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Farmers in Ogbomoso, Oyo State have been urged to invest in production of small ruminants, aimed at improving livestock production for the city and Nigeria as a whole and to increase income generation for themselves. The farmers, who converged on Olagbemi Osekun Civil Centre, at Ogbomoso South Local Government Secretariat, Arowomole, for a day capacity […]
The survival of poultry business and the huge potential the industry holds for the nation’s economy, especially at this period of economic downturns, would form the focus of this year’s National Poultry Show, Abeokuta 2016, an annual industry event, being organised by the Poultry Association of Nigeria, aimed at showcasing businesses within the poultry value […]
WAAPP-Nigeria has been promoting innovation platforms as avenues for disseminating improved technologies to key actors in some commodity value chains since 2013. The project has successfully Inaugurated Platforms (IPs) at the national level mostly as far back as in 2013 on Cassava/Yam, Aquaculture, Rice, Maize and Sorghum. While WAAPP-Nigeria encouraged the formation of some platforms, […]
—Analysts: Nigeria in need of fiscal stimulus, reforms —FG allays concern over worrying economic data —Moody’s: Country to expand by 2.5% next year There seems to be no end in sight to Nigeria’s economic woes, as the third quarter real gross domestic product (GDP) growth data released […]
Former chairman of Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has said it is unhealthy for universities to be struggling to generate funds to carry out their mandates saying education is the only way Nigeria can get back from its current situation. Jega spoke during the higher educational summit Themed: “Exploitation Diversity, Different and […]
The minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has assured Nigerians that the federal government is working round the clock to avert any imminent famine in 2017. Speaking with journalists in Abuja at the weekend, Chief Ogbeh lamented that the Nigerian elite had distanced themselves from agriculture in the last five decades, since the discovery of […]
The Country Manager of Dizengoff Nigeria, Antti Ritvonen, has called on the government to review the import duty on some agricultural equipment especially the greenhouse equipment which is one of the trending agricultural technologies in the world. Ritvonen said greenhouse agricultural technology can help the country achieve its planned food sustainability and further create jobs […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele, says Nigeria is on the verge of being self sufficient in food production. The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN)reports that Emefiele spoke in Isa town, Sokoto State, on Saturday when he launched the 2016 Wheat planting season. “The journey to make Nigeria self […]
Cash crops have been creating millionaires, jobs and sustaining the economy of many nation around the world, just as coconut represents golden chance for Nigeria to rake in over $2.5billion annually. However, some cash crops in the country like cocoa, cashew, soybeans and others have also penetrated international markets, where the demand for these crops […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the people of the Niger Delta region to shun illegal pipeline vandalisation and oil theft and seek wealth creation through peace and focus on agriculture for sustainable economic development and wealth creation. President Buhari,who was represented by the Minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, made […]
Possibly worried by the news making the rounds that Nigerian is likely to face famine come 2017, Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has advised the federal government to take very urgent and proactive measures capable of averting the challenge. Tambuwal, who insisted that, he cannot explain why Nigeria chooses to ban importation of grains, […]
As Zimbabwe grapples with drought, the United Nations said that at least 5.2 million citizens will face food shortages during in the first quarter of next year. The UN described the drought as the worst drought in 25 years, Africa Review said on Thursday. The 2013 population census put Southern African country at 14.15 million […]
Prof. Danbala Danju, the Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture( BOA) says the African Development Bank ( AfDB) has provided a $ 1.2million grant for the repositioning of the bank. Danju told newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday, that the repositioning would enable the bank operate according to global standards. “Repositioning the bank established over 43 years […]
A new report launched on Friday by the United Nation’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reveals the crucial role the world’s dry lands play in buffering the negative impacts of climate change, land degradation and drought. “Drylands are absolutely key to global food security for the whole planet,” said IFAD President, Kanayo F. Nwanze. […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, on Thursday said necessary agricultural activities have kicked off to ensure bumper harvest in 2017. The Minister made this known while responding to questions from journalists when he visited Dizengoff/ Phinada Farms in Bwari. According to him, some agricultural activities have kicked off […]