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The Federal Government has recruited no fewer than 1,350 unemployed youths under the N-power programme to serve as agricultural extension workers in Cross River. The State Coordinator of Sasakawa Global 2000, Mr Ekok Ntua, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), shortly after inspecting a cassava demonstration farm at Okonde […]
A poultry farmer, Mr Joel Oduware, has lauded the Federal Government for the closure of the nation’s borders, describing the development as God’s answer to the prayers of poultry farmers. Oduware, who is also a chicken processor, made the statement in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. He described […]
– The Akwa Ibom state government is taking its diversification policy seriously – The government is planning on increasing its investments in the lucrative agricultural sector – The government also has plans to build an ethanol plant, toilet tissue making plant and sugar factory in the state The Akwa Ibom state government is set to […]
The CBN, under Emefiele, has managed to provide the country with a stable exchange rate, moderate inflation and reduce import-substitution, while raising the quantity and quality of home-grown products, transforming Nigeria from a mono to a multi-product economy. Undoubtedly, the CBN’s Anchor Borrower’s Programme (ABP) is the most visible project of the bank’s efforts. The […]
An agricultural stakeholder, Jim Rex-Lawson Moses, Wednesday, clamoured for adequate agricultural research funding to boost food security and for effective economic diversification. Moses who is also publisher of AGROBUSINESS TIMES and organizer of the maiden International Conference & Expo on Research and Innovations in Agriculture, ICERIA 2019, said the government at all levels with development […]
A vibrant commodity exchange market will play a vital role in transforming agriculture sector, improve earnings and advance Nigeria’s economic diversification goals. Chris Ugwu writes With the sustainable bearish run that has caused many investors fortune in the nation’s capital market, stakeholders in the Nigerian economy have stepped up campaign for diversification of the exchange […]
The Niger State Government and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday met in Abuja to work out modalities to end the perennial crisis between farmers and herdsmen in the state. Speaking at the end of the meeting, the Niger state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, told reporters that the meeting mostly had to do with […]
The closure of Nigeria’s land borders may be impelling local rice producers to raise their capacities in response to concerns about the consequent shortage, which has induced price hike. Rice is the most popular food staple in Nigeria with local demand in excess of seven million tonnes. But until the border closure policy was enforced […]
The 2019 international conference on research and innovations in agriculture being organized by Nigeria’s premier magazine on agriculture, AGROBUSINESS TIMES, has received a major boost following partnership acceptance and endorsements by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the National Biotechnology Management Agency (NBMA). In recognition of the […]
Despite efforts by the Nigerian government to focus on agriculture and make it a mainstay of the Nigerian economy, Nigerian banks gave only 4.20 per cent of their total loans to the sector in the second quarter (Q2) of this year. A total of N15.1 trillion was given as loans in the second quarter of […]
The federal government, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has commenced inspection of farmlands of victims of the 2018 flood disaster in the state in its intervention programme. To this end, NEMA’s Monitoring and Evaluation team, led by Mr Vincent Owan, Director, Disaster Risks Reduction of NEMA and Chairman of Emergency Agricultural Intervention Programme […]
There is growing anxiety in Jigawa State over the fear that the state may run short of maize produce this year. The fear is as a result of flood disaster that destroyed 90 percent of expected maize output in the state. Our correspondent reports that over 6,000 hectares of maize farmland were destroyed in the […]
An Agricultural expert, Mr Ismail Olawale has said the closure of Nigeria`s borders will engender the development of the nation`s agricultural sector. Olawale, a fellow at the Nigerian Agriculture and Extension Liaison Service (NAERLS) expressed the view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the […]
Today, 8 October, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Kalambo Station – located in South-Kivu Province, in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo – will be named “The President Olusegun Obasanjo Research Campus” by His Excellency the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mr. Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo. The efforts of this […]
Perhaps, unimpressed by the performance of the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, the governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, did not name a commissioner or a permanent secretary for the ministry as he announced his new cabinet on Monday. The new cabinet is made of 11 commissioners and 15 special advisers. The omission comes as a […]