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The cocoa sector in West Africa is facing many well-known problems. That is a fact. And we all acknowledge those problems. Only by joining forces can we solve the challenges and contribute to sustainable growth and development of the cocoa sector. Succeeding in this, will result in increased farmer profitability, economic growth in West-Africa and […]
The Federal Government has been charged to provide special fund for women farmers, towards boosting the nation’s food production. This was the submission of participants at the end of the First National Workshop of National Council For Women Societies (NCWS) on the role of women in economic diversification, held in Akure, the Ondo state capital. […]
The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to set a time line to ban the importation of maize into the country. The group’s National Coordinator, Mr Redson Tedheke, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the suspension of the import would protect local […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has flagged-off the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) for poultry farmers in Lagos State, with the distribution of 10,000 day old chicks to members of the Erikorodo Poultry Estate Farmers Association, Ikorodu. The flag off, in collaboration with Bank of Industry (BoI) and Amo Farms, was in line with the […]
• BoI Has Breached Terms, Conditions Concerning The Fund- NCAPMA • Govt Should Prevent Truncation, Summersault Of Policy- Master Bakers After years of foot-dragging on disbursement of the major portion of the N10b first tranche release from the Cassava bread fund by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Bank of Industry (BoI) […]
Nigerian maize farmers are worried about the commodity’s huge importation into the country. They are concerned it could crowd out local production and now want government to remedy the situation. A tonne of locally produced maize currently sells between one N130,000 to 250,000. The imported one sells lower at N40,000 per tonne. The Nigerian agriculture […]
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has commended the Federal Government on its renewed efforts on agriculture aimed at repositioning the nation’s economy for sustainable development, reports the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. The governor gave the commendation on Sunday in Ilorin when the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari paid him Sallah homage. […]
Mr Agene Thomas, Director of Crops, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Lokoja office, has called from a shift in agricultural sector management to achieve food security in the country. Thomas said in Abuja on Monday that there would be increase in agricultural productivity through the use of small machines, liquid fertiliser and loans. […]
The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos Branch, Otunba Femi Oke, has called investors in the sugar industry to collaborate with AFAN in order to achieve Nigerian Sugar Master Plan (NSMP). Speaking with Daily Sun in a telephone interview, Oke said the collaboration would help to solve the current land issues hindering […]
The Federal Government has deployed 711 N-Power agricultural extension agents to Edo to boost agricultural activities in the state. The Programme Manager of the State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Mr Peter Aikhuomobhoebe, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Benin on Monday. Aikhuomobhoebe also disclosed that the Federal Government provided another 100 Knapsack sprayers […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, in Kano State has expressed concern over the refusal of most of its members to repay their Anchor Borrowers loans. The association, therefore, expressed the fear that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, might not consider the state for similar facility in future. The state AFAN chairman, Faruk […]
Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has advocated the strengthening agricultural extension services officers to boost food production. Speaking at a one-day interactive session with 2015/17 beneficiaries of Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) and Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) weekend in Asaba, Okowa said, “Agriculture remains the greatest employer of labour, it is encouraging that […]
To avert maize scarcity, especially in the Southwest, the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo State has distributed over a metric tonne of new maize variety, to farmers in select local councils, farm settlements and villages in Oyo State. Leader of the IAR&T maize distribution team, Dr. Olugbenga Egbetokun, who spoke with […]
With the recent attempt by governments at all levels and development partners in the agricultural sector in ensuring that small holder farmers benefits from all forms of agricultural interventions, it is apparent that such farmers have started gaining ground as they are being encouraged to form groups for easy access to such interventions. Some farmer […]
In the last two years, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has been in the forefront of increasing the country’s earnings on non-oil export. Perhaps, this necessitated the commission’s resolve to announce in 2016 of its plan to create 1.5 million jobs.At a stakeholders’ workshop in Lagos, Director-General, NEPC, Mr. Segun Awolowo, explained that the […]