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Africa’s leading business tycoon, Aliko Dangote has dispersed 20,000 plastic crates (baskets) through his Tomato Processing Company to farmers in Kadawa, Kano state who are specifically into the cultivation of the agricultural produce. Dangote’s Tomato processing company performed this C.S.R (Corporate Social Responsibility) function to tomato farmers was part of the efforts to marginalize poor […]
In the midst of critical economic instability presently been experienced in the nation, Federal Government of Nigeria has reportedly stamped its presence in the labour market by creating employment opportunities for graduates in the flourishing field of agriculture as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh confirmed that 130, 000 graduates have […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses The Cambridge dictionary defines well-being as the state of feeling healthy, and happy. Dictionary. Com, defines well-being as a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness and prosperity. From these two definitions, Nigeria’s well-being can be said to be the summation of the welfare of her […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has “let the cat let the cat out of the bag” as he revealed the Federal Government’s plan in conjunction with the Government of the Netherlands towards improving seeds/seedlings to upscale food production in the country. These plans were disclosed by the minister during a […]
The current cries for immediate financial and mechanical intervention from Nigeria’s agricultural sect has received some sort of relief as Access Bank Plc recently wood Nigerians and corporate organisations to leverage the bank’s financial support and solutions to grow their agricultural businesses in the country. While engaging participants present at the Agro-Food Nigeria exhibition in […]
Recent reports have it that Africa is on the cusp of witnessing a blossoming revolution in the agricultural sector as recent reports have it that Farmcrowdy Group (FCG) has launched a new subsidiary, Farmgate Africa, which is a technology-driven agro-trading market place for agriculture commodities in the continent aimed at bridging gaps between rural farmers […]
In the quest to lure women and youths towards putting in more participation in the occupation of Agriculture, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), in collaboration with the House Committee on Agricultural Production and Services have trained youths and women on agricultural value-chain. During the […]
Over the years, citizens of Nigeria have been fazed with several economic hardships, of which some are as a result of certain factors responsible for the neglect of the once blossoming agric sector, which was evident during the 1st Republic governed by regions with healthy competitions. However, some of these challenges are as a result […]
Palm oil as an agricultural produce is supposed to be a resource that could sky rocket the development of national economies, due to its high nutritional value to mankind. Nigeria happens to be one of those nations you can find around the globe with blessed with palm products in abundance, yet this sector can be […]
In an attempt to upscale agricultural activities in the country, Nigeria’s Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has divulged that fertiliser blending programme in collaboration with Northern African counterpart, Morocco has opened doors to the establishment of 11 blending plants with a capacity of 2.1million and a price drop from N13,000 per 50kg bag to N5,500. He recently […]
How Nigerians Neglect Local Wheat Production: Although, the Federal Government of Nigeria on several occasions made efforts towards enhancing productivity in the wheat industry of the agricultural sector by subsidising the country’s excessive dependence on importation, it has been projected to take a number of years to achieve an encouraging reduction in the gigantic demand […]
The Edo State Government said it was targeting 17,000 tonnes of rice and 11,000 tonnes of maize by the end of harvest time this farming season. Newsbeats gathered that crops would be harvested from 6,600 hectares of arable land scattered in the three senatorial districts of the state. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on […]
Some commercial farmers in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the Federal Government to assist farmers with credit facilities to enable farmers to boost food production in the country. The farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, said adequate credit facilities would assist government to achieve […]
In the midst of a massive decline being experienced in the country, the agricultural sector can be vividly seen as one sector that continues to face the unfavourable impact of the capsizing economy, judging by the unpredictable price hike of agro produce which in turn affects the people’s standard of living. This however, prompts us […]
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has encouraged the farming of snails and mushrooms in the country as he expressed in confidence that Nigeria will soon be self reliant in productivity of these less concentrated areas of agriculture. The Science and Technology Minister made this notion known when he performed the foundation laying […]