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The Acting Director, Federal Department of Animal Husbandry Services, Dr John Toyin Taiwo, on Thursday said that currently, agriculture contributes 24.18 per cent to the nation’s economy while the livestock subsector accounts for 12 per cent. Dr Taiwo disclosed this during consultative stakeholders’ meeting of the Vet-Gov Pilot Project in collaboration with the African Union […]
Loremm Integrated Farms, one of the large poultry farms at the outskirts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is just about 10 months old but the investment is huge. Its first batch of birds came in August last year – they are five months old and egg production has begun in earnest with 60% […]
Following Federal Government’s constitution of Presidential Taskforce on food prices reduction on Wednesday, farmers under the auspices of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Kwara State Chapter yesterday, vehemently rejected the move by the government. This stand by the farmers was made known by the Chairman of the Kwara State Chapter of AFAN, Olawale Ajibola, […]
The FAO Food Price Index rose notably in January, led by sugar and cereals, even as global markets remain well supplied. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 173.8 percent in January, its highest value in almost two years, marking a 2.1 percent increase from its revised December value and 16.4 percent above its 2016 January […]
The Federal Government has approved the setting up of a Task Force saddled with the responsibility of addressing the rising cost of food items across the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this while briefing State House correspondents alongside the Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun and Minister of State for […]
A Financial expert, Managing Director, Background Check International, BCI, Mr. Kola Olugbodi, has stressed the need for background check as a key tool that could assist corporate organizations confront the challenges posed by the present economic recession in the country. Olugbodi, therefore, urged corporate organizations to embrace background check and institute it as a corporate […]
The President, Association of Systems Management Consultants, Mazi Coleman Obasi, has said the Federal Government is losing so much by not implementing the cassava bread initiative. The initiative was designed to achieve about 20 per cent cassava flour in bread. He said if the government had implemented the policy, the country would have saved significant […]
The Union of Tomato Paste Manufacturers in Nigeria has said the once vibrant tomato industry might stop existing in 2017 if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not amend its policy on forex to exclude triple concentrate tomato paste from the scope of the 41 items under the restricted list. The union, through its […]
At a time when the Federal Government is focusing on agriculture, in its diversification programme, former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that Nigeria could overcome recession and food shortage and experience economic boom if it is fully committed to the growth of agriculture as an alternative to oil. In a […]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, said recently in Abuja that Nigeria had secured a contract to supply China with 3.2 million tonnes of dry cassava chips to China. This is not all about government talk but about you because when the time comes for the execution of this contract, it would not […]