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Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its readiness to make everyone interested in farming. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who disclosed this while reviewing plans of the sector at the Treasury Board Meeting, in preparation for the 2020 budget, held at the Oba’s complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said his administration will continue to look for […]
No fewer than 20,000 hectares of irrigable land would be cultivated by wheat farmers registered under the Anchor Borrower Programme in Kano State in this year’s dry season farming. The state chairman of the Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN), Alhaji Musa Shehu-Sheka, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
…as Olam’s model spurs massive rice production in states Perhaps what is at present boosting women and rural participation in rice production in some states is the Nigeria Rice Outgrower Value Chain Development Programme put in place to spur more interest in rice farming across the country. The United Nations/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), […]
Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) has lamented what it called lateness in accessing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) inputs intervention under the anchor borrower scheme. This, the association said, has been an annual occurrence, which it says has been affecting wheat farming over the years. WFAN National President, Alhaji Salim Muhammad, made this […]
Tomato farmers in Kano state have expressed fear that the production of the commodity, this year, might face serious challenges following the suspension of the distribution of hybrid tomato seedlings by Dangote farms. Alhaji Sani Danladi-Yadakwari, the state branch Chairman of National Tomato Growers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria, said this in an interview […]
Farmers under the aegis of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria have said they are targeting to produce over 300,000 metric tonnes of the crop in the coming season. This is coming as a result of the increased funding from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the apex bank. […]
Beans farmers in Katsina State are gearing up for a bumper harvest as the crop is blossoming and yielding fruits far better than that of the last two years. According to the farmers, the development cannot be unconnected with the late October rainfalls witnessed this year as the crop needed moisture and cold temperature to […]
The Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme (CASP), has raised 420,000 assorted tree seedlings for distribution in seven northern states for the development of plantations and woodlots with a view to mitigating the effect of climate change, This was contained in a statement by the National Coordinator of the programme, Muhammad Lawal Idah, after […]
Stakeholders in business, investors, financial experts, and government officials are currently in Osogbo, the capital of the state of Osun, attending a three-day economic and investment summit organized by the state government to open up investment opportunities that abound. The event which kicked off on Tuesday at the Aurora Conference Centre, Osogbo, with the theme, […]
The Government of Imo State has disowned an ultimatum issued by a group, under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, giving herdsmen in the state 24 hours to quit. According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chibuike Onyeukwu, the group lacks legitimacy to speak for the […]
The Federal Government has been urged to establish at least one mega rice meal in each of Nigeria’s 109 senatorial district to encourage the production of the staple. An agriculturist, Alhaji Abba Kale, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend, saying it would in no small […]
Following the alarm raised by the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Francis Eze, over the destruction of their farms by herdsmen, the herders have been given 24 hours to vacate the institution. This was made known to Vanguard on Sunday in Owerri, from the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, led […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the disbursement of about N75billion as loan to farmers in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing in Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). The loan guarantee scheme is a public-private sector initiative set up to transform the country’s agricultural sector. It […]
Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI) that has the national mandate on wheat production in Nigeria had begun training of wheat farmers on new mechanised farming techniques adopted from Egypt. The new wheat farming method involves the use of a combine planter and ridge making machine aimed at improving wheat production in Nigeria. This was disclosed […]
Key leaders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector, who would attend the forthcoming Daily Trust Agric conference and exhibition, have indicated strong willingness to inspire participants to grab emerging opportunities. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammadu Sabo Nanono, is expected to lead the ministry’s high-powered delegation, while many captains of industry have shown interest […]