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The Federal Government has been making efforts to diversify the country’s economy away from oil and gas as the sole foreign exchange earner. Government’s attention has since shifted to agriculture and solid minerals as the alternatives. In this interview, the Managing Director/CEO, NEXIM Bank, Abba Bello, said apart from its primary mandate as a development […]
State of Osun Cocoa Board has flagged-off the distribution of subsidised agro-chemicals to cocoa farmers in the state, with a view to increasing their crops. Flagging-off the distribution of the chemical at the Cocoa Board room, State Secretariat, Abere on Tuesday, the Chairman, Osun Produce Board (OPD) in the state, Dr Yemi Adegoke said the […]
The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, yesterday in Calabar officially handed over three boxes containing 145 assorted snakes to authorities of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) in Akwa Ibom State. The presentation took place at the premises of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the presence of officials of […]
Baba Berthe is the President, African Cotton Association (ACA), as well as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Malian Company for the Development of Textiles. In this interview, he speaks about the difficulties of cotton production in Africa and the preparations of ACA to host its annual conference in Nigeria next year. Excerpts: There are […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday in Abuja placed two officials of the Bank of Agriculture in National Assembly custody for failure of the bank’s Managing Director, Kabir Adamu, to appear before it. The staff that were detained are: Emmanuel Ameh, the Executive Director, Regional Banking, Bank of Agriculture and the […]
The Minister Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu, FNSE has said that Ile Ife Dam which is one of the 116 projects inherited by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources is a top priority project to be completed by the ministry. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday 16th August, 2017 when he visited the project […]
Nigeria relies heavily on dairy imports to bridge the gap between local milk production and total milk consumption estimated to be 1.3 million tonnes with the government spending an estimated $1.3billion annually on importation of dairy products into the country. According to National Agricultural Sample Survey, 2011, Nigeria as a country, is endowed with an […]
Less than seven months after Audu Ogbe, Minister of Agriculture promised the nation that the government was poised to crash fertilizer price down to N6,000 or below, tangible evidence has emerged that this is a promise kept. Last Monday. Uche Orji, the ebullient Managing Director of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, revealed that the […]
An official of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development says the country cannot export honey because it produces less than three per cent of its current needs. Dr Gideon Mshelbwala, a Director in the Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services of the ministry, made the statement in Abuja on Friday on the occasion of […]
The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that the company is planning to invest over $1 billion in agricultural production and processing of selected commodities like sugar, rice and tomatoes across Nigeria.Speaking at the 2017 Niger State Investment Summit in Minna, the state capital on Monday, Dangote, who was represented by […]
Prof. Sani Ahmed-Miko, Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000), when he visited some Community Demonstration plots at at Dakaiyawa village, Kaugama Local Government area, Jigawa on Wednesday advised rice farmers in the country to embrace the improved rice production technology introduced by the organisation. Some officials of the NGO were in the area to […]
Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Damene Darota, on Friday, said the ministry planned to lift close to 7.9 million rural Ethiopians from “absolute’’ poverty. The ministry, currently evaluating major activities implemented during the just-concluded 2016-2017 fiscal year, revealed the country’s plan to improve the economic conditions of the Ethiopians, mainly in the […]
Chairman, Kaduna State Chapter of All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Nuhu Aminu, has said that agriculture is the only sector that can provide jobs to every Nigerian irrespective of qualification. Aminu made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria, Kaduna on Wednesday. “Agriculture not only in […]
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has begin a training programme for farmers in Katsina on how to make biopesticides and fertiliser from neem. The programme is holding at UNIDO Neem Biopesticide Centre at Hasan Usman Katsina Polytechnic. About 50 farmers took part in the pilot phase of the scheme. Neem or nimtree (azadirachta […]
A total of 3,500 women from six local government areas on the banks of River Hadejia in Jigawa State have received training on techniques of parboiling paddy rice. The training involved using locally made implements for processing paddy into clean, polished and unbroken rice. The women underwent the four-day training facilitated by Atafi Agro- Merchandise […]