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*No famine in 2017—Ogbeh *FG working to end recession —Osinbajo The African Development Bank, AfDB, is to invest $24 billion in agriculture and agribusiness on the continent in the next 10 years. This came on a day the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, assured that there would be […]
As part of efforts to boost maize and groundnut production in Nigeria, significantly lower aflatoxin contamination in food and feed, boost profitability for the poultry industry and ensure healthier families and better income for farmers, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has launched a biocontrol product, aflasafe, which drastically reduces aflatoxin contamination in crops. […]
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) Lagos, a multidisciplinary marine research institute and Nigeria’s prime institute for Marine Sciences, is building the capacity of fish farmers under the aegis of West Africa Aquaculture Productivity Initiative (WAAPI)-an innovative platform in the aquaculture industry which deals with the entire value chain. The capacity building is […]
The increasing population in Africa and particularly the Nigerian environment has a huge market and therefore is no doubt the best global investment destination for a profitable returns and serious prospective investor in Agriculture. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri made this assertion when a team of Japanese investors visited him in […]
Despite the challenges facing the livestock and poultry industries as a result of high cost of feeds and others, the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, has said poultry production has always been profitably sustainable and will always do if adequate training is given to farmers, capable of lifting the economy out […]
A Brazilian company, seeking a share of the Nigerian market, is targeting the country’s farmers with its tools. Agriculture is an important industry in Brazil, just as it is in Nigeria and other Africa countries, Funbi Sowande, the company’s Marketing and Sales Manager in Nigeria said, drawing similarities between the two countries and explaining, at […]
Rice farmers have urged state governments to follow the footstep of Ebonyi and ban the sale of foreign rice as a means of boosting local production. Mr Aminu Goronyo, the National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on […]
As the government is striving to make agriculture the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, fertilizer which is a critical input in agriculture has attracted an investment worth $4.5 billion. This investment was majorly done by Notore and Indoramma, who have been the major players in the fertiliser subsector in the recent past. It was also […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has emphasised the need to amend the Procurement Act and remove Agriculture from the tedious procurement process in order to fast track the procurement process in the Agricultural sector which is known to be time- bound. The Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, Mohammed Monguno made the call when […]
Farmers in Ondo state have called on the Governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to accord agriculture a rightful position in the incoming administration as it is the only way to ensure food security. The Chairman of the Ondo State Agricultural Commodities Association (OSACA), Pastor Akin Olotu who made the call […]
The Federal government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has again reiterated the commitment of government to avert famine in 2017. He assured that with all the efforts on ground there was no danger of famine even as he highlighted the government’s plans to overcome the predicted famine in the […]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to harnessing the available natural resources in the state to create wealth for sustainability. Governor Emmanuel stated this when he played host to San Carlos – a group of Agro Allied Investors from Mexico, who visited him at Government House, Uyo. He said: “It […]
—IITA Boss Warns Against Lip Service To Agriculture The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Nteranya Sanginga has warned that the neglect of agriculture would cost Africa continent $110b in terms of food imports in 2025, up from the current $35billion. Sanginga, who stated this while addressing members of the […]
In the drive to boost agriculture through root and tuber crops production, Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), have effected another set of training programme for Farmers and Extension Officers at the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umuahia, Abia State. According to NRCRI Executive Director, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the culture of waste of agricultural products in the country, blaming it on lack of means of preservation. He lamented a situation where cattle farmers throw away milk generated from their cattle because of lack of means of preservation and processing of the product, to maximise their profit. Buhari, who […]