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Cotton Farming: Dr. Hussaini Doko Ibrahim is the director-general and chief executive officer of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC). In this interview, he spoke on the Federal Government’s efforts to bring back the glory of textile industry in Nigeria.
In order to find easy transport of perishable agricultural produce from Ekiti state, a former Nigerian Air Force Officer, Chief Flight Surgeon and Chief Aerospace Medical Consultant, Dr. Makanjuola Akindele Owolabi, has joined prominent personalities in the state to demand for the establishment..
Silty Soil: Silt, one of the 3 basic soils, is composed of rock and mineral particles and it’s commonly found along with clay, sand, gravel, and other sediments. Larger than clay but smaller than sand, silt particles are less than 0.005 cm in diameter – making them very hard for the naked eye to see.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has tasked Agricultural Research Institutes to take the lead in the efforts of the Federal Government to revolutionise agricultural sector to diversify the economy, ensure food security and make agriculture the mainstay of the economy.
The Jigawa Government says it has concluded arrangements to vaccinate over one million animals across the state during the 2018 annual animal vaccination.
The National Committee on the transformation of the livestock sector has recommended the setting up of a National Livestock Industry Transformation Fund to urgently implement stakeholders recommendations to boost the sector.
Cocoa farmers have threatened to declare a nationwide strike over the sector’s neglect.The aggrieved farmers gave the threat under the aegis of the National Executive Council of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN).
Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has called on state governments to consider the proposed establishment of cattle colonies as a solution to the lingering herdsmen-farmers conflicts.
Greenhouse technology has the potential to rapidly expand the country’s agricultural production, including a very attractive opportunity to generate huge Return On Investment for investors within a short time.
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Abubakar Rasheed, has said that six universities have adopted the Sasakawa Fund for Agricultural Extension Education, SAFE, initiative to ease the method of farming in the country.
The Bayelsa Government says it will soon begin exportation of fish from its aquaculture farm. Doodie Weeks, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said this on Wednesday at the Inter-Ministerial and Agency Briefing in Yenagoa.
The Bayelsa Government on Wednesday said it established a grazing site for cattle rather than colony at its Palm Estate in Yenagoa to check clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
The House of Representatives wednesday passed a motion mandating its Committees on Agricultural Production and Services and Water Resources to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Central Bank of Nigeria (CNB), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other stakeholders ….
Coffee, maize, sugarcane and rice farming will be highly lucrative in the next few years, according to a new report. The Tanzania Agribusiness Report for January 2018, published by Business Monitor International (BMI), says future demand for the four crops will be relatively high in both the domestic
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it plans to increase its loans to Nigeria by over $8 billion next year with investments in energy, infrastructure and agriculture. AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina said it will grow its loan portfolio to Nigeria by more than $2 billion over the next one year.