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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said the government is currently working towards establishing seed extension offices across the local governments in the country to check the circulation of fake seeds in the country. Ogbeh, who stated this during this year’s Seed Fair organised by the National Agricultural Seed Council […]
The agricultural sector in Nigeria has in recent times focused on rice production to reduce the millions of naira used on importation of the product which is a common staple in Nigeria. The Eegua community in Yewa North Local Government of Ogun state is already poised to take local rice production to international level. As […]
The Head of Netherlands Mission in Nigeria, Mr. Michel Deleen, has said that for Nigeria to achieve her export drive for agricultural product, the Federal Government and other stakeholders in the sector must work towards maximising yields per hectare. Mr. Deleen, who spoke at the NABG’s AgrikExpo and conference in Abuja, said the country must […]
The Federal Government under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has trained and empowered no fewer than 65 women on fishing technologies. Mrs Lere Adams, the Acting Director of Information in the ministry made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Adams said that the training was in line with the […]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed that the Federal Government was committed to safeguarding the livelihoods of farmers across the country. Mr Ogbeh made this disclosure in his keynote address at the 2017 Farmers’ Field Day and Seed Fair organised by the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) in conjunction with […]
Nigeria has recorded a significant rise in its non-oil export, with agricultural goods increasing the country’s foreign exchange earnings. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently reported that Nigeria recorded an export rise of 73.5 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) of this year compared to the same quarter last year. Experts have attributed […]
The Director General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), recently in Lagos, lamented that the country post-harvest losses have risen to over $9 billion annually. Prof. (Mrs.) Gloria Elemo, who was the keynote speaker at a two-day workshop of GAIN-PLAN Nigeria Cold Chain Summit 2017, held in Ikeja, Lagos, stated that post-harvest […]
Castor Seed (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated around the world because of the commercial importance of Castor oil. India is said to be the world’s largest producer of castor seed and meets most of the global demand for castor oil. Nigeria imports over N30 billion worth of castor oil every year despite having arable and […]
The United Nations (UN) estimates that up to 5.2 million people in northeastern Nigeria are experiencing acute food insecurity and require emergency food assistance, largely as a result of insurgency, resultant displacement and loss of means of livelihoods. This was revealed in a “Draft Nigeria Country Plan Global Food Security Strategy” document sent to Daily […]
Robust harvests in Latin America and rebounding agricultural conditions in Southern Africa are on course to improve the global food supply situation, but ongoing civil conflicts and climate-related shocks are affecting progress towards hunger reduction, according to the new edition of FAO’s Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. Hurricanes in the Caribbean and floods in […]
More than 4,300 animals have been treated in northeastern Haiti at mobile clinics set up by Heifer International and the Ministry of Agriculture in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Teams are preparing to care for more livestock as Hurricane Maria threatens the country. Natural disasters can be just as hard on livestock as they are […]
Four hundred and fifty eight farms under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) anchor borrowers’ scheme have been submerged by flood in parts of Kwara State. The farms are situated on the 3, 200 hectares federal government’s Tada-Shonga irrigation land for rice cultivation in Shonga, Edu Local Government Area of the state. The produce was […]
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has awarded N344. 33million contract for the supply of 100 units of tractors, to revamp agriculture. The tractors will be delivered in two consignments, within 30 days, as contained in a Memorandum of Understanding between the government and an indigenous contractor, Messrs. Hello Nigeria Ltd. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]
Investment giant, Dangote Group, has discussed with Plateau State government the idea of acquiring land in the state for the purpose of cultivating wheat, which is the major raw material needed by Dangote for its manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The idea to cultivate wheat in Jos by Dangote is to source the raw material locally […]
Enugu State House of Assembly will amend the bill that provides for gender specific needs of female farmers, protects and empowers them with rights over agricultural land, water resources and other such related rights. At a sensitisation meeting in Enugu at the weekend, the lawmakers observed that presently, the bill is not only contentious and […]