AgroBusiness Times

[ad_1]  Belinda Faniyi is the Ogun State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In this interview with OYENIRAN APATA, she explains how she turned a three and half hectares of land at the Sagamu Orientation camp to a farmland and skills acquisition ground. Excerpts:   You assumed office in Ogun State in March 2019 […]

[ad_1]  Cassava products are in very high demand all over the world for the production of various products and compounding of animal feeds.  The advent of global warming has put cassava on the front burner as a prime raw material for the production of ethanol which does not emit carbon dioxide unlike fossil fuels. High […]

[ad_1] Fishery contracted, while livestock, crop production and forestry stayed aloft. Nigeria’s agriculture sector grew 2.17 per cent in 2020, from 2.36 per cent in 2019 and 2.12 per cent in 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a new report Thursday. The report also revealed that the sector grew 3.42 per cent […]

[ad_1] The National Economic Council, NEC, on Thursday resolved that states should pay compensation to victims of herders/farmers clashes whose properties were destroyed in their various jurisdictions. The compensation was part of the decisions reached during the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa, Abuja. Briefing journalists at the […]

[ad_1] Akure- Cocoa and Plantain Farmers Association of Nigeria(CPFAN) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the ongoing destruction of farm crops and killing of farmers by some herdsmen. The farmers made the call during their conference in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday. Addressing newsmen after the confab, the National President […]

[ad_1] “Last year, the demand for certified cassava stems from cassava growers was estimated at N10 billion.” Efforts to develop cassava seed system would help Nigeria to transform cassava and meet the growing demand for cassava seeds of about N10 billion from cassava growers. Experts from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), National Agricultural Seed […]

[ad_1] THE Federal Government, Wednesday, disclosed moves to galvanize mechanized farming and other aspects of agriculture with $1.2 billion loan under the Green Initiative project in order to boost food security, availability, affordability and job creation across various value chains. This was made known by the Special Senior Adviser to the President on agriculture, Andrew […]

[ad_1] Fatai Afolabi, a former Executive Secretary, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON) and CEO of Foremost Consultancy Services, disclosed that the shortage in oil palm production presents an opportunity for youths in Nigeria as more plantations are established amid scarcity of improved and high-yielding varieties of oil palm seedlings. FEMI IBIROGBA reports. Stakeholders in […]

[ad_1] A group under the aegis of Eastern Farmers Association (EFA) in the old Eastern region of Nigeria have cried out to the Federal Government over their losses following the destruction of their​ crops and farmland by herdsmen. In a petition signed by the Coordinator and the Secretary General respectively, Mr Paul Achalla and Mrs […]

[ad_1] To improve productivity and expand hectares under cashew cultivation, the United States Department for Agricultural (USDA) and the Federal Government has signed a pact to increase foreign exchange earnings, wealth creation and employment generation.  The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, during the signing of the memorandum with the USDA Pro-Cashew Project […]

[ad_1] Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture, on Friday, opened its agro-shop the secretariat in Oke-Mosan. The agro-shop is a one-stop shop that, as the government put it, would serve as an avenue for workers in the secretariat and others to buy fresh, quality and value added agricultural products at affordable prices from farmers and partners. […]

[ad_1] Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take drastic steps in curbing foreign herders who are always armed with sophisticated weapons from making incursion into Nigeria. The Kano State governor made the call on Tuesday while speaking at the Stakeholders’ Parley on Farmers/Herders […]