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Dr Rose Gidado, the Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), says Nigeria has concluded plans to use biotechnology as tool to improve agricultural produce and spur economic development.
Iranian Vice President Issa Kalantari on Thursday that his country had suffered the worst drought in half a century during the past years.
Jigawa state government says in order to curb farmers/herders crises, it has identified 452 grazing reserves and will thus donate 5000 hectares of land to the Federal Government’s initiative of cattle colonies.
German authorities have confirmed outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu type at a farm on an island off the German North Sea coast, the Schleswig-Holstein state agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
Kaduna State Government says it has so far planted 3,702,470 trees over the last two years in various locations as part of measures to control desertification.
The priority policy direction for the just inaugurated Presidential Committee on National Food Security would be to tackle and find lasting solutions to the whelming incidence of herdsmen/farmers crises across the country, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has started a campaign to control the infestation of farms in Nigeria by Fall Armyworm (FAW) pest via training of extension workers on its management.
Commissioners of agriculture in Nigeria’s cassava growing belt have declared weeds as major drivers of low yield in cassava and the main constraint limiting the competitiveness of cassava farmers in the country.
Anchor Borrowers Programme: Rice farmers in Mani Local Government Area of Katsina State have commended the Federal Government for its agricultural initiatives, especially the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP).
As Borno State joins about five other states that have made giant strides in the Buhari administration’s efforts to make Nigeria self-sufficient in rice production, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to launch the rice pyramid in the State on March 27, 2018.
Herdsmen-farmers Clash: The President of SBJ Foundation and Consultancy, Vietnam, Mr. Solomon Bamidele Jnr. has called on the Federal Government to adopt the modern ranching practices in countries like Netherlands and other developed nations to end the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria.
The management of Landmark University, Omu-Aran in Kwara, on Monday said it had approved free tuition fees for all its agriculture-related programmes in the institution.
The Federal Government says it has directed fish importers to go into backward integration via commercial aquaculture production of pond and cage culture to boost local production of fish.
Scientists with Tropical Legumes III (TL III) and HOPE II projects and other agricultural scientists have held a three day in-country review and planning workshop at the secretariat of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture …
Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has assured farmers in the state of adequate provision of more farming implement to boost agricultural activities.