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Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rated the performance of Niger State high in the on-going Anchor Borrower’s Scheme of the apex bank. Even as 30, 000 farmers has benefited in the scheme so far. The bank attributed the success story of the scheme in the state to the commitment and political will accorded it […]
Nasarawa state House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura to arrest, prosecute and relieve any government official found culpable in diverting fertilizer meant for farmers in the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the speaker of the House made the call in Lafia after the chairman, House committee on Agriculture, […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has said Nigeria is set to supply 130,000 tonnes of roasted cashew nuts to the Walmart Super Market chain in the United States of America. He said the 130,000 cashew is valued at $7 billion. Chief Ogbeh said the US firm came to Nigeria to request […]
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, in a goodwill message at the ‘Feed Nigeria Summit (FNS) 2017 series, held in Lagos said Nigeria is well-positioned in the matrix of feeding Africa sustainably. Adesina said the summit provides an excellent platform for discussing how to further ramp up support for agriculture as […]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has called on countries to reap benefits of food trade by engaging in standard setting. In a joint publication issued by the FAO and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on July 12, it stated that participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries […]
Northern Nigeria Flour Mill yesterday in Kano officially commissioned a Sorghum flour production plant which costs over N2 billion. The chairman, board of directors of the flour mills, Alhaji Aminu Dantata disclosed that the revamped plant situated in Kano would source for sorghum from local farmers, which would culminate into boosting the economy of the […]
The Kwara State Government says it has spent N360 million in subsidising farm inputs given to farmers under the N1billion Agriculture Intervention Scheme. This was disclosed in Ilorin the State capital on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke while presenting seedlings and other inputs to members of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) alongside the Voice of Nigeria (VON), have inaugurated a 10-man joint committee as part of efforts to ensure effective publicity of the activities of the NBMA. The two parties also drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will help to increase awareness on the regulation of modern biotechnology and […]
The Coordinating Director of the Nigerian Agricultural and Quarantine Service (NAQS), Vincent Isegwu, has stressed the need to be on the watch out for viral diseases that are capable of destroying farm produce during the harvest season. The diseases, according to him, are Cassava brown streak, maize nitant necrosis and coconut yellowing disease. Speaking in […]
The Federal Government has expressed readiness to partner with Osun State Government in the ongoing process of massive food production as a means of getting the nation out of the current economic recession. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh who stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the Osun […]
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state yesterday flagged of the sales of fertilizers to farmers in the state in Jenkwe, Obi local government area of the state. Almakura, while flagging off the sales of the fertilizers, said the his administration had over the past years procured assorted fertilizers and sold to farmers at a […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) and the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) as part of efforts to regulate genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and its products in the country. Signing the MoU today in Abuja, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, NBMA Director […]
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have expressed mixed reactions on Nigeria’s new policy to export yams to UK and the U.S., saying Nigeria has yet to attain self-sufficiency in yam production. The stakeholders told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the hardship, which most citizens were facing in purchasing yams in […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has pledged support for yam producers, saying the country is pushing to become the number one exporter of the commodity in the world. He made the allusion recently at the end of the meeting with the technical committee on Nigerian Yam Export Programme. The minister […]
The director, system and site integration, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Kwesi Atta-Krah, has urged investors in seed production plants to help meet the demand for improved seeds. He said this will enhance quality seed availability as more stakeholders, will have access to more quality seeds. The director in an interview with journalists […]