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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), the Government of Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have partnered on strategies to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in Nigeria. FAO, along with FG and ECOWAS yesterday held a validation workshop in Abuja to strategically engage stakeholders in the […]
Disbursement of funds for the Agri-Business, Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS), an initiative of the Bankers’ Committee has commenced. The scheme was formally approved at the committee’s 331st meeting held in February this year. The initiative is to support the federal government’s efforts and policy measures for the promotion of agricultural business and […]
Kano State government is to partner Indonesian investors with the aim of revamping food production in the state. The state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who stated this recently when he hosted Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Harry Purwanto, said such collaboration will help in the area of food processing and assist in curbing undue […]
An estimated 200 families have been displaced at Mbiabong Ito, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State as a result of the alleged invasion of the community by Fulani herdsmen. Information gathered from the area which is about 100 kilometres from Calabar indicated that Fulani herders in their scores invaded farmlands in the community, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday released the modalities for the operation of the N26.87 billion Agri-Business Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS). Among other things, the scheme, approved at the Bankers Committee meeting held in February 2017, would be managed by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named Banker’s Fund Managers Limited, while […]
Brong Ahafo Region-based farmer, Philip Kweku Agyeman, has emerged as National Best Farmer for 2017. Mr Agyeman, whose academic level is basic education, has been farming for the past 28 years and employs over 200 workers. The 50-year-old farmer took away a cash prize of $100,000 at the event which was on the theme: ‘Farming […]
An Abia State based journalist, Mr. Steve Oko, was in tears on Monday as he conducted his fellow journalists round his cassava farm destroyed by cattle apparently led into the farm by herdsmen yet to be identified. Oko, who is the state correspondent of the Authority newspaper, said that he was horrified and devastated when […]
The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM) said it would collaborate with the Nigerian Government to woo investors to invest in agriculture and other allied sectors of Nigeria’s economy. Mr Edwin Devakumar, Chairman of ASSOCHAM India-Nigeria chapter, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. He made this known […]
About 5,750 farmers have so far benefited from the Fadama III Additional Financing project since its inception in Kogi state, the State Project Coordinator, Mr Paul Ogunmola said on Tuesday. He disclose this in Lokoja on the occasion of the 8th World Bank/FGN Support Mission to the state to monitor the implementations of the Fadama […]
Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, through its TOTALpreneur programme, has trained 60 youths in agriculture and other basic skills. They were trained at the OFFERCentre Institute of Agriculture in Oluponna, Osun State. During the graduation ceremony, which also held at the institute, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, TUCN, Mr. Nicolas Terraz, said the […]
Reducing the distance between people, markets, services and knowledge – or simply ‘getting people connected’ – is a great part of what economic growth is all about. Although virtual connectivity has become increasingly important today with the emergence of new communication avenues, a good and reliable transport network remains vital. There is a very strong […]
Various stakeholders from across the African continent are meeting in Dar es Salaam to step up efforts in the fight against aflatoxin contamination in the maize value chain. The two-day regional workshop, organised by the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) in collaboration with its partners, seeks to address the growing occurrence of aflatoxins […]
The Middle Belt Small Scale Farmers Network,MIBSSFANET, has commended the Benue state government and the State House of Assembly for enacting the Open Grazing Prohibition Bill to tackle the herdsmen menace in the state. The Network noted that the law was the panacea to the persistent clashes between pastoralists and farmers adding that it would […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has urged GM seeds and grains dealers to follow the due processes. The Director General/CEO, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, who said this at a consultative forum with Nigerian GM seeds and grain dealers in Abuja today (4th December 2017), pointed out that the Agency will not hesitate to penalize any […]
The Katsina state government at the weekend launched a digital tracking of animals in a move to check cattle rustling. The scheme entails inserting digital microchip implant into the skin of the cow to enable its owner to track its movement from his mobile phone. Speaking at the flag-off of the scheme in Runka town, […]