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The Federal Government, in collaboration with Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), has trained over 500 unemployed graduates in 16 states, to serve as mentors for future generation of farmers. Provost of the college, Dr. Samson Odedina, who disclosed this at the opening ceremony of a five-day vocational training in modern agriculture on the campus, […]
Federal Government has been urged to review some of its policies and requirements to accommodate smallholder farmers willing to venture into agro processing, in order to maximise the economic growth potential in the agro value chain. This call was made by the founder and President of the Women in Agricultural Advancement & Sustainability Africa (WAASA), […]
It is no longer news that Benue State is reputed to produce over 120 agricultural products and as such the state prides itself as the “food basket of the nation” with some of the crops grown to include yam, cassava, soya bean, maize, cow pea, potatoes and citrus, potentials still largely untapped. Daily Trust reports […]
I visited Katsina over the holidays and took the opportunity to attend the launching of the Rice Anchor Borrowers Programme in Jibia sponsored by the Central Bank and the Bank of Agriculture. The project is aimed at developing the rice value chain by supplying credit for improved seeds, pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers. The State Government […]
Just before Christmas last year, Governors Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi States together launched Lake Rice to the public. “Lake” was coined from the names of the two states. The occasion culminated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the two states in Lagos on March 23, 2016 on production and […]
It’s the time of the year for the harvest of a pepper variety popularly known among farmers and consumers in Sokoto as shambo pepper. Although the pepper is noted to be popular among farmers in Fadama areas of Sokoto because of its viable economic potentials, the pepper variety is consumed more in South-western Nigeria. “Our […]
Commodity Price Between December 30, — January 5, 2017 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Ajah Modern Market, Lagos State. Drum Beans (Olotu) 100Kg 39,500 Paint Bucket 1,700 445 39,500 1,700 0 0 Garri (White) 60Kg 7,500 Paint […]
The ban on rice importation and its resultant effect on the high cost of the staple food is a blessing in disguise for local farmers, who are beginning to eat the fruits of their labour. This is because the development has not only forced consumers to patronise the different species of locally produced rice, it […]
This doesn’t appear to be the best of time for stakeholders in the Sorghum industry, as lack of stability in government policy has pushed the sub-sector to the brink of collapse. Also, unjust import tariff system has not helped the situation. The development has left local investors at the mercy of importers who bring in […]
The Governor of Ebonyi State , Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has called on the state’s Ministry of Agriculture and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), to work harder in 2017 to make the state attain greater height in rice production. He told delegations from the ministry, IFAD, Abakalili Amalgamated Market Traders Association […]
How To Increase Your Farm Profit In 2017?, The major concern of every farmer who sees farming as a business is how to increase the revenue or turnover of his/ her farm. However, the practice with many farmers is to sink money into farming without developing good farm accounting procedures and processes, which are very […]
Farm records form an integral part of running a successful farm enterprise. The more records a farmer keeps, the easier it is to manage and run the affairs of the farm. An agricultural economist, Dr. Yusuf Oseni, of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, said […]
61 Farmers Rewarded For Returning Pesticides Bottles. A pesticide manufacturing company based in Lagos, Candel, has rewarded 61 farmers across the country with farm tricycles, generating sets and N1 million for returning used bottles of pesticides. The initiative is in order to dissuade farmers and their families from using pesticides bottles to store water and […]
Nigeria’s Rice Revolution, The Federal Government’s economic diversification efforts in the agric sector appear to be yielding dividends. With the harvest of local rice, especially by Lagos and Kebbi states, the prices of the staple food have dipped, raising the hope that the ‘rice revolution’ will manifest this year, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Rice is a […]
…some senatorial districts get special allocations The Federal Government has appropriated the sum of N4.1 billion to buy grains for the strategic food reserves. There are 33 silos scattered across the country. The measure is also expected to shoreup the prices of food commodities. The amount represents 5.4% of the total budget (N76.16 billion) appropriated […]