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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced that the country would stop importation of rice from 2018, to encourage the production of local rice. The president, who said this in his address to the nation in Abuja to mark the beginning of 2018, said it is in view of this reality that in 2015 he […]
Dating back to the 1950s, all tiers of government set up farm settlements to promote efficient use of land in a way that will boost socioeconomic life of people and the community. But with the discovery of oil, the nation shifted away from agriculture leading to the abandonment of farm settlements across the country. However, […]
“Developing the Cross River State Cocoa Value Chain for Export” The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) is set to address inadequacies and raise awareness of farmers on processing high-quality cocoa for export. Executive Director of NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, stated this in Ikom Local Council Area, Cross River State, during a two-day Cross River Cocoa […]
FAO Rekindles Food Sustainability In Northeast, The launch of the dry season farming in the Northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), appears to be the right step in supporting the populations in the northeast who are faced with a food crisis.To say it is timely is to […]
The Ogun State government has joined the league of rice-producing states in the country, with the launch of the MITROS Rice processing factory and formal launch of the rice, in Asero, Abeokuta, the state capital, boosting the Federal Government’s dream of attaining food sufficiency in the area of rice production. At the launch, graced by […]
Fishery Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri is the Minister of State for Agriculture. During the just concluded 10th Ministerial Conference of the Fisheries Committee of the West Central Gulf of Guinea in Abuja, he told Daily Trust on Sunday that Nigeria’s biggest problem was the smuggling activities along the border with Benin Republic. You said Nigeria […]
Budget: New Agric Projects To Gulp N21.9bn, New projects at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) headquarters, its parastatals, agencies and colleges are expected to gulp N21.9 billion out of the total allocation of N98.125 billion assigned to the ministry. This amount is, however, not inclusive of projects already ongoing at the […]
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has disbursed over N1.4 billion in Kogi State since inception in 1972.BOA Managing Director Kabir Muhammed Adamu made this known during the inauguration of its branch in Okene, Kogi Central.
Kogi State will work hard to generate at least 15 percent of its income from the agricultural sector in 2018, Governor Yahaya Bello has said.
decision support tools, Scientists across Africa and their colleagues in other parts of the world met with policymakers in Tanzania, under the auspices of the African Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) to discuss the progress made in the last two years in providing clues to the agronomy of cassava. The meeting, held from December 11 to 15, […]
Third Nutritious Food Fair, Women have been identified as major players in addressing malnutrition in Nigeria and unless they are trained to make nutrition-sensitive decisions, malnutrition cannot be eradicated in the country. The Country Manager of HarvestPlus Nigeria, Dr Paul Ilona, who disclosed this during the third edition of the Nutritious Food Fair (NFF) at […]
Leading voice in the agriculture sector, Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has stressed the need for the urgent passage of the seed and fertilizer bills by the National Assembly. He said that if the seed bill passed into law it would be embedded with provisions to ensure an increase in private sector participation, protection of farmers and […]
The President National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has said that cashew production in 2018 may increase by 10 per cent over the 2017 volume.
Modern Milling Machines, The Chief Executive Officer, Raymos Guanah Farms, Mr Raymos Guanah says that Nigeria can achieve self-sufficiency in rice production if the present trend is sustained. Guanah said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Asaba. While commending the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Anchor Borrowers […]
No fewer than four people were feared dead in the clash between the herdsmen and farmers in Minda, Lau local government area of Taraba state on Thursday. Trouble according to sources started when a farmer in the village apprehend a herdsman grazing on his guinea corn farm, when he approached the grazer he was attacked […]