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The federal government will support potato farmers to achieve all year round production in order to reduce wheat flour importation in 2017, the minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said. Dr Onu, who said this in Abuja when the executives of the Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) paid him a visit […]
Africa will be able to grow enough cereals to feed its growing population by 2050, but only if it breaks a culture of complacency and starts now to invest more in agriculture, scientists said on Monday. Sub-Saharan Africa currently imports about 20 percent of its cereal needs, and this could rise to at least 50 […]
A scientist with the University of Saskatchewan says the provision of environmental enrichment has the potential to improve both the health and productivity of the pig, writes Bruce Cochrane. Canada’s revised Pig Code of Practice requires producers to start to consider the provision of environmental enrichment. Dr Yolande Seddon, an Assistant Professor in Swine Behavior […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, was chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) from 2001 until January 2005. He is currently the Minister of Agriculture. Ogbeh who is also known for his literary works in this interview with a select group of newsmen spoke about the challenges facing the country as farmers now export […]
The Jigawa Government says it will partner with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade the Hadejia Valley project, to encourage irrigation activities. Gov. Badaru Abubakar said this on Tuesday in Hadejia at a civic reception organised by a youth group, Badaru Youth Progressive Association. Abubakar said that the state government and the bank would […]
Retired Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Fred Adoyi, has urged the Federal Government to review downwards the interest rate on loans and bank facilities to farmers to between zero and nine percent to check rising food prices in the country. Adoyi, who is the Presiding Bishop of Mount Zion of Fire […]
The Federal Government has said it will deploy science and technology to end food scarcity in Nigeria. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, made the declaration when the executives of Potatoes Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) and Oil Palm Association of Nigeria, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. He said the […]
Farming is still overwhelmingly a family operation according to a new report, “America’s Diverse Family Farms 2016,” released this week by the USDA Economic Research Service. Ninety-nine per cent of all US farms are family owned, accounting for 89 per cent of all farm production. The report divided all farms into one of four categories: […]
The Deputy Chief of Party, Cellulant Nigeria limited, Gbenga Owolabi, has said five million farmers are to benefit from the 2016 Federal Government Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) Programme. Mr Owolabi gave assurances that while the GES programme of previous years was faced with a number of challenges not only caused by the agro dealers, the […]
Stakeholders including agriculture experts, economists, academia, political appointees, financial experts, farmers and other relevant organisations, last week Tuesday met in Ibadan to discuss way of improving production of Kenaf and improve revenue generation among farmers. The meeting, organised by the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) Ibadan, was aimed at identifying the potential of […]
The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nteranya Sanginga, has warned that except concrete attention is paid to the development of agriculture in Africa, it would cost the continent $110 billion in terms of food imports by 2025 to feed itself, up from the current $35 billion. According to the IITA […]
An agricultural extensionist, Dr Ayodeji Omoare, has identified poor feeder roads, and unstable government policies as the major constraints to effective cocoa production in Nigeria. The academic made this disclosure recently at the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, while presenting her post-field report on a Tetfund sponsored research project titled “Comparative Assessment of Cocoa Farmers […]
Construction work on a new N250m organic fertiliser plant has started in Sokoto. When completed, the factory will produce 15,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser annually while also and will provide jobs to over 20,000 persons. Inspecting the progress of work done so far at the site, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said 100 percent of the […]
The revolution of agriculture in Africa is set to take a new dimension as development partners on the continent harness opportunities to pursue growth and reduce poverty through industrialisation. At a roundtable discussion on the way forward to transforming Africa’s agriculture, Nigeria’s minister of agriculture Audu Ogbeh aligned position with AFDB, ECA and UNDP on […]
John Deere is introducing two new solutions for 2017 that will help producers better monitor and control a variety of machinery functions and field operations. The first solution, the Gen 4 Extended Monitor, lets you expand what you see in the cab. Designed to work exclusively with Deere’s 4600 CommandCenter, this solution is meant for […]