Gov. Bagudu Assures Farmers Of Adequate Farming Inputs
Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has assured farmers in the state of adequate provision of more farming implement to boost agricultural activities.
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Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has assured farmers in the state of adequate provision of more farming implement to boost agricultural activities.
Striving to reduce unemployment in the state, the Provost of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Samson Adeola Odedina has assured the state government that more youths would soon become millionaire agropreneurs who will feed the nation.
Ten thousand smallholder farmers in Kebbi have been targeted to benefit from a package of agricultural inputs such as fertilizer, seeds,agro chemicals , training and financial support as loan in order to improve productivity.
The National Agriculture Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) is test-running e-extension and e-library services in an effort to boost agriculture and ensure food security.
The President of National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), Bar. Ken Ukaoha, has identified lack of proper coordination, direction, poor staffing, inadequate and irregular funding of the agricultural extension services in the country as being responsible for its dismal performance of the agricultural sector.
Oluwasina Olabanji, an agricultural expert and former executive director of Lake Chad Research Institute, Maiduguri, has described the high rate of wheat importation into the country as alarming, despite arable land suitable to grow the commodity.
While commissioning the N50 billion new Flour Mills sugar plant in Niger State on February 15, President Muhammadu Buhari said that his government’s agricultural vision ‘continues to be a country that grows what it eats.’
The Country Director, SAA/SG 2000, Professor Sani Miko, has identified Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria as the secret behind the success being recorded in the agricultural sector through the development of technologies.
Bumper Harvest: A recently released quarterly report on crop prospects and food situation by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reveal that Nigeria and 36 other countries were in need of external food assistance due to one reason or the other.
Farming Scheme: Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, threatened to prosecute farmers who violate the agreement reached in the ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria-backed scheme in the state.
Fertilizer Blending Plants: The Nasarawa State Government has commenced installation of the four modern fertilizer blending plants it imported last year from China to boost agricultural development of the state.
Agric Investments: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has invested no less than N25 billion under its agriculture intervention efforts in Sunti Golden Sugar, as it restates commitment to the development of the sector and its allied products.
Rural Agric Products: Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki has expressed her readiness to partner, train and provide soft loans to over 500 members of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Women in the New Nigeria, on their Farmer’s Mart initiative towards ensuring that their farm produce meet the quality..
Vegetable Crops: Federal Government has commenced training programmes for 200 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Damaturu, Yobe State.
Songhai Farm Model: A model of Songhai farming techniques is being planned by Federal Government in Akwa Ibom State and it is part of government’s strategies to boost agriculture in the country.