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The National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT) in Zaria is collaborating with Katsina state government to set up a processing factory to produce natural tomato paste free of additives. A statement issued by the institute’s public relations officer, Aliyu Bala, said that Katsina state is to provide N35 million for the project not N500 […]
The federal government has no plans to increase taxes, rather to get tax avoiders to do the needful, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, said on Monday. Reacting to a comment by Ben Murray-Bruce, a senator, at the public hearing of the Joint session of the National Assembly on the 2017 Budget, the […]
World Bank has said Nigeria needs $140 billion to achieve its climate change commitment and control its impact on the country through the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of the Paris Agreement. World Bank Practice Manager for Environment and Natural Resources, Benoît Bosquet, speaking at a workshop in Abeokuta, Ogun State on “Climate Change Knowledge Immersion,” […]
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger, Alhaji Muazu Bawa, on Tuesday said Nigerians must support the measures put in place by the Federal Government to end recession and set Nigeria on the path of growth. Bawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the measures would take time […]
Stakeholders in Agriculture under the aegis of the National Agricultural Production Cooperative Union of Nigeria (NAPCUN), South-South zone, says, it has perfected plans with state governments in the zone to revive aggressive farming and all agricultural schemes across the local government areas in the zone to boost massive food productions. The zonal coordinator of the […]
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has announced its plans to recruit 6,545 staff members in different cadre of the service. Comptroller General (CG), NPS, Jaffaru Ahmed, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja during the 2017 budget defence in the House of Representatives. He said N6 billion was allocated for recruitment in the 2017 budget. […]
A consultant to the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) Farmers Association, Mr Kolapo Raji, has advise commercial banks who offer loan facilities to farmers to desist from attaching stringent contingents to the facility that makes it unrealistic or difficult to farmers to frustrate them from accessing the loans. Raji gave the charge while […]
How safe is the food you eat? Do you know that food is only as good as it is safe? Experts say this is because food can be the best medicine or the worst poison. This aptly explains concerns by the Federal Ministries of Health and Agriculture for embarking on public awareness on food safety. […]
“Our vision is for Edo State to become a leading agricbusiness hub in Nigeria, attracting some of the biggest agric-investors, transitioning the state into a world of Agro-industrialization” – Obaseki When the Godwin Obaseki led administration during the governorship electioneering campaign promised to create 200,000 jobs, the major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is set to Launch Wednesday a new subsidiary Dangote Rice, which will massively plant rice on 25,000 Hectares in Sokoto, Jigawa and Zamfara states, in north west Nigeria. The rice will be available by the end of this year, possibly before Christmas. The large scale rice farming has the prospect […]
1. Soybeans, Grains Lower On Weather, Mexico Threat Soybeans and grains were lower overnight on signs of favorable weather in competing exporting country and amid threats from a Mexican lawmaker who proposed a ban on U.S. corn imports. Rains in parts of Argentina and will likely will boost crop production in the country, forecasters have […]
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has mobilized local talents to provide technical analysis of the economic impact of policy and regulatory reforms for agri-inputs and services in Nigeria. Working in partnership with the organized private sector and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), AGRA is investing in streamlined […]
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the recent past have continued to generate controversies and heated argument between the pro and anti-GMO as Nigeria is looking for possible ways of improving agriculture, thereby reducing hunger and achieving food security. While the promoters of GMO said it is time for the government to adopt the biotechnology following […]
At least 50 tons of catfish have been harvested at the maiden harvest of the commercial cage culture system of fish farming within a year, an initiative by the Lagos State Government to empower 60 youths at the Agbowa-Ikosi Beach in Ikosi Ejirin Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of the state. The cage culture project […]
When a 160-acre parcel of farmland in southern Minnesota came up for sale, many wrote the irregular-shape field off as not worthy of a second glance. “Most farmers said they didn’t want to deal with it because there would be too much waste, and they would just be throwing money away,” recalls Cory Sumerfelt, who […]