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Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has said that the state government has created the right platform for foreign direct investment in the agricultural sector in the state. The governor also stated that the state government has started the preliminary process for the construction of a Specialist Tertiary Hospital in the state. He spoke at […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has warned stakeholders along the food value chain on the negative effects of consuming moldy products. He said because Nigeria has a tropical climate with all year round high temperature and relative humidity, it provides good conditions for the growth of toxigenics. Speaking […]
World Bank indicators show that Sub- Saharan Africa has 1 billion hectares of agricultural land which is approximately 42% of the land in sub-Saharan Africa. Of this, approximately 25% is currently under crop today, the majority of which is on a seasonal basis. The population in the region is some 856 million, a population density […]
The Federal Government has commended the chairman of the Nigeria AgricBusiness Group (NABG) Sani Dangote for his contribution towards the development of the agricultural sector in the country. Mr. Dangote is the Vice President of the Dangote Group, Africa’s foremost conglomerate. Speaking at the AGRIKEXPO/NABG Conference Monday in Abuja, Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbe said Mr. […]
Climate change also known as global warming refers to the rise in average surface temperatures on earth and as the global awareness and effects of climate change increases, so is the fear that wheat production which has become one of Nigeria’s agricultural mainstay is at risk as revealed by a recent study, Chika Izuora writes. […]
The Federal government through the Ministry of agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has said it is seeking to expand cooperation with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) intervention funds through the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to be targeted at women and youth. This was disclosed in the Agriculture Promotion Policy (2016 – 2020), […]
With agricultural lending in Nigeria suffering decline since 2006, BOI and NIRSAL are promoting new funding option to increase agricultural loan portfolio, Chika Izuora writes. The dwindling foreign exchange earning of the federal government largely caused by the crashing crude oil price in the international market is considered one of the reasons that plunged Nigeria’s […]
The Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) a non-governmental organisation said it has disbursed N11.7 billion to 70,819 rural farmers from 2007 and July 2016. Through its programme- LAPO Agricultural and Rural Development Initiative (LARDI), rural farmers have accessed these facilities to their respective support agricultural production. The Executive Director of LAPO, Sabina Idowu-Osehobo, said the […]
A consensus exists among value-chain drivers that almost every exported finished product uses some inputs which have an imported content. While this truism cannot be dismissed, the Nigerian economy, which has been caught in recession, needs to reduce its import bill by exploring more local content and value-addition. Such efforts require the nation linking its […]
The U.S. corn and soybean harvest paces remain below the averages and below trade expectations. In its weekly Crop Progress Report Monday, the USDA pegged the U.S. soybean crop as 10% harvested, compared with a 13% five-year average, and below the trade’s expectations of 11%. Also, the soybean crop is rated at 73% good/excellent, equal […]
Consistent with the diversification agenda of the current administration, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and his Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), counterpart, Governor Godwin Emefiele, at the weekend performed the ground-breaking for the $120 million Vicampro potato farm and processing facility in Manchok, Kaura Local Council of the state. The biggest potato plant in […]
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar will chair the first ever African Veterinary Association (AVA) congress to be hosted by Nigeria in November this year. The Media gathered that the congress, which the association is co-hosting with the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) was part of efforts to proffer solutions to the country’s economic situation as […]
Amid quest by Nigerian governments at all levels to drive diversification of the economy away from oil base, a World Bank sponsored campaign for agro-product preservation technology has commenced in the country. Food technology experts at an investment forum last week in Lagos canvassed for application of Flash Dryer technology for agricultural produce in order […]
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, has said that his administration is pursuing vigorously, an aggressive agricultural revolution for all- round food production and sustainability to feed the people. Governor Emmanuel who made this known weekend in a message to the citizens on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the state, explained that […]
In view of the present economic recession and effort to ensure food security, the Niger state government has commenced the resuscitation of 17 irrigation schemes across the State even as the state is set for partnership with Bill and Melinda Gate foundation in Agriculture and Healthcare . The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, […]