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At a state-of-the-art plant in northern Nigeria, shiny machines stand next to a conveyor belt ready to crush tomatoes to satisfy the country’s insatiable demand for tomato paste. But a lonely cleaner mopping the floor is the only sign of activity in Nigeria’s biggest tomato factory, equipped with the latest Italian and German technology. There […]
The Federal Government says it is committed to putting an end to the price peg disagreement between wheat farmers and flour millers across the country. Speaking in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said the disagreement was affecting wheat production across the country. Ogbeh said […]
An Economist, Mr Titus Okuroumu, has urged Federal Government to urgently provide the newly discovered high-yielding seedlings to farmers to drive down inflation rate in the country. Okuroumu, former Director in Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), gave the advice in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. He also advised government to build more […]
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has appealed to the Federal Government to locate a Commodities Certification Centre in Kano to assist farmers in the state promote quality of their produce. Ganduje made the call at the flagging-off of the nationwide advocacy on Agricultural Quality Control and Standardization, across the six geo-political of the zones, […]
Faced with uncertainty of consumers’ loyalty, indigenous tomato producers are still battling to break into the local tomato market due to the influx of foreign tomato brands. This challenge has prompted indigenous tomato producers to rethink their marketing strategies with a view to finding lasting solution to the preference for foreign tomato products. The strategies […]
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, disclosed that through the State Employment Trust Fund, ETF, his administration had in the last one year approved, N4.5 billion for 5,527 Medium Small Manufacturing Enterprises, MSMEs. Ambode, through the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Tunji Bello stated this at the opening ceremony of the 2nd […]
Over 500 million people in Africa are estimated to live below poverty line. Yet, many African governments, including Nigeria, despite different policies introduced, have not found solutions to eradicate poverty and hunger. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that 233 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were hungry and undernourished from 2014 to […]
“By 2030, the size of the food and agribusiness in Africa will reach $1 trillion. So, if you are thinking of how to make money, that’s the sector to be in.” – Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. “Cassava is an industrial crop of the future in Africa, with the potential to generate […]
Nigeria will attain sustainable development if there is security of food and serious agricultural development. However, for this to be realised, Lagos State must continue on the path of sustainable food production and agricultural revival. Prior to the recent bold collaboration with Kebbi State that brought delight to many homes during the Yuletide and New […]
A member representing Obokun State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has distributed farm inputs and several empowerment materials to farmers and other residents of his constituency. About one 1,000 constituents including, 125 farmers, 65 widows, 83 senior citizens and 486 vulnerable individuals benefited from the empowerment initiative. Some of the […]
The African Development Bank, AfDB, plans to invest about $24 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate the realisation of the food sufficiency agenda, its president, Akinwumi Adesina, said on Tuesday. Mr. Adesina, who said the investment would be through the Bank’s ‘Feed Africa Strategy’ would require paying attention to the implementation of plans […]
“AGRICULTURE has been identified as a major source of revenue generation for Oyo State government if the various abounding opportunities in the agricultural potentials of the state are adequately and properly utilised. A former Chief of Staff to the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and one of the governorship aspirants in the state, Professor Adeolu […]
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tuesday described agriculture as the abandoned pathway to Nigeria’s economic diversification from oil and national prosperity. Osinbajo, who made the remark at the inauguration of the Edo State Fertiliser and Chemical Company Limited, located in Auchi, Etsako West local government area of the State, also identified the lack of […]
Yobe State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) has disclosed plans to train farmers on modern farming techniques under semi-arid weather and soil conditions. The Programme Manager of ADP, Mustapha Goggobe, disclosed this at the weekend while addressing farmers and agricultural extension workers at the state’s secretariat complex, Damaturu He said the scheme would be done in […]
In its bid to strongly drive its strategic business focus on rural economy, Unity Bank Plc said it has developed a product called NIRSAL Farmers Savings Account. The bank said in a statement that the product was specifically designed as a platform to execute a key aspect of its service level agreement for the NIRSAL-Unity […]