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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said the federal government is strengthening the production of quality rice in the country with the procurement of small and medium scale mills. Chief Ogbeh stated that 110 various capacities of rice mills recently procured for farmers could mill 10 to 100 metric tonnes […]
The 68th General Assembly of the United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. Pulses (various types of beans and peas) are annual leguminous crops yielding between one to 12 grains or seed of variable sizes, shapes and colours within the pod used for both food and feed. The term pulses are limited […]
Farmers in onion-producing areas of Wurno, Goronyo and Gada are having hard times as poor market hit the produce. A visit to the Kara onion depot in the Sokoto capital revealed thousands of sacks of onions filled to capacity just as huge quantity of the commodity is spread all over the place waiting to be […]
BAL and KOL Global Concepts recently launched its remarkable fish farm located at Kwarin Ayuba Graceland, Sabon Gari LGA in Kaduna State. The farm, owned by Barrister Ibrahim Lawal Ibrahim, also serves as a training centre for fish fingerling production at hatchery level; raising of fingerlings to table sizes; fish feed formulation and palletisation; smoking […]
In order to free the Nigerian market from substandard products, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has destroyed substandard goods valued at over N500 million. Its Director General, Osita Aboloma, says the goods did not meet the required production standards. At the dump site in Lagos, Aboloma said the action was to serve as a […]
There is no going back on the commercialisation of Genetically Modified products in Nigeria, a top official has said. Dr Rose Gidado, the Country Coordinator of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) said at the biotechnology stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja that all had been set to begin full commercialisation of GM products in Nigeria soon. […]
The Cross River Government is working towards the actualisation of production of 500,000 metric tons of cocoa annually to boost the revenue profile of the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Prof. Anthony Eneji, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Calabar while briefing newsmen on the activities of his Ministry. He said: “Cocoa […]
The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has hinted that the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) will be properly restructured by the Federal Government towards assisting farmers to boost agricultural production in the country and ensure food sufficiency. He added that if the restructuring is eventually done, it would help the bank to perform its primary responsibilities […]
FG Allays Fear Of Possible Famine In The Country; Puts Mechanisms In Place To Achieve Food Security The Federal Government has allayed the fear in some quarters that the country would experience famine in 2017, assuring of sufficient mechanisms to achieve food security in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh […]
Anti-GMO activists and consumer groups wrestled the farm lobby to a tie last summer and forced them to accept mandatory disclosure of GMO ingredients in food – reversing two decades of federal policy – in exchange for preemption of state GMO label laws, including one that took effect in Vermont on July 1. “Ultimately, it […]
At a time when the Federal Government is focusing on agriculture, in its diversification programme, former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that Nigeria could overcome recession and food shortage and experience economic boom if it is fully committed to the growth of agriculture as an alternative to oil. In a […]
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Shehu Ahmed has inaugurated the SERVICOM Committee of the Ministry. Inaugurating the committee, the Permanent Secretary expressed satisfaction with the Reform Coordination and Service Improvement department of the Ministry for taking its rightful place in the Ministry to drive, coordinate, monitor, report and troubleshoot […]
Our turn-around story — MD In a twist of events Nigeria’s indigenous multinational, Dangote Group, bought back a subsidiary it had built and sold off. In this interview, the Managing Director of one of the foremost flour, noodles and pasta producer, Dangote Flour Mills, Alh. Ahmed Yakassai, explained what happened, the results and impacts. By […]
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations […]
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information, Senator Emmanuel Onwe has justified the banning of the sale and consumption of foreign rice as part of the state government’s moves to uphold the health and well-being of the populace. The commissioner also clarified issues concerning the purchase price of the locally produced rice even as touted agriculture […]