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The Jigawa Government says it will partner with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade the Hadejia Valley project, to encourage irrigation activities. Gov. Badaru Abubakar said this on Tuesday in Hadejia at a civic reception organised by a youth group, Badaru Youth Progressive Association. Abubakar said that the state government and the bank would […]
Retired Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Fred Adoyi, has urged the Federal Government to review downwards the interest rate on loans and bank facilities to farmers to between zero and nine percent to check rising food prices in the country. Adoyi, who is the Presiding Bishop of Mount Zion of Fire […]
The Federal Government has said it will deploy science and technology to end food scarcity in Nigeria. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, made the declaration when the executives of Potatoes Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) and Oil Palm Association of Nigeria, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. He said the […]
Farming is still overwhelmingly a family operation according to a new report, “America’s Diverse Family Farms 2016,” released this week by the USDA Economic Research Service. Ninety-nine per cent of all US farms are family owned, accounting for 89 per cent of all farm production. The report divided all farms into one of four categories: […]
The Deputy Chief of Party, Cellulant Nigeria limited, Gbenga Owolabi, has said five million farmers are to benefit from the 2016 Federal Government Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) Programme. Mr Owolabi gave assurances that while the GES programme of previous years was faced with a number of challenges not only caused by the agro dealers, the […]
Stakeholders including agriculture experts, economists, academia, political appointees, financial experts, farmers and other relevant organisations, last week Tuesday met in Ibadan to discuss way of improving production of Kenaf and improve revenue generation among farmers. The meeting, organised by the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) Ibadan, was aimed at identifying the potential of […]
The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nteranya Sanginga, has warned that except concrete attention is paid to the development of agriculture in Africa, it would cost the continent $110 billion in terms of food imports by 2025 to feed itself, up from the current $35 billion. According to the IITA […]
An agricultural extensionist, Dr Ayodeji Omoare, has identified poor feeder roads, and unstable government policies as the major constraints to effective cocoa production in Nigeria. The academic made this disclosure recently at the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, while presenting her post-field report on a Tetfund sponsored research project titled “Comparative Assessment of Cocoa Farmers […]
Construction work on a new N250m organic fertiliser plant has started in Sokoto. When completed, the factory will produce 15,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser annually while also and will provide jobs to over 20,000 persons. Inspecting the progress of work done so far at the site, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said 100 percent of the […]
The revolution of agriculture in Africa is set to take a new dimension as development partners on the continent harness opportunities to pursue growth and reduce poverty through industrialisation. At a roundtable discussion on the way forward to transforming Africa’s agriculture, Nigeria’s minister of agriculture Audu Ogbeh aligned position with AFDB, ECA and UNDP on […]
John Deere is introducing two new solutions for 2017 that will help producers better monitor and control a variety of machinery functions and field operations. The first solution, the Gen 4 Extended Monitor, lets you expand what you see in the cab. Designed to work exclusively with Deere’s 4600 CommandCenter, this solution is meant for […]
Seven of the 23 Democratic senators facing reelection in 2018 are members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, potentially adding to the pressure of drafting the next farm bill. Congress hasn’t completed a farm bill on time since 1990. Three other Democrats with expiring terms are also from farm or ranch states, so rural America will […]
The Chairman of Abakaliki Rice Mill Company Limited, Mr. Joseph Nnunnu has denied reports that a 50 kilogramme bag of local rice sells for N8,000 in the Ebonyi State capital. Following a recent visit by Agriculture minister, Audu Ogbeh and Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele with some members of the presidential task force on rice […]
In its efforts to actualise the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving food security by 2030, the African Development Bank (AFDB) has disclosed plans to invest in four states of the federation to end hunger. The Bank said it is expecting government of the benefiting states of Benue, Ebonyi, Sokoto and Ogun to come up with […]
To cushion the effect of the economic recession, the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, Oyo State, has concluded the training of 400 people in poultry brooding, rearing, egg and broiler meat production, feed formulation and production, input supplies and marketing of poultry products. The effort, supported by the Federal Government, is […]