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A total of 106 farmers in Anambra State have been profiled with the geographical map of their farms, in the state information data base. The state governor, Willie Obiano, made the disclosure in Awka during the Commodity Trade Promotion and Knowledge Fair organised by the state Value Chain Development Programme, IFAD assisted. He revealed that […]
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured the people of Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state that the College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi and Edo State Polytechnic Usen, will be revamped to enable it produce employable graduates. Obaseki gave the assurance at Ovia South West Local Government Council during the […]
The Zero Hunger Forum, headed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has pledged to assist Ebonyi generate N48.4billion from rice production annually. Obasanjo made the pledge on Tuesday in Abakaliki at a gala night organised by the Ebonyi Government after the forum’s two-day second quarterly meeting. The former Nigerian leader said that the forum would offer […]
RESTORING agriculture to its pride of place in a widely-diversified Nigerian economy requires versatile thinking, planning and meticulous implementation of strategies. It should go beyond the ongoing national emphasis on massive increase in the production of rice. We must widen the scope of our ambitions and not only restore the massive production of our traditional […]
President Muhammed Buhari on Tuesday said N118.98 billion will be spent to strengthen the nation’s agricultural sector in 2018 in order to ensure food security. He said the agricultural sector played a crucial role in Nigeria’s recent exit from recession and remains the largest employer of labour. The president said this while presenting the 2018 […]
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Mr. Semiu Alao, yesterday, said the poultry industry in Nigeria is at present going through difficult times. Alao who spoke at the ongoing Nigeria Poultry Show in Abeokuta, the state capital, noted that the major problem facing the sector remained sourcing for inputs. He, […]
In a bid to promote and secure the interest of farmers in the country, the National Seed Council of Nigeria on Monday in Kano inaugurated seed inspectors to rid and sanitise seed industry of fake and adulterated products. The Director-General of NASC, Dr Olusegun Ojo, who inaugurated the inspectors urged them to arrest and prosecute […]
The House of Representatives is targeting at least 5,000 direct and indirect jobs with the establishment of farm settlements across the country. The lawmakers are also seeking to raise funding from 10-20 percent for Agriculture from the Ecological Fund. Its Committee on Agricultural Services has also begun additional legislative work on a bill “for an […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the National Programme for Food Security (NPFS) and other donor agencies foresees food crises in 2018 in seventeen states. The FG said the report is aimed at helping the government take necessary steps to combating the foreseen food crisis and emergency situation in the […]
Following the enactment of the anti-grazing bill by Samuel Ortom-led Benue State Government, about 10 million cows owned by members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN )will have to be moved from Benue to the neighbouring Nasarrawa State, Awe Local Government. According to the Chairman of the association, the association was collaborating with […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said that the Federal Government would establish six crop processing zones in the country to enhance food security and economic development. Details from the budget revealed that the sum of N118.98 billion was allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the budget proposal. Buhari made […]
Less than a week after a businessman and a federal civil servant took their own lives in different parts of Kwara State, another person who was a farmer in Idera community in Ifelodun local government area of the state has reportedly killed himself. The farmer cum hunter reportedly, shot himself with his dane gun. A […]
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State Chapter, has appealed to the federal government to prevail on the Benue State government, to withdraw the implementation of its Anti-Open Grazing Law, which took effect on 1st November. MACBAN, made the call during a press briefing at the weekend held at the Dunoma […]
…advocate establishment of poultry produce board Major stakeholders in the poultry industry have besieged Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to participate in this year’s Nigeria Poultry Show, tagged “Abeokuta 2017”, which kicked off in the ancient city yesterday. The annual event usually affords poultry farmers, policy and input makers, as well as other interests in […]
The United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria are set to partner in the areas of “sophisticated” fish farming and infrastructure development. This was the outcome of the meeting between a UK Trade Delegation to Nigeria and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama. The Head of the UK delegation, Mr Emmanuel Finndoro-Obasi, said the team […]