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[ad_1] The Presidency says no fewer than 30,000 erstwhile N-Power beneficiaries have been hired as agric enumerators. The N-Power, cash-for-work programme, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 with 500,000 of direct beneficiaries, is spread across the key industries targeted by the programme – Agriculture, Health, Education, and Tax. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to […]
[ad_1] Farmers and physically challenged persons in Gombe State, have received Federal Government’s irrigation pumps, multipurpose threshers, powered sprayers, and quality seeds ahead of 2021 farming season. The free distribution of inputs to the farmers was done by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon Mustapha Baba Shehuri, and made known in […]
[ad_1] AS the National Assembly resumes today, after 48 days at home following the Christmas and New Year holiday, the Senate declared Monday that problem of insecurity emanating from incessant clashes between Herders and farmers across the country, will be thoroughly debated, with a view to coming up with lasting solutions. Answering questions from Journalists […]
[ad_1] AS the National Assembly resumes today, after 48 days at home following the Christmas and New Year holiday, the Senate declared Monday that problem of insecurity emanating from incessant clashes between Herders and farmers across the country, will be thoroughly debated, with a view to coming up with lasting solutions. Answering questions from Journalists […]
Moba, a producer of high-quality integrated systems for the grading, packaging and processing of consumption eggs, has raised the bar for egg processing with the introduction of the Crono9 loader Moba has made it possible to load eggs at the highest possible capacity (225,000 eggs per hour). (Image source: Moba) With the launch of the […]
[ad_1] The Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) has declared Ibarapaland safe and free of killer-herdsmen and kidnappers. The commandant, in a statement made available in Ibadan on Monday, said that he would volunteer to lead anyone who is interested in taking a tour of parts of Ibarapaland […]
[ad_1] Sterling Bank Plc has updated its agriculture commodities platform operated by SABEX, an affiliate company. According to the bank, SABEX, first introduced in 2018, is the world’s first fully digitized, end-to-end blockchain commodities trading and financing platform, built by Sterling Bank Plc in collaboration with AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited. MrYemi Odubiyi, Executive […]
[ad_1] The minister says at least 35 per cent of these inputs target women farmers. The Federal Government has distributed free agricultural inputs and quality seeds to smallholder farmers in Gombe State. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The statement by […]
[ad_1] Cocoa warehouse • CBN injects N50b as NCX secures 20 warehouses in six zones•‘Security of farmers must be restored, farm investors, researchers say Some professionals and investors have expressed optimism that the proposed reactivation of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), which is saddled with the responsibilities of mopping up farm produce, bridging seasonal availability […]
[ad_1] … She is a missing persons – Police By Ochuko Akuopha SUSPECTED herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped a female farmer Mrs. Joy Osamezu at a farmland in Obiaruku, Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State. Though the circumstances surrounding the kidnap were hazy at press time, sources said she was adopted on Saturday while working in the farmland across […]
[ad_1] The above quote from George Orwell’s 1984 Animal farm seems to have been recreated by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, in Kogi. The electricity company has created a class -status in their distribution of electricity to consumers in the state. AEDC presently operates Tariff plans of A, B, C, D and E. A […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has promised to install three rice processing mills in Adamawa State in a bid to assist farmers to add value to their rice produce. Prince Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary of NALDA, made this pledge in an interactive session with farmers in Adamawa State. Ikonne said NALDA […]
[ad_1] The Olu of Oba Eerin in Obafemi/Owode local government area of Ogun State, Oba Ganiyu Adegun Sanyaolu, has cautioned his subjects against harbouring strangers especially, herders that were looking for place of abode following their forceful ejection from Ibarapa area of Oyo State. The call according to the monarch became necessary following a video […]
[ad_1] Photo: EPA/STR<br /> Ogun State Government has reiterated its commitment to reviving the state’s economy by empowering interested farmers, especially youths, through various commodities, including cotton production. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, while reacting to The Guardian story published on Sunday, January 31, titled: ‘Concern Over Ogun Cotton ABP Stalemate,’ said the state, […]
[ad_1] The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) said it has trained no fewer than 1,000 entrepreneurs on the process of accessing the Agri-Business/Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) loan. Oyo State Director of the NDE, Mrs Olayemi Olayinka, disclosed this during the fourth cycle training for some of the entrepreneurs in Ibadan, Oyo State. AGSMEIS is […]