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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)-developed crop protection and treatment product, IITA AFLASAFE, is going commercial following the successes recorded on full field trials nationwide. This has been found to greatly reduce rejection of the nation’s agricultural produce intended for export, especially groundnut and maize. As a result, Harvestfield Industries, a private sector partner […]
Farmers, Stakeholders Differ On Food Crisis Prediction, Unless frantic efforts are taken by the Federal Government and other stakeholders in the Agric sector to forestall the imminent food crisis this year, as predicted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), its outcome might further add to the situation, which is already dire. The report, released […]
About 600 Adamawa rice farmers are to benefit from the dry season rice production programme under a special pilot project of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The National President of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Gorony, made the disclosure on Friday while inaugurating the distribution of inputs to beneficiaries of the project […]
Senator representing Sokoto East senatorial district, Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir has commended the Sokoto State Government for initiating a regional cattle ranch project. READ MORE: Adamawa Govt Acquires 140 Tractors To Boost Agricultural Mechanisation In a statement issued in Sokoto fridday from his media aide, Bello Mohammad Anka, he said the project if completed would put […]
Lagos Butchers: Towards ensuring that all operations in Lagos State abattoir meet international standard, the state ministry of agriculture held a one-day stakeholders’ workshop for butchers at the Oko-Oba abattoir, to put a permanent end to illegal slaughtering activities at the abattoir. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Oluwatoyin Suarau, who addressed the participants, reiterated the […]
Nigeria’s Future Looks Brighter With IITA Innovations, Research and innovations being developed at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) hold promise, and could transform Nigeria’s agricultural narrative, says Nigeria’s agricultural think-tank, the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG). The think tank, which comprises eminent persons drawn from Nigeria’s private sector players in the agricultural value chain […]
EFCC Recovers N102m For Bank Of Agriculture, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna zonal office, has recovered N102 million diverted from the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in Kebbi. A statement by the spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said the funds were diverted by beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]
Abia Anti-Grazing Bill, The Abia State House of Assembly on Wednesday said it would soon pass into law the anti-grazing bill before it. Disclosing this while interacting with newsmen at the Assembly complex in Umuahia, Deputy Speaker of the House and chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe, said the House was mindful of […]
The Agricultural Fresh Produce Growers And Exporters Association Of Nigeria (AFGEAN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Profitville Limited (trading as Buy-More Supermarket), Ikeja G.R.A, Lagos, for the opening of Farmers’ Market, where fresh farm produce would be sold directly by farmers to consumers. (AFGEAN Profitville Maidville Farmers MoU) In this arrangement, Maidville Consulting […]
Sokoto Youths Embrace Agriculture, Two hundred and forty-three unemployed youths in Sokoto have been trained to embrace agriculture, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has disclosed. He said the move was to instil in the youths and women the technical and practical skills that could enhance their competitiveness in agricultural entrepreneurship. The governor was speaking during the inspection […]
Osun State Government has resolved no fewer than 6,000 cases for Fulani herdsmen and crop farmers in the state from 2014 till date and ensured peaceful co-existence among them. Osun Herdsmen Farmers Cases Resolves The Commissioner for Special Duties who is also the Chairman of the Committee on Peaceful co-existence between Fulani/Bororo and crop Farmers in […]
FG Trains Cocoa Farmers On Processing Techniques In Ondo, The federal government on Tuesday trained a total of 100 cocoa farmers in Ondo state on processing techniques for high-yielding quality cocoa beans to enable them export their produce to European countries and other parts of the world. Speaking at the event in Akure, the state […]
Simon Udie, a renowned Security Consultant, sees herdsmen’s killing of farmers as a grand design to stop food production in some parts of the country. He spoke with our man, CELESTINE AMOKE. (Herdsmen Attacks Farmers) Excerpts: As a security expert, could you please take an overview of the current situation in the country? Yes, we […]
Party To Focus On Agric, Culture To Boost Economy, Acting National Chairman, Justice Must Prevail Party (JMPP), Mr Olusegun Ijagbemi, says the party will focus on agriculture and cultural to make Nigeria better. Ijagbemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the party would ensure that farmers had access to modern technology […]
How Herders Farmers Clashes Can Be Resolved, Some lecturers of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, FUNAAB, and Bayero University Kano, BUK, have proposed the establishment of integrated crops-livestock settlements to address the protracted farmers-herdsmen clashes. The dons made the proposal at a validation workshop on controlled grazing, which was organised by Synergos Nigeria on […]