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Benjamin Ogunbodede, a former director-general of the Institute of Agriculture Research and Training (IART) Ibadan, has been handed a 40-year jail sentence over an alleged N177 million fraud. Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, a judge of the federal high court in Ibadan, Oyo state, gave the ruling on Tuesday. The ex-DG was arraigned on a 17-count charge alongside […]
The conservation of Seychelles’ marine resources and seafood value chains will benefit from a $20 million package approved by the World Bank. The funding comes as part of the Third South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project (SWIOFish3), aimed at improving the management of marine areas and fisheries in targeted zones of […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has banned export of unprocessed milk as part of efforts geared at streamlining the sector’s value chain. The ban is mainly targeting cattle keepers in the Western Province districts of Rubavu, Rutsiro, Nyabihu and Ngororero, and provides tough measures against those that will contravene the new guidelines on milk trade in […]
Rice smugglers carrying out their activities through the creeks have been warned to desist or be ready to face prosecution by the Western Marine Command, WMC, of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, as the command has increased measures in the region to curtail illicit items from coming in through the waterways. A maritime stakeholder from Oke-Odan […]
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has embarked on intensive training for registered cotton farmers on best practices in the Southwest, Northeast and Northwest zones of the country. The training with the theme, “Capacity Building Training for Cotton Farmers on Appropriate Agronomic Practices for Cotton Production,” was part of the council’s efforts to […]
If the African continent is to sustain the current momentum of improved Gross Domestic Product (GDP), African leaders must strengthen and increase investment in research and development in agriculture as well as engage more women to the sector. Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) gave the advice while speaking […]
The Managing-director/Chief Executive Officer, Goshen Greenland Limited and representatives of LOVOL Arbos Group A Sino- Italian. Company, David Okpon has called for the harmonisation of custom charges on all agricultural machineries and equipment. He said we want government to harmonisé the charges because they are all agricultural equipment and so that when we bring in […]
This is not the best of times for the communities of four local government councils of Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme, all in Ogoni area of Rivers State, as farming and fishing activities have become a nightmare for thousands of them because of the effects of oil pollution. Ogoni, one of the largest ethnic nationalities […]
The Slovakian government has called for collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria in energy and agriculture. Making the call while speaking to LEADERSHIP over the weekend, at the sideline of the Slovakia national day celebration, the Slovakian ambassador to Nigeria, Peter Holasek said his country is ready to collaborate with Nigeria to develop her […]
– Nigeria’s beef supply survives on steady inflow from West Africa – We need to change that narrative There is a saying among politicians that “war is too serious a thing to be left to soldiers.” When I first heard it, I wondered what politicians had to do with war. But, what they were saying […]
Efforts are currently ongoing by the Federal Government and the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Affair to revive some crucial moribund agricultural facilities and industries in the Niger Delta region. This followed a visit to some of the moribund industries by the Presidential Economic Diversification Initiative and the Niger Delta Agricultural and Industrial Development Initiative to […]
The President, Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), Alhaji Sani Dangote, has said that encouraging small holder farmers through cooperatives and research institutions will enable the country sustain its agricultural growth. Dangote stated this at the 6th edition of the 2017 AgrikExpo and NABG Conference in Abuja with theme `Harnessing Nigeria’s Agricultural Potential for Food Security, Youth […]
The Kogi State Government has restated its commitment to creating an enabling environment for the much needed agricultural revolution, assuring Nigerians that Kogi Rice will bridge the gap between demand and supply across the nation. Addressing newsmen in Lokoja on Monday, the Director General on Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kogi State, Kingsley […]
The Federal Government says it is planning a national dialogue to consider the re-establishment of marketing boards. Chief Audu Ogbeh disclosed the plan in an interview with Newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Ogbeh who was speaking on the country’s 57th Independence anniversary, said that although marketing boards facilitated exportation of agricultural produce in the past, […]
The positive effects of Nigerians buying goods and services produced in the country would be emphasised by experts at a special summit planned by Greenspring Communications Ltd, a media/public relations and marketing consulting firm based in Lagos. The one-day Made-in-Nigeria Conference and Awards event is being called to add value to the present buzz created […]