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Plantain can either be used for domestic consumption or used as input by other producers. For instance, plantain can be processed into chips or flour and sold locally or export abroad. Plantain flour has now become a popular food today in both local and international market. In Nigeria, the potential national demand for plantain […]
Banks must start lending to farmers From the President to paupers, every Nigerian now utters with conviction that a major road out of recession into future prosperity lies in the promotion of agriculture. Experts have repeated it so often that it has become shopworn. Unfortunately, like all roads paved with gold which often lead to […]
A new report launched on Friday by the United Nation’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reveals the crucial role the world’s dry lands play in buffering the negative impacts of climate change, land degradation and drought. “Drylands are absolutely key to global food security for the whole planet,” said IFAD President, Kanayo F. Nwanze. […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, on Thursday said necessary agricultural activities have kicked off to ensure bumper harvest in 2017. The Minister made this known while responding to questions from journalists when he visited Dizengoff/ Phinada Farms in Bwari. According to him, some agricultural activities have kicked off […]
A company in Brazil, in an attempt to “further promote the use of quality agricultural tools” in Nigeria, has launched agricultural products as well as other household product line in the country. Tramontina, Brazil’s foremost manufacturing company, which officially launched in Lagos last week, is known for producing 18,000 different products in household and agriculture […]
The permanent secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Shehu Ahmed has said that 1.5million farmers are to benefit from the 2016/2017 Growth Enhancement Scheme(GES) dry season farming. He further revealed that the focus of the scheme would be on four major crops including rice, wheat, maize and groundnuts. The Permanent Secretary who was […]
Afoma Adigwe, founder of Uplifting Women through Farming (UWTF) and Uplifting Youth through Agriculture (UYOTA), speaks with COLLINS NNABUIFE on her projects. You have been in this campaign for agriculture for over a decade, what is inspiring you? In 2005 I tried to woo Nigerians in the Diaspora to come and invest in agriculture and […]
A professor at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)’s Department of Crop Protection, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), Professor Steve Afolami, has advocated the importance of ensuring that the various researches being carried out in Nigeria have national focus. The professor said this, while assessing the impact of research on the […]
Going by the huge deficit gaps between demand and supply of food commodities in the country, the Federal Government has urged potential investors to take advantage of the huge market to invest in the country’s agricultural sector. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh disclosed this during his meeting with a team of […]
Traditionally, people with special needs were seen almost same as street beggars. Though different approaches to end street begging have been adopted and implemented, yet the phenomenon seems to have persisted. However, in recent times, a new approach to tackle the issue was introduced by Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) through Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension […]
Chi Farms Limited, a leading company in the poultry, cattle, catfish, feed milling and food processing business in Nigeria and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have partnered to empower small holder farmers in Nigeria and boost food security. Under the partnership, over 6,000 soy and maize farmers will be trained to meet […]
On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, resumed duties shortly after been sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari. His mission was to revamp the sector to drive the president’s quest for a diversified economy – away from oil that truncated the nation’s economic diversification. Since taking over […]
The Presidency has warned that Nigeria, currently Africa’s largest producer of cereals and grains risks famine from early next year following a huge demand in the global market that is targeting the country’s surplus production. Giving the grim forecast in a radio interview in Kano on Monday, a spokesman of the president on media and […]
The managing director, Eurobase Group, Don Ekeobasi has said Nigeria’s arable land has the capacity to generate $100 billion annually. He said “If Nigerians take agro value chain seriously, Nigeria can be like Chile and many other countries which survive on agriculture, with huge foreign reserve and favourable balance of trade in their favour, if […]
The chairman, Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), Hon. Abubakar Mohammed has said the massive smuggling of rice into the country if not checked, will kill the huge investment of private sector stakeholders in the rice value chain. He added that the threat if not checked will kill off the investment amounting to over N200 […]