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Some farmers in Zaria on Friday appealed to government for early supply of fertilisers for this year’s farming season to facilitate bumper harvest. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria. Malam Musa Dogara, a seasoned farmer, said the call became necessary in view of the fact […]
The Federal Governments has been advised to follow the Indian example of mechanized agriculture if the country must be self sufficient in food production. The Acting Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria-ARCN, Professor Ambrose Voh, stated this in Kaduna, while declaring open a three-day workshop on Integrated Safe Fertility Management-ISFM for Livelihood Impact organized […]
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), says it will establish a 300 million dollar agribusiness loan project for young farmers across the country. NIRSAL is an arm of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) that provides agribusiness investments credit risk guarantees to help drive economic development through agriculture. The organisation also […]
Gunmen clad in military camouflage, yesterday, struck again in a farm at Igbodu area of Epe, Lagos State, abducting seven persons. The victims are two private guards, said to be members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and five farm workers at Eliasa Farm. As at 7p.m. yesterday, only four of the victims were identified. […]
The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishment of a collaborative relationship to provide weather information to farmers under the foundation. According to the Executive Director of BATNF, Mrs. Oluaseyi Ashade, the objective of the partnership is for NIMET […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it will adopt agriculture as the major job creator for corps members. Mr. Salawu Abdulrazak, the NYSC FCT Coordinator, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. Abdulrazak explained the scheme was concluding plans with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to achieve this target. He said the NYSC was […]
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reiterated his commitment to creating jobs for unemployed youths in the state, through the promotion of public-private partnership in commercial agriculture. Speaking during his inspection visit to Siat Nigeria Limited (Former Risonpalm) at Ubima on Friday, Governor Wike said that through commercial agriculture more than 10000 youths will […]
The Provincial Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Rural Development, South Kivu, DR Congo, Madam Adolphine Muley Byayuwa has expressed optimism that technologies developed by IITA can help transform agriculture in Africa. She made this remark during her visit to IITA, Ibadan, to participate in the Systems Marketplace event organized by the Humidtropics in collaboration […]
With the commencement of the second phase of the N10 billion Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) programme initiated by the Bank of Industry (BoI), beneficiaries of the scheme have commended the bank for the assisting them in the realisation of the entrepreneurial dream. YES programme is a scheme initiated by the Bank of Industry (BoI) to […]
Mill to include parboiling plant as firm partners farmers in Kano, Jigawa. In line with government’s backward integration agenda in the rice industry, BUA Rice Ltd, a subsidiary of BUA Group, has initiated plans to increase the firm’s milling capacity from 200,000tonnes to one million tones within the next four years. According to the firm, […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was working on a policy that would set aside $50 billion to fund and stimulate investment in production of biofuels. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this in Abuja at the National Capacity Building and Sensitisation Workshop on Biofuels, organized by the Petroleum […]
“It gives me great joy to somehow help out a little in improving Agriculture in Africa. Though I love my country, but it is not my life, my life is to be working in a country like Nigeria, my life is to be working in Africa to help the farmers of Africa.”
Agrobusinessngr visits International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, recently. At a glance are pictures of farm sites undergoing irrigation. by Adeyemi Bamidele Ezekiel
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised Nigerians that the change they voted for in 2015 will manifest more through agriculture in the new year 2017 that is already here. He also said that the era of over-dependence on oil for foreign exchange revenues is gradually waning as agriculture is picking. Nigeria’s agricultural revolution has begun with […]
Chicken consumers in Asaba on Sunday expressed displeasure over the hike in charges for processing the commodity by butchers. A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the Abraka Market revealed that the price for processing one chicken had gone up from N100 to N200. Mrs Cynthia Uchenna, a resident, said that […]