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Ogun State Government has made good its promise as it has paid N21m as compensation to seven communities in Ewekoro Local Government Area whose lands were acquired for agricultural purposes. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo who presented the cheques to the beneficiaries, said it was the first phase of payment on the 200 […]
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and Africa Lead is building the capacity of Women in Nigeria through training in entrepreneurial skills to develop long-term activities to strengthen institution as a way to increased agricultural productivity along the value chain. Speaking in Abuja during the graduation of agribusiness and entrepreneurship development short course […]
The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration would take advantage of opportunities in the agricultural sector and provide requisite support to communities that are ready to open up their land for agricultural investment. Obaseki said this while delivering a goodwill message at the 2017 Sobe Day Celebration, held at Uhebe […]
An International seminar aimed at developing rural Agriculture, tagged ‘Comprehensive Local Agricultural Plan’ is expected to hold in Abuja, this month. According to Project Head, C-LAP, Dr. Tanciy Joshi, who addressed a press briefing in Abuja, the seminar among other things aims at bringing out a workable blueprint to boost the agricultural sector. Joshi said […]
Benjamin Ogunbodede, a former director-general of the Institute of Agriculture Research and Training (IART) Ibadan, has been handed a 40-year jail sentence over an alleged N177 million fraud. Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, a judge of the federal high court in Ibadan, Oyo state, gave the ruling on Tuesday. The ex-DG was arraigned on a 17-count charge alongside […]
The conservation of Seychelles’ marine resources and seafood value chains will benefit from a $20 million package approved by the World Bank. The funding comes as part of the Third South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project (SWIOFish3), aimed at improving the management of marine areas and fisheries in targeted zones of […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has banned export of unprocessed milk as part of efforts geared at streamlining the sector’s value chain. The ban is mainly targeting cattle keepers in the Western Province districts of Rubavu, Rutsiro, Nyabihu and Ngororero, and provides tough measures against those that will contravene the new guidelines on milk trade in […]
Rice smugglers carrying out their activities through the creeks have been warned to desist or be ready to face prosecution by the Western Marine Command, WMC, of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, as the command has increased measures in the region to curtail illicit items from coming in through the waterways. A maritime stakeholder from Oke-Odan […]
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has embarked on intensive training for registered cotton farmers on best practices in the Southwest, Northeast and Northwest zones of the country. The training with the theme, “Capacity Building Training for Cotton Farmers on Appropriate Agronomic Practices for Cotton Production,” was part of the council’s efforts to […]
If the African continent is to sustain the current momentum of improved Gross Domestic Product (GDP), African leaders must strengthen and increase investment in research and development in agriculture as well as engage more women to the sector. Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) gave the advice while speaking […]
The Managing-director/Chief Executive Officer, Goshen Greenland Limited and representatives of LOVOL Arbos Group A Sino- Italian. Company, David Okpon has called for the harmonisation of custom charges on all agricultural machineries and equipment. He said we want government to harmonisé the charges because they are all agricultural equipment and so that when we bring in […]
This is not the best of times for the communities of four local government councils of Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme, all in Ogoni area of Rivers State, as farming and fishing activities have become a nightmare for thousands of them because of the effects of oil pollution. Ogoni, one of the largest ethnic nationalities […]
The Slovakian government has called for collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria in energy and agriculture. Making the call while speaking to LEADERSHIP over the weekend, at the sideline of the Slovakia national day celebration, the Slovakian ambassador to Nigeria, Peter Holasek said his country is ready to collaborate with Nigeria to develop her […]
– Nigeria’s beef supply survives on steady inflow from West Africa – We need to change that narrative There is a saying among politicians that “war is too serious a thing to be left to soldiers.” When I first heard it, I wondered what politicians had to do with war. But, what they were saying […]
Efforts are currently ongoing by the Federal Government and the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Affair to revive some crucial moribund agricultural facilities and industries in the Niger Delta region. This followed a visit to some of the moribund industries by the Presidential Economic Diversification Initiative and the Niger Delta Agricultural and Industrial Development Initiative to […]