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Audu Ogbeh THE Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched an intervention programme aimed at increasing local milk production. The Permanent Secretary in the agric ministry, Dr Abdulkadir Mua’zu, made this known while addressing participants at a two-day workshop on good dairy practices, which held at Momak Hotel, […]
Lago – Leaders of Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), on Saturday said that the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari had been under-reported to the public. The group made this known during its 3rd Annual Independence Youth Pep Talk Programme organised in partnership with the National Committee of Buhari Support Groups (NCBSG) held in Lagos. President Buhari […]
The imports of edible oil into the country like soyabean and palm during first quarter of financial year 2018-19 reduced by 70.47 percent and 4.82 percent respectively as compared the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-September, 2018 import of soyabean oil into the country decreased by 70.47 percent and it was […]
File Photo A Multi-level Marketing Platform, Happy World Meal Gate (HWMG) has urged the Federal Government (FG) to go beyond agricultural policies by speeding up implementation and open farm plantations in all geopolitical zones in the country. The Managing Director, Mr Sulaiman Lento made this known to newsmen at its 2nd-year-anniversary briefing, held recently, in […]
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says any new trade agreement involving the United States and the United Kingdom or the European Union must include the elimination of tariff and non-tariff trade barriers on pork Last week, on the heels of the successful conclusion of negotiations aimed at modernising trade agreements with Canada and Mexico […]
Engr. Saliu Ahmed is the Managing Director, Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority. In this interview, he spoke on the impact of the authority in driving the Federal Government’s agricultural agenda, provision of water and other sundry issues. Excerpt: Your appointment is still relatively new, how long do you think it will take you before […]
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe The Gombe State Government has advised local farmers in the state to embrace the new farming technologies introduced by the Sasakawa Global 2000 to boost their productivity. The Director, Extension Services in the state Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Sunday Lah, gave the advice when the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000, […]
Croatia’s 2018 wheat output rose 6.3% year-on-year, reaching 725,000 tonnes, the country’s statistical office said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data. The wheat yield in 2018 amounted to 5.4 tonnes per harvested hectare, the statistical office said in a statement. The results were based on data collected by September 15. The output of rapeseed rose by […]
“After a lot of research, we found out that it is agriculture that we could do,” Kaamil tells Start-Up … His aim is to provide food to over 180 Nigerians. Source link
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank, Mr. Ifie Sekibo, has called on financial institutions and the three tiers of government to support agriculture and small and medium scale businesses to fast track the nation’s quest to move from poverty to prosperity. Sekibo also said evidence has shown that countries worldwide that […]
Wheat, a major staple food and cash crop of the country, would be cultivated over 8,781.6 thousand hectares of land across crop producing areas of the country during Rabi season 2018-19 in order to produce about 25.572 million tons of grains for fulfilling the domestic requirements as well as to exports. In this regard, all […]
The food, beverage and tobacco sector has played a major role of providing food, jobs and wealth in Nigeria. However, the National President, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, Quadri Olaleye, spoke on the challenges bedevilling the sub-sector and the need for government’s intervention. Goddy Egene provides the excerpt: What is the state […]
Image: DW Nigeria can overcome poverty with investment in agriculture, according to the Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) in Ekiti State, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN). Babalola also said the move would help in the creation of jobs in the West African nation. He said this over the weekend at the Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo […]
WORLD wheat production estimates have dropped significantly this season, with the United States Department of Agriculture October forecast for 2018-19 a mere 730.92 million tonnes. That’s a 2.15 per cent drop since the May figure of 747 million tonnes. The report, released earlier this month, put estimated world wheat ending stocks at 260.18 million tonnes, […]
Ereme displaying a rabbit The Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has demonstrated that youths, women and retirees can make millions of naira practicing low-capital agriculture with its simple, innovative but profitable agro-allied enterprise prototypes. The model enterprises include cane rat, rabbit and snail farming, with simple housing, cost-effective feeds and sustainable returns on investments […]