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“We are looking to understand better, the green alternative programme of the federal government of Nigeria, to understand what the investment components are and to see how this can be aligned with the continental agenda,” he said. The African Union Commission (AUC) says it is working with other regional agencies to help Nigeria mainstream the […]
Reports of imported gari packaged as “Ïndian gari” displayed and sold to the public in a Lagos supermarket, came as a rude shock and complete surprise to millions of Nigerians. Previously, it was unimaginable that Nigeria could ever get to the point of importing gari, a popular West African staple food made from cassava tubers. […]
The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo has said the surest way out of the current economic recession in the country is huge investment in agriculture. According to the monarch, the move will not only create many jobs, it would also guarantee food sufficiency. Alake made the submission yesterday at a […]
The House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed concern over the alleged harassment of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states over unpaid agriculture loans granted them before their displacement. This followed a motion moved by Rep. Adamu Kamale (PDP-Adamawa) on the need to halt the arrest and prosecution of returning IDPs over […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says the Federal Government is targeting the production of seven million tonnes of rice by 2018. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Ogbeh said that the target, which would be achieved by the second quarter of 2018, was to meet the national consumption rate. “I […]
Accords for cooperation to be signed on water, cybersecurity and agriculture. Israel and the World Bank are planning to expand cooperation in water, cybersecurity and agriculture in African countries in the coming months, Israel’s Economy Minister Eli Cohen said. Three new cooperation agreements in these fields will be signed with the World Bank. “Cooperation with […]
The Minister for Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has urged farmers in Oyo State to set the pace by increasing rice production, packaging and branding for quality export. Speaking at the launching of the dry season farming by FADAMA rice farmers in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, the minister, who was represented by Dr. Oyeleke Abdulrazaq, charged the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial banks are beginning to pay attention to agric-based businesses through micro-credit funding. Head of Agribusiness Department at the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Olabode Abikoye speaks on the need for increased funding for the sector and how it can be turned to a major foreign exchange earner. […]
The Catfish Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) on Tuesday revealed that Nigeria produced 370,000 metric tonnes of catfish in 2016. The National President of the Association, Tayo Akingbolagun who disclosed this during the association’s Annual General Meeting in Benin puts the value of the production at over N175 billion ($556million). Akingbolagun noted that fish feeds alone […]
Some students in Ilorin have decried the sudden increase in price of garri, commonly referred to as “students’ food’.’ Some of the students expressed their concerns in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, in Ilorin. The students said it had become almost impossible to have a day’s meal with the […]
Chief Tayo Akingbolagun, the National President, Catfish Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) said Nigeria produced 370,000 metric tonnes of catfish in 2016. Akingbolagun spoke on Tuesday in Benin, during the association’s Annual General Meeting. Akingbolagun put the value of the 370,000 metric tonnes of fish at over N175 billion, adding that fish business contributed about 4.5 […]
Although, the commercial banks finance agricultural activities but their credits are urban based and so small that their impact cannot be felt in the rural areas where farming actually takes place With the recent focus of the Federal Government of Nigeria on diversification of the economy, Agriculture is being promoted in many quarters as the […]
Scientists at the University of Ilorin and their counterparts at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), are developing an improved rice variety with potentials to prevent cancer. A report in the University of Ilorin Bulletin on Monday stated that this was the outcome of the collaboration between the two institutions for which a Memorandum of Understanding […]
The Federal Government has acquired 110 rice milling machines to be installed in different parts of the country, between now and July, to boost rice production across the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, confirmed this development on his Facebook page on Monday, in Abuja. The […]
Cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast have called off their strike in order to allow for negotiations with the authorities. This comes despite claims by farmers that they have not been paid for their crops since December last year. The farmers under the aegis of the National Agricultural Syndicate for Progress in Ivory Coast (SYNAP-CI) […]