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There is no going back on the commercialisation of Genetically Modified products in Nigeria, a top official has said. Dr Rose Gidado, the Country Coordinator of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) said at the biotechnology stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja that all had been set to begin full commercialisation of GM products in Nigeria soon. […]
The Cross River Government is working towards the actualisation of production of 500,000 metric tons of cocoa annually to boost the revenue profile of the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Prof. Anthony Eneji, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Calabar while briefing newsmen on the activities of his Ministry. He said: “Cocoa […]
The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has hinted that the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) will be properly restructured by the Federal Government towards assisting farmers to boost agricultural production in the country and ensure food sufficiency. He added that if the restructuring is eventually done, it would help the bank to perform its primary responsibilities […]
Anti-GMO activists and consumer groups wrestled the farm lobby to a tie last summer and forced them to accept mandatory disclosure of GMO ingredients in food – reversing two decades of federal policy – in exchange for preemption of state GMO label laws, including one that took effect in Vermont on July 1. “Ultimately, it […]
At a time when the Federal Government is focusing on agriculture, in its diversification programme, former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that Nigeria could overcome recession and food shortage and experience economic boom if it is fully committed to the growth of agriculture as an alternative to oil. In a […]
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Shehu Ahmed has inaugurated the SERVICOM Committee of the Ministry. Inaugurating the committee, the Permanent Secretary expressed satisfaction with the Reform Coordination and Service Improvement department of the Ministry for taking its rightful place in the Ministry to drive, coordinate, monitor, report and troubleshoot […]
Our turn-around story — MD In a twist of events Nigeria’s indigenous multinational, Dangote Group, bought back a subsidiary it had built and sold off. In this interview, the Managing Director of one of the foremost flour, noodles and pasta producer, Dangote Flour Mills, Alh. Ahmed Yakassai, explained what happened, the results and impacts. By […]
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations […]
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information, Senator Emmanuel Onwe has justified the banning of the sale and consumption of foreign rice as part of the state government’s moves to uphold the health and well-being of the populace. The commissioner also clarified issues concerning the purchase price of the locally produced rice even as touted agriculture […]
*No famine in 2017—Ogbeh *FG working to end recession —Osinbajo The African Development Bank, AfDB, is to invest $24 billion in agriculture and agribusiness on the continent in the next 10 years. This came on a day the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, assured that there would be […]
As part of efforts to boost maize and groundnut production in Nigeria, significantly lower aflatoxin contamination in food and feed, boost profitability for the poultry industry and ensure healthier families and better income for farmers, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has launched a biocontrol product, aflasafe, which drastically reduces aflatoxin contamination in crops. […]
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) Lagos, a multidisciplinary marine research institute and Nigeria’s prime institute for Marine Sciences, is building the capacity of fish farmers under the aegis of West Africa Aquaculture Productivity Initiative (WAAPI)-an innovative platform in the aquaculture industry which deals with the entire value chain. The capacity building is […]
The increasing population in Africa and particularly the Nigerian environment has a huge market and therefore is no doubt the best global investment destination for a profitable returns and serious prospective investor in Agriculture. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri made this assertion when a team of Japanese investors visited him in […]
Despite the challenges facing the livestock and poultry industries as a result of high cost of feeds and others, the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, has said poultry production has always been profitably sustainable and will always do if adequate training is given to farmers, capable of lifting the economy out […]
A Brazilian company, seeking a share of the Nigerian market, is targeting the country’s farmers with its tools. Agriculture is an important industry in Brazil, just as it is in Nigeria and other Africa countries, Funbi Sowande, the company’s Marketing and Sales Manager in Nigeria said, drawing similarities between the two countries and explaining, at […]