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Nigeria Food Imports Dropping Drastically, The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigeria is recording a massive decline in food importation, stating that its agricultural policies have started to have far-reaching effects on the transformation of the sector. Speaking at the inauguration of chairpersons and members of Boards of 23 agencies and parastatals under the Federal […]
Nigerians have been advised to see agriculture as a business and an avenue in realising the country’s full economic potential and not a vocation for the poor as erroneously perceived by the majority. Mr Kofo Adegoke, President, Olaoluwaseni Joshua Adegoke Foundation (Oja-F), an NGO, gave this advice on Monday at the inauguration of the foundation […]
Olam Nigeria Limited says it has invested about 1 billion U.S. dollars to boost productivity in Nigeria’s agricultural sector. (Agric Sector Olam Nigeria) The company’s Vice-President, Reji George, who stated this in Abuja, Tuesday said the investment was made over the last 26 years of the firm’s operation in Nigeria. He identified the company’s goals […]
NASC Alerts Farmers To Circulation Of Fake Seeds, In order to get the required yield, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), has called on farmers to use seeds from accredited sources as they prepare to commence planting this wet season. This is just as the Council said they were collating a list of all seed […]
How New Farmers Approach Agriculture As Business, The number of new entrants into farming is rising, despite the grim picture being painted by practitioners. However, young farmers are unperturbed because they see agriculture as business, DANIEL ESSIET reports. A growing number of young Nigerians are joining a movement of highly educated, ex-urban, first-time farmers, who […]
Nigeria Sugar Cane Estate: President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to inaugurate the N50 billion Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State on Thursday. Located on the banks of River Niger in Mokwa, the estate is owned by Sunti Golden Sugar Estates (SGSE) Limited, a subsidiary of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. A statement from the […]
Women Urged To Be Investors In Transforming Agricultural Sector, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo, the Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara, has called on Nigerian women to be reputable agents, collaborators and investors in transforming the agriculture sector. Oladipo made the call at a thanksgiving service to mark the International Women’s Day on Sunday in […]
Nasarawa Farmers Mourn Doma, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa State Governor, who died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday, March 6, and was buried in Doma on Sunday, has been described as “a lover of agriculture”. Farmers in the state, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Doma, said […]
Rising from its third quarterly meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum (NZHF) has issued key recommendations and resolutions that should be quickly implemented towards the attainment of Zero Hunger by the year 2025 in the five pilot states comprising Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Ogun and Sokoto and beyond. The recommendations […]
Distribution Of Inputs To 9, 500 Rice Farmers Begins In Sokoto, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution commenced on March 8 with identification and screening of the farmers. The Distribution of farming inputs to rice farmers by the Federal Government has commenced in Gwadabawa Local Government area of Sokoto State. The […]
Rice Claims: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, to toe the path of honour and resign his cabinet position for allegedly portraying Nigeria as a lying nation by “deliberately falsifying claims relating to Nigeria’s relationship with Thailand,” on rice importation. The party said the whole world was […]
At BASICS Cassava Workshop, Farmers List Challenges, Commercial Cassava farmers, commonly called Basics Village Seed Entrepreneurs (VSEs) have identified lack of access to needed land; inability to get loans, farming inputs, chemicals, mechanicals and timely technical information as impediments to massive cassava production in their states. The VSEs, numbering 50 and drawn from Abia, Akwa […]
With regards to the Federal Government’s Nigerian Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), with an ambitious backward integration programme aimed at setting Nigeria on the path of self-sufficiency in sugar production, the Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN Group), will on Thursday commission a N50b Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State. The sugar estate, located on […]
It’ll Reduce Hunger By 17%, Says Akeredolu Towards improving agricultural development, the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) have advocated the need to embrace gender friendly agric policies in the country. (smallholder women farmers) The USAID/Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE) Chief of Party, Civil Society […]
Community Gets Palm Oil, Cassava Mills Largesse From CBN Africa, Towards attainment of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of no poverty, zero hunger, and partnerships, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Africa, has donated palm oil and cassava-processing mills to Ife Oluwa Farmers’ Cooperatives Society of Adetoyebi-Ajibode community, Akinyele Local Council Area, Oyo State. […]