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Poultry farmers affected by the outbreak of avian influenza in 2015 and 2016 will soon be paid compensation for their losses, new President of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Mr. Ezikiel Ibrahim, has announced. He spoke yesterday at the ongoing Nigeria Poultry Show in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Mr. Ibrahim assured the victims […]
The Yobe Government on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to develop 5,000 hectares of land it received from the state to establish the proposed grazing reserve. Dr Mustapha Gaidam, the Manager of Yobe Pilot Development Programme, made the call in an interview in Damaturu. He said that Yobe Government donated 5,000 hectares […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, disclosed during the weekend in chat with the press in Abuja, that British Airways has offered to fly Nigerian yams to the United Kingdom in a bid to sustain the export of the produce. He insisted that there was no alternative to the exportation of agricultural produce as the…” […]
The Federal Government yesterday assured that it would do everything humanly possible to reduce smuggling of poultry products to the barest minimum. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and relevant stakeholders would next week begin a raid of poultry markets across the […]
The police in Adamawa have arrested 200 Cows for invading a farmland at Yolde-Pate in Yola South Local Government Area. Adamawa police spokesman, Othman Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that the incident occurred on Saturday. “In collaboration with the district and village heads in the area and timely intervention of […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), to join the campaign for establishment of ranches in the country. Ortom, represented by the Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, made the appeal while opening the 2017 annual international convention of the association in Makurdi, yesterday. “We […]
Herdsmen on the platform of Confederation of Traditional Stockbreeders Organisations in Africa (CORET), have called on the federal government to create a livestock Ministry, seperate from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to ensure inclusive growth and development of the sector. This according to them will bring the sector out of the […]
The State has auctioned 1,115 head of cattle seized for entering the country in contravention to the laws of the land. The event, conducted by Meripalento Brokers at Mgagao, saw cattle said to have originated from Laitoktok, Kajiado County, in Kenya being auctioned. The sale took place after the government sought an order to that […]
To address the high cost of poultry feeds, the Ogun State government has charged poultry farmers to forge a strong alliance within to check the instability in the price of poultry feeds in the country. The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Modupe Mujota, explained that there is strength in numbers, urging […]
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has restated the readiness of the FCT Administration to combat rabies in the FCT. The Minister this at the flag-off of the free anti-rabies exercise which took place at the FCT veterinary clinic in Nyayna as part of activities marking the 2017 World Rabies Day. […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has promised that the state government will make land available to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for the establishment of pilot ranches in the state. He spoke during a visit by socio-cultural groups from the three major ethnic groups in the state. Ortom stated that the provision of land was […]
Sokoto is noted for booming donkey business with an international border market at Ilela, a depot in the state capital as well as village markets in some of the local government areas. Every Sunday, which is the market day for Ilela, the ‘Kara’ (livestock section) of the international market witnesses booming donkey business activities. The […]
Despite its position as the largest producer of tomato in Africa, Nigeria is said to be importing tomato paste worth over $360m annually, according the Growth and Employment in States (GEMS4) reports. According to the report, Nigeria remains the 14th largest producer of tomato in the world, while 45 per cent of its annual production […]
Stakeholders in agriculture last Wednesday advocated for an outright ban on importation of fish and fish products in the country to improve national reserve. This they said in Ibadan where they gathered to create awareness on a project tagged: “proposed fish industrial estate for youth in agriculture empowerment programme”. The project was instituted by the […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has seized 497,279 bags of imported rice between 2015 and August, 2017 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N3.8 billion. The Comptroller-General of the service, retired Col. Hameed Ali, disclosed this in a document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. Ali said […]