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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said that high interest rate from banks remained the bane of financing of agriculture and the development of good agricultural practices. The minister made the remark while delivering a keynote address at the maiden edition of the Nigeria Food and Safety Investment Forum held […]
Notore Group CEO Onajite Okoloko has said that agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for many Nigerians and that his company will continue to help farmers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector to stay at the top of their game He argued that Notore’s Catalyst Courses provide cutting-edge knowledge and techniques for farmers […]
Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) gathered at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, protesting what they called ”the effect of poor governance”. They marched on the streets of Abuja, carrying placards with Various Inscriptions to the National Assembly and the Presidential Villa. The protest code named ‘national day of action against […]
A call has been made to Nigerians and government at different levels to take adequate care of soil and water resources as a way out of the current economic recession and food shortage. Professor Michael Alatise of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, made the call while delivering the 80th […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged to support Sokoto farmers with modern harvesters so as to reduce hours wasted when applying manual method to harvest crops. Speaking while he received a team from Sokoto State Ministry of Agriculture, led by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in Abuja, Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu […]
Footprint to Africa, an Abuja-based investor advisory firm and financial news company, has attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) to Nigeria and four other African countries worth over N1.5 billion, where it has partnerships. The investments are six projects in the oil and gas, agriculture and tourism sectors in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Kenya. […]
Plans are in top gear by the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) to get the European Union EU lift its ban on exportation of beans from Nigeria to its member countries. The Coordinating Director of the agency, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, who disclosed this at the opening of a two- day training workshop on Plant Health […]
Three industry groups representing U.S. grain and ethanol producers urged the White House and U.S. trade officials this week to prioritize industry complaints against China over import duties on U.S. ethanol and distiller’s dried grains (DDGS) animal feed. China last month increased punitive tariffs on imports of U.S. DDGS and ethanol, leading to the cancellation […]
The Federal Government has adopted some measures to reduce the price of food items in the country. Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this yesterday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The Council had last week set up a task force to advise the government […]
The remains of a policeman reported missing, following a clash with herdsmen dressed in police uniform on Sunday at Ohoror community, Delta State, was, Tuesday, discovered by locals in the community. The Sunday clash between the police team and herdsmen was the second in two weeks following an earlier clash, which occurred on January 23. […]
Dr Ajibayo Oyebade, the Coordinator of Ondo State Cocoa Revolution Project, has commended Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko (AAUA) for its 10,000 cocoa seedling nursery. Oyebade make the commendation on Wednesday when his team visited the AAUA cocoa nursery. He said that the visit was to inspect the cocoa nursery and to expand the […]
…moves to attract investors into tomato production The federal government has approved measures to force down the prices of food in the market. The minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the federal executive meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. LEADERSHIP recalls that the […]
Thirty six communities in Jigawa state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company for sugarcane plantation. The state government gave the farmlands to Messrs Lee Group- based in Kano for N2.1 billion. The state government has confirmed most of the issues at stake to Daily Trust. However it failed to address […]
The Federal Government has adopted measures to bring down prices of food items in the country, Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has said. The minister stated that “There is really no starvation in the land.” The minister disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Acting President Yemi […]
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State has commenced production of Cashew Juice, an official of the institution said on Wednesday. Prof. Mohammed Yakubu, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the institution told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) in Lapai that the university has a small plant run by its Department of Food Science and Technology. […]