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The Osun State House of Assembly has read riot act over the poor attitudes of Forest Guards towards the forest protection in the state. Chairman, House Committee on Environment and Sanitation, Honourable Ajibola Akinloye conveyed the dissatisfaction of the parliament during a stakeholders’ meeting between his committee and officials of Forestry Department of the Ministry […]
In a bid to enhance agricultural education and upgrade their standard of learning , the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has directed the governing Councils of all Federal Universities of Agriculture, to ensure that every student in their institution must own viable farmlands on campus from 200-level till graduation. Ogbeh who gave the directive during […]
Owning farm machinery for small farms can be expensive and many small farmers struggle with justifying the investment. This is particularly true with specialized tractors and implements that are used on a limited basis over the course of the year. I thought we could explore this a little further in this article to see if […]
If farmers want to avoid a crisis from overproduction of corn, they and consumers need to urge fuel sellers to offer higher blends of ethanol. That’s one message a group of biofuels experts offered at the 2017 Iowa Ag Summit in Des Moines on August 5. “Every gallon we expand we’re taking away gallons from […]
Jigawa Government on Tuesday announced plans to distribute ultra-modern mini rice mills, harvesters and other implements to boost rice production in the state. Alhaji Jamilu Usaman-Danmalam, Special Adviser to the state governor on Rice Production and Value Chain said the implements would be distributed to youths under the government cluster farming scheme. The special adviser […]
Scientists working on cassava breeding are now using the Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) technology to rev up the propagation of clean cassava planting materials. The SAH involves the use of modified soil which holds plant roots in planting pots with little water. Usually the trays are filled with a little amount of water, and the soil […]
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno state on Tuesday confirmed that Boko Haram insurgents had killed 31 fishermen at Baga in Kukawa Local Government Area of the state. Shettima made the confirmation at the presentation of relief materials donated to the state by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the Internally Displaced Persons […]
The federal government has offered to partner the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the training of agricultural workers. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, made the proposal at the valedictory project of Market II in Nigeria. Market II was a development programme funded by USAID since 2012 to assist […]
Edo State chapter, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, (AFAN), has appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources to allocate prepared farm slot to its members at the Sobe Farm Settlement and other farm settlements across the three senatorial district as directed by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The Chairman, Edo AFAN, Chief Emmanuel Odigie, made […]
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday revealed that the Muhammadu Buhari administration begged Agriculture Minister, Audu Ogbeh, to join the government. Mr. Osinbajo made this remark at the Nigerian Initiative for Economic Development held at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja. The acting president, while unveiling the potentials in the Nigerian economy, said apart […]
— Victims seek govt intervention An estimated sum of the N100m Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme (YAGEP) farms were yesterday destroyed by heavy down pour of flood in Ndokwa West Local Government area of Delta state. It was reliably gathered that the farms were encased in pool of water that blighted the prospect of bumper harvest, […]
The Federal Government plans to build Nigeria Heritage Cities in Jeddah, Houston and other cities across the globe that have huge Nigerian populations to serve as one-stop hub for Nigerian foods and products. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, during a luncheon organised to receive a delegation from the Nigeria Initiative for Economic Development, the Executive Director […]
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has re-energized his desire and determination to make the state a hub for both local and international investors in agricultural value-chain and other areas as he opened linkages at a Business Roundtable organized by African Caribbean Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ACDBC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State. According […]
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced Ajayi Adetona, 45, to three months imprisonment for trespassing into a farm and stole maize. The convict, who lives at Kugbo, was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft, punishable under Sections 348 and 287 of the Penal Code. Adetona, however, […]
Osun State government has concluded plans to collaborate with the Nepal khadya Bank Limited on scientific agriculture to boost agricultural activities in the state and also create jobs for unemployed youths through a programme tagged ‘Agropreneur’ in Nigeria. The Chairman and Managing Director of the Nepal khadya Bank Limited, Mr Ram Raja Shrestha stated this […]