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[ad_1] The Federal Government has commended the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its partners for their impact on the Nigerian seed system, especially in the cassava sector. The commendation came when the IITA launched the second phase of the Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seed Systems (BASICS-II). The first phase of […]

[ad_1] Many tomato farmers in Kebbi State are now taking part in the out-grower scheme that will provide raw materials for the N20 billion tomato processing company recently established in the state. Culinary products manufacturer, GBFoods, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government and the Yauri Emirate, had established the […]

[ad_1] Marketers and dealers in fertilisers in the country have been warned not to sell the government-branded commodity above the stipulated price of N5,000. The chairman of Presidential Fertiliser Initiative, who is also the governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, issued the warning recently when he visited the Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO). He […]

[ad_1] The Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, has recommended crop breeding, agronomic management and conditioning of storage facilities as essential for increased seed longevity for maize, kenaf and legumes. The executive director of the institute, Prof Veronica Obatolu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that it was in this […]

[ad_1] With attention gradually turning to the health benefits of tumeric and other uses globally, farmers are also positioning themselves to take advantage of the expanding market. One of such farmer is Mikah Adamu Sule. With 18 hectares of farm in Keffi, three hectares was used for the cultivation of tumeric this season. Mr Sule, […]

[ad_1] Mr Abimbola Daramola is a former member of the House of Representatives and governorship candidate in the 2018 election in Ekiti State. He is also the chairman of Naija Green Card, as well as the convener of Project 60:60:60. In this interview with the Daily Trust on Sunday, he explained the various drives to […]

[ad_1] The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), is sensitising benefiting Ebonyi farmers to ways of preventing the deadly COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the IFAD-VCDP which works in collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is organising the sensitisation in eight participating LGAs of […]

[ad_1] Troops of Nigerian Army and Defence Headquarters Special Operations Forces deployed in Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara states to fight banditry under ‘Operation Sahel Sanity’, have killed seven bandits in several encounters, arrested six bandits and informant and recovered 30 motorcycles which the bandits abandoned. The troops also recovered several rustled cattle, sheep and goats […]

[ad_1] The National President, Maize Growers Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), Dr Edwin Uche has confirmed the association’s receipt of N13 billion worth of support from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the 2020 wet season maize production. This is in addition to another N16 billion given to other farmers under the […]

[ad_1] The National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, on Saturday, disclosed of training National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members on mechanized farming under the Back-to-Farm initiative towards enormous food production and job creation. This was made known by the Executive Secretary, NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, during a virtual meeting with the Director-General, NYSC, Brigadier General […]

[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday in Abuja said that it would intensify its support to farmers to meet the production of 12.5 million metric tons of maize in the country in the next 18 months. Mr Yusuf Yila, Head, Development Finance Department, CBN, said this at the stakeholders’ meeting of Maize […]

[ad_1] Rice farmers association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has announced the suspension of the state’s rice anchor borrowers’ programme which is a federal government agricultural intervention anchored by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Announcing the suspension of the programme in the state, the state chairman of RIFAN, Alhaji Abubakar Haruna Aliyu revealed that, the association […]

[ad_1] The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it is calling for an initial investment fund of $1.2 billion to support the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, so as to scale up the fight of preventing a global food emergency crisis during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced during a virtual […]

[ad_1]  The Delta State Chairman of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Alfred Mrakpor, has called on the government to permit the importation of maize into Nigeria as a result of the shortage of the product to meet the farmers need.  He stated this while reacting to the scarcity and continuous rise in the price […]