even though most people living in the country may not have seen them. People, both young and old, dream of seeing an elephant in their lifetimes but the dream may never come true, why? Elephants in Nigeria are now vulnerable to extinction due to ivory poaching and habitat loss. Recently […]
The Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation and Equipment Leasing Company and Mechanization Service Provider (MSPs) to boost access of farmers to mechanisation services across the country. The partnership would deploy 10,000 tractors in four phases to members of the Tractor Owners and Operators of Nigeria (TOOAN) and […]
Fall Armyworms • The pest destroys over 80 crops, says FAO There is optimism that voracious Fall Army Worms (FAW) ravaging maize and other essential crops across Africa would be overcome soon as the U.S. Agency for International Development, Land O’Lakes International Development and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announced six winners of […]
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A cassava producer in Bida, Niger, Miss Anastasia Musa on Sunday said that she use neem powder as an antidote against termites attack in the cultivation of the vitamin “A’’ cassava stem (cuttings). Musa, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bida, is a producer under the International Fund for Agricultural Development […]
File Photo The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said farm mechanization is capable of feeding the nation’s growing population. Ogbeh disclosed this at the signing of Memorandum of Agreement between the Nigerian Agricultural Mechanization and Equipment Liaising Company (NAMEL) and Mechanization Service Provider (MSPS) during the weekend in Abuja. He […]
FEPSAN President Thomas Etuh By Emmanuel Afonne The Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has applauded the Federal Government’s total ban on the importation of all blends of Nitrogen Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilisers. In a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, FEPSAN President, Mr Thomas […]
ADVERTISEMENT The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS has warned dealers in beans to desist from using “Sniper” to store the produce as the chemical is too toxic for human consumption. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Head of Media Unit of NAQS, Dr Chigozie Nwodo, said it was very alarming that a […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said the Federal Government’s mechanisation programme is on course as a good innovation that will inject about 10,000 tractors into the sector. Ogbeh noted that developing agriculture especially at the rural areas, cannot be effective without deploying the services of tractors and other […]
Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of maize into the country to encourage local production. Alhaji Bello Abubakar, the National President of the association, made the call while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Abubakar was reacting to a recent publication by the National Biosafety Management […]