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The National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Agency (NAFDAC) has called for full branding of rice products to save consumers from harm. Dr Christiana Esenwa, the Coordinator of NAFDAC in Anambra, made the appeal when she led a team of the agency to the state Ministry of Agriculture in Awka on Monday. She raised […]
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) yesterday said it produced 15 million metric tonnes of rice this year. RIFAN deputy national vice president, Segun Atho, said that the association’s rice production in 2017 was in excess of Nigeria’s population rice requirement of seven million metric tonnes annually. The RIFAN executive spoke at the Celebrating […]
Mama Maria, as she is popularly known, engages in processing cassava into ‘Garri’ at Gwazunu, a community near Suleja in Niger State. In this interview with Daily Trust, she discusses why women should not be idle but start a business however little the capital. Excerpts: How long have you been into cassava processing and with […]
NGO Bill, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, the wife of Senate President, wants the NGO Regulatory Commission Bill, currently under consideration at the House of Representatives, to be revised because it is inadequate. Mrs Saraki’s position came just as a former National Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Mr Kayode Ajulo, expressed his support for the bill. “First, […]
In a 30-minute presentation to more than 300 researchers including members of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Kenton Dashiell acknowledged the efficient mechanism of the IITA-managed Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) in the core areas of partnership creation, research, and dissemination of innovations to farmers. Dr Dashiell’s […]
It is my pleasure and privilege to express the warm felicitations of the Government and people of Nigeria to you all on this occasion of the Tenth Conference of Ministers and the Tenth Anniversary of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC). Please accept also, our congratulations on the occasion of […]
An Agriculturist, Mr Stanley Chukwu, on Saturday urged Nigerian youths to engage in agriculture to restore the country’s economic fortunes. Chukwu, who is with Manrole Global, an Agricultural Advocacy Organisation, made the appeal at the Human Rights Day Celebration organised by Justice, Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos. The News Agency […]
SENATOR EMMANUEL ONWE IS AN EPITOME, EMBODIMENT AND IDEAL DEFINITION OF OPERATION FEED THE NATION & THE NEW FACE OF REVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE IN EBONYI STATE Preamble As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality exist in our world, none of us can truly rest. There are people in the world so hungry that God […]
Atiku Abubakar has unveiled Chicken Cottage a fast-food restaurant. The former vice president tweeted about his first Chicken Cottage outlet on Saturday evening, saying he was excited and promised to patronise local farmers to boost local agriculture earnings. “Today, I am excited to open the first of many Chicken Cottages,” Mr. Abubakar said. “Through these, […]
Access Bank Plc disclosed at the weekend that it has so far secured at least $250 million from multilateral agencies for financing as low interest funds to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sub-sector of the Nigerian economy. The bank therefore expressed its readiness to provide funding support as well as qualitative capacity development […]
In line with boosting agriculture, Bauchi State is expected to provide 8,000 metric tons of wheat for Nigerian milling companies to meet the needs of confectioneries in the country. The Managing Director of Agro Services,Akubo Adegbe, disclosed the plan to increase wheat production in the State at the launch of this year’s wheat farming season. […]
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) Friday said it has recovered N375,906,289.72 out of the over N1.4 billion loan facilities extended to customers in Kogi State, since the bank’s inception. Managing Director and Chief Executive of Bank of Agriculture, Mallam Kabir Muhammed Adamu disclosed this during the inauguration of the BOA branch Friday in Okene. Describing […]
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, is set to become the first country on the continent to issue a security that raises funds for environmental projects when it launches its green bond on December 18. The government plans to sell 10.7 billion naira ($30m) and the offer is billed to close on December 20, said Lanre […]
No fewer than 6,520 farmers from five north-central states and Abuja have been selected to participate in this year’s dry season farming under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. Mrs Rabi Emaikwu, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Kogi, disclosed this on Friday in Lokoja at the meeting of the Core Delivery Team (CDT) of […]
Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, says several advantages will accrue to Nigeria as the new president of Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC).The minister said this on Friday in Abuja, while speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of 10th Annual Ministerial Conference of FCWC. He […]