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The Federal Government has approved the registration and release of nine hybrid crops varieties developed by scientists for Nigerian farmers to boost agricultural production in the country. Dr Sunday Aladele, Registrar, National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has said that climate change has been identified as the biggest threat to global food security. This is just as he said that farmers are the most vulnerable to the adverse effect of climate change in recent times. Speaking during the occasion of […]
The resounding message from this year’s World Food Day celebrations in Rome and in many countries is that climate change, hunger and poverty must be addressed together in order to achieve the sustainable development goals set by the international community. “Higher temperatures and erratic weather patterns are already undermining the health of soils, forests and […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said Nigeria had no excuse for the deplorable state of its agriculture sector. Obasanjo said this at an agriculture seminar in Abuja organised by Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities’’ as theme. He said that […]
Respite may be coming the way of Nigeria farmers as the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote plans to crash the price of fertilizer next year. He said this at a forum in Abuja on Monday, adding that with the reduced price of fertilizer, farmers would be able to tap into the Federal […]
The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Sokoto State Chapter, Alhaji Muhammadu Magaji, has warned its members not to graze their livestock on farm lands. The chairman gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Monday. According to Magaji, they should shun any act that […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday has restated the need for nation’s leaders to evolve new methods and strategies to sustainably address the negative impact of climate change on food security. The Governor, who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Tunji Bello at the 2016 World Food Day celebrations […]
To end the limitations confronting graduates of various entrepreneurial programmes, particularly in the area of Agricultural Extension Services, Professor of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan (UI), Ademola Ladele, has called for institutionalisation of policies that will create funding arrangement for special university entrepreneurial programme. Delivering his inaugural lecture, titled, “Extension Everywhere, Extending […]
There appears to be a consensus that the government will need to stimulate the economy by pushing more money into the society. Government itself has stated that its recovery programme will be private sector driven; and through some social safety net measures such as the school feeding system and direct employment of teachers. There is […]
A new technology, ZipGrow Vertical Farming Towers has evolved, to assist farmers in need of space, to boost their agricultural productivity. It is a soil-less farming system that can empower farmers to grow more within a little space and make more money. ZipGrow line of products allows farmers to grow from micro to subsistence at […]
In a bid to demonstrate the seriousness of his administration to enforce the anti-grazing law, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday on Afao-Ekiti road, Irepodun-Ifelodun local government area, led security men and some youths to arrest one of the cows that was grazing along the road. The anti-grazing law signed a few weeks ago, […]
GRAINS, BEANS HIGHER OVERNIGHT ON PURCHASES; WHEAT GETTING BOOST FROM STRONG GLOBAL DEMAND 1. GRAINS, BEANS HIGHER OVERNIGHT ON SIGNS OF CONTINUED DEMAND Grains and soybeans were higher overnight on signs of continued demand for U.S. supplies from overseas buyers. The Department of Agriculture yesterday said China bought 126,000 tons of soybeans and unknown buyers […]
Kogi State government has concluded plans to establish six farm settlements across the three senatorial districts of the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Local Government Affairs, Mr. Abubakar Ohere, disclosed this yesterday, while addressing administrators of the 21 local government councils of the state on the government’s New Agenda blueprint. Ohere said farmers […]
RUSH COUNTY SALE SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS This week’s Successful Land Sale highlights the Dorothy Crawley Estate, just southeast of Milroy, Indiana, in Rush County. Mrs. Crawley had two prime pieces of ground, both of which sold October 12. There were two tracts. Tract 1, 67.86 acres, has 66.36 acres tillable with the rest in waterway. Tract […]
The Vice President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote, alleged that Federal Government’s indecision has slowed down local production of tomatoes in the country. Dangote made the assertion when speaking on the challenges faced by tomato processors and farmers in the country, as he decried the continued importation of the commodity into the country. He said: […]