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An official says the Iranian government needs no more wheat imports thanks to favorable crop harvest and procurement from local farmers at a time of diminishing grain stocks around the world. Largely self-sufficient in wheat a decade ago, Iran emerged as one of the world’s biggest importers a few years ago but a raft of […]
Wide-ranging reforms are needed to make Nigeria’s economy more sustainable and resilient, a World Bank Consultant, Prof. Abel Ogunwale, has said. Ogunwale said there was a need to reform the agricultural sector to ensure poverty reduction and greater food security. According to him, the agricultural sector is an important part of the economy and provides […]
Rice Farm Professionals and stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called on other states in the country to emulate the Kebbi State government, which has been working the talking by consistently allocating over 10 per cent of the state budget to the sector since 2015. The Coordinator of Oxfam International (an international confederation of 20 Non-Governmental Organisations […]
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lead paper presenters at the 2018 agricultural symposium organised by the agricultural group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry have advocated scaling up of risk mitigation through insurance, funding and industrialisation of agriculture as essentials of food security as the population growth in the country increases. Chairman […]
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) has begun distributing livestock to 4,000 households affected by insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in efforts to assure food security and livelihood. The Executive Director VSF, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, flagged off the distribution in Konduga, Borno, where 400 households got three female Borno Brown goats and a male alongside […]
THE Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Felix Salako, has said efforts to modernise agriculture are being done without sufficient scientific data on soil types and capability for crop performance. Salako, who spoke during a visit to Vintage Press Limited, Publishers of The Nation, said it was necessary to carry out a national […]
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Federal Government has been urged to improve support for the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their capacity to produce enough food for the country.Vice- Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Prof. Kolawole Salako, who stated this at a Special Session for […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are partnering to convene a national workshop on the Commodity Alliance Forum (CAF). The CAF which was pioneered by the IFAD Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in six states of Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Niger, Ogun and Taraba galvanized smallholder farmers […]
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode IN its quest to guarantee food security for Lagosians, the Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwumi Ambode, has hinted that the government would encourage the use of reusable plastic crates to aid transportation of farm produce as against the use of raffia baskets. Ambode, who was represented by the Secretary to the State […]
Vice President Jusuf Kalla has hinted that the Indonesian Government would not implement its rice import policy because rice stocks at the warehouses of Bulog, the state-owned logistics company, remain sufficient. “We have no plan to import rice now, because we do not meet any of the required conditions to do so. The rice stock […]
Gombe State Government has concluded plans to recruit 750 extension workers as part of efforts to boost the capacity of farmers in the state. The State’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Dahiru Buba-Biri, disclosed this when he received the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000, Prof. Sani Ahmed-Miko, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office […]
No fewer than 140,000 farmers in Jigawa State were affected by the recent flood disaster which ravaged most of the farms located along the river banks in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, disclosed this when he received the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000, Prof. Sani Ahmed-Miko who paid […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment with the Nigerian press over the coverage of his ‘go back to land agricultural revolution’ programme. Speaking at a dinner for youth political appointees at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday night, he said the press did not give the credit of the ongoing transformation in the agricultural sector […]
I am losing millions — Buba Galadima Farms are coming under attack by rice disease caused by blight. This is coming on the heels of the recent floods that destroyed rice farms across the country. Alhaji Buba Galadima being shown how the blight attacks the rice. Blight is a broad range of plant diseases […]
Specimen of the Gartech Eco-Pro Caging System Determined to provide enough eggs and chicken, to meet daily needs of the people, Gartech Poultry Equipment Company has developed Eco-Pro caging system to support profitable and comfortable poultry farming system in the country. Executive Director, Animal Care Consult Services, Dr. Opeyemi Agbato, who spoke on the importance […]