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Katsina State Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu, who doubles as the Commissioner of Agriculture, speaks on plans to boost cotton production in the state, especially the involvement of youths. ABBA ANWAR reports. What is the current position of the cotton sector in Katsina State? Katsina State produces the highest quantity of cotton in Nigeria. We intend […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Grow Africa, William Asiko, who disclosed that the collaboration would bring together different actors in the value chain, said they have agreed to focus on Cassava, Rice and horticulture. In the bid to boost private sector investment in agricultural value chain, Grow Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]
Upon all the government’s talk of having given priority status to agriculture as a means of creating jobs and diversifying the economy, which it touts as one of its cardinal achievements, Nigerian farmers are in now in quandary over the report that some companies were given approval to import maize, which will invariably crash its […]
Kebbi state has been in the news; and for a good reason. Since the rice revolution of Kebbi state began barely two years ago, every concerned Nigerian has been visibly elated by the news coming out of the state. Rice is a staple food in Nigeria. Just like bread, it has come to stay on […]
A Professor of Agronomy and Farming Systems, at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Dr. Cosmas Osita Muoneke has called for the development of appropriate agricultural waste disposal systems, by channeling wastes into agricultural production. He said the move would not only protect the environment from pollution, it would also contribute […]
The Veterinary Council of Nigeria has appealed to state governments to embrace the international standard in building abattoirs in their various states, to ensure that only healthy animals are given out to the public for consumption. Chairman of the body’s continuing education, Prof. Gabriel T. Ogundipe, stated this in Yola, at a one-day refresher seminar […]
With the precarious financial situation of Nigeria and the recessive economy being experienced due to lack of mechanisms for manufacturing the country’s necessities, several platforms and phoras have identified a return to Agriculture which was once the mainstay of the nation’s economy as the antidote to solving the situation. For the Federal Government of Nigeria, […]
Flour Mills of Nigeria has affirmed its readiness to maximise local content in agro-allied investments. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the company, Mr. John G. Coumantaros, at the official commissioning of Sorghum Milling Plant, in Kano, by the Northern Nigeria Flour Mills. “We are determined to ensure the success of our agro-allied investments. […]
Kano State Government has approved N10 million for the production one million tree seedlings for the cultivation of eight new lines of shelterbelt. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, made this known on Thursday in Kano when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. He said that the […]
Two tractor drivers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Jere Local Government Area of Borno, Alhaji Muhammad Dilli, the state Commissioner of Agriculture, said. Dilli told newsmen in Maiduguri that the insurgents attacked the tractor operators while working on a farm “in the past few days’’. He listed the slain tractor operators as Kashim […]
There is good news for small businesses and farmers. They can draw from the N26 billion Agriculture and SMEs Fund, it was announced yesterday. Union Bank Managing Director Mr Emeka Emuwa broke the news in Abuja at the end of the Bankers Committee meeting. He said the board of the Agriculture and SMEs Fund had […]
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN) says it is embarking on a tractorisation project, which is aimed at moving Nigeria out of the stranglehold of food insecurity. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, said this when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Thursday. He said that […]
A former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, on Thursday provided insight to how countries with similar challenges as Nigeria fixed their economies and left Africa’s most populous nation behind. He said Nigeria needs to embark on aggressive savings to return to growth pattern and sustain it. He was speaking in Lagos at the annual conference […]
Subject relating to promotion of entrepreneurship among those who would be leaders of tomorrow is an idea whose time has come. It is timely as current realities warrant a shift of Nigeria’s economic base towards the direction of the future, with robust emphasis on thoughts about diversification of our economic base. The time has therefore […]
Smallholder cocoa farmers and other stakeholders are happy over the establishment of an elaborate cocoa processing plant in Ede, Osun State, and the third largest cocoa producing state in the country. They are happy that the plant will be able to check the bleak future of the business which is presently facing stiff international competition […]