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Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Tuesday in Gwagwalada, FCT, at the Seed Fair and Farmers’ Field Day, organised by the National Agricultural Seed council (NASC), assured farmers that the ministry is working with the Nigeria Security and Defense Corps (NSCDC) to ensure that quality seeds are supplied to them […]
Osun Defender learnt at least 378 young farmers at the weekend concluded a one-week training in agriculture as well as other entrepreneurial and leadership development courses at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Center, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State. The training was organized by the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). It drew participants from the Apex […]
The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured Nigerians that the Agency will continue to ensure that any GMOs allowed into the country will pose no threat to human health or the environment. Dr Ebegba, who said this while receiving an award bestowed on him by the National Youth Council […]
Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa to hear Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State is blazing a trail with resuscitation of moribund and dead government-owned industries in the state, starting with Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company. PATRICK OCHOGA, writes Tuesday, September 5, 2015, it was cheery news in Edo State following the grand commissioning Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company and Bua […]
Cowpea, popularly called beans, is a food eaten in almost all the households in Nigeria, and it is one of the major sources of plant protein; that is why it is widely eaten across Sub-Saharan Africa. Cowpea is a nutritious legume that is staple for over 200 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa which is majorly […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), has alerted Nigerians on tons of genetically modified (GM) maize imported into the country without necessary approvals. NBMA Director-General/CEO, Dr Rufus Ebegba who made this known at a news conference in Abuja said that the Agency got notice of the importation through an intelligence report and has set in […]
The Global Panel, an independent group of influential experts, recently unveiled a report on improving nutrition through improved food and diet, reports Olawale Ajimotokan With backing of the UK Government and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition recently launched in Nigeria the Foresight Report that highlighted […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has revealed that no Nigerian cow currently has the capacity of producing up to a litre of milk daily. Ogbeh disclosed this at a national conference organised by the Ministry of Agriculture in Abuja seeking ways to restore stability in the livestock sector as a means […]
In its continuous drive to place agriculture as a viable alternative as the mainstay of the economy as well as provide a post retirement plan, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD)has conducted a sensitisation drive workshop on agriculture for the leadership, officers and men of the Nigeria Air Force. Senior Adviser to […]
The Chairman, MTN Nigeria, Dr Pacal Dozie, on Monday said that Nigeria’s failure to prioritise agriculture over proceeds from oil had positioned the country wrongly. Dozie in Lagos said that the time had come for Nigeria to de-emphasise its over-dependence on oil, and urgently begin to glamorise agriculture. “We have over these years positioned Nigeria […]
The Federal Government has assured U.S. investors of the favourable investment climate in Nigeria, promising the highest returns on investments, more than anywhere else in the world. The Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment Okechukwu Enelamah and his Foreign Affairs counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this at the Nigeria-U.S. Business and Investment Forum in New York. […]
From the moment man came into existence, he was kept in the garden of splendour and abundance by his creator. The land which is a factor of production with its abundant resources was to be used by man for his pleasure. This is so, because the creator directed at the inception of the world that […]
Ibadan, Nigeria – Researchers have deciphered the complete sequence of one of the major food crops in Africa—the white Guinea yam. In many parts of West Africa, food is not considered food if it is not yam. This explains why yam—also called the “king of crops” in Nigeria, exemplified in Chinua Achebe’s classic novel “Things […]
Jennifer Blanke is the Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). In this interview, she speaks on the seventh African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, how to mitigate the impact of climate change on agriculture, the bank’s Feed Africa Strategy, and other key issues. What […]