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[ad_1] Maize farmers and processors under the auspices of Maize Association of Nigeria, MAAN, Maize Growers, Farmers and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAGFAMAN, on Tuesday, condemned calls for maize importation into the country. This was stated at a press conference by the National Presidents of the two associations, Dr Bello Abubakar, and Dr Edwin Uche, […]

[ad_1] Nigeria  holds as much as $900 billion worth of dead capital locked up in residential real estate and agricultural land, including federal government’s abandoned properties estimated at N230 billion, said PWC Nigeria. Dead capital refers to  unregistered real property, and is considered lost value because the landholder is unable to transfer or leverage the  […]

[ad_1] Abisola Olusanya The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, on Saturday, described digitization as critical for the country to attain its food security needs. Olusanya, who said this at the launch of a book entitled: ‘The Rise of Digital Agriculture,’ which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, added that the book […]

[ad_1] [FILES] Oxfam’ signage is pictured outside a high street branch of an Oxfam charity shop. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS No fewer than 90 women in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State were empowered by OXFAM, in collaboration with the European Union (EU). Speaking at the distribution of economic assets to […]

[ad_1] Within the next three years, no fewer than 30,000 women in Oyo State will benefit from an empowerment scheme of a non-governmental organisation, Shea Empowerment Foundation (SEF), in partnership with global players in the shea industry, with a view to optimising the potential in the value chain. The initiative is aimed at promoting a sustainable […]

[ad_1] Uyo- Akwa Ibom State government says it is set to cultivate one million strands of onions, in addition to other vegetable crops currently being cultivated in the state. The move towards onion cultivation ia not unconnected with the recent scarcity of onions in the country.  Recall that Akwa Ibom soil  was, untill recent move by the […]

[ad_1] The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, weekend, alerted farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by a group called AFAN Caretaker Committee to extort them. The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, saying that the group in question is illegal and allegedly led by one Faruk […]

[ad_1] GOVERNOR Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has called on the Federal Government to enact a law banning movement of cattle from the north to other parts of the country in order to resolve the incessant incidences of clashes between farmers and herders. The governor made the call in an interview with journalists after a […]

[ad_1] Mr Ekwelem said that if the government did not take decisive action on smuggled rice, all the mills in the country would collapse. The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) has appealed to the federal government to criminalise the sale of foreign rice in the country. The Director General of the association, Andy Ekwelem, […]

[ad_1] The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to criminalize the sales of foreign rice in the country. The Director General of the association, Mr Andy Ekwelem stated this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday over the influx of smuggled rice into the country. Ekwelem cautioned if the government […]

[ad_1] Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina (third right); Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Dr. Angel Adelaja-Kuye (third left); Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Dotun Sorunke (left); Instructor, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, Adeyinka Ademuluyi (second right), during the commencement of SAWAH Eco-Technology rice harvest at Sawonjo, Yewa North […]

[ad_1] Agriculture The Federal Government has engaged over 30,000 youths across the country in agricultural extension services, soil mapping and soil testing, as part of efforts aimed at realising food security and job creation. The Executive Director, National Agricultural Development Agency (NALDA), Paul Ikonne, disclosed this while unveiling plans of the Federal Government during a monthly […]

[ad_1] Photo: EPA/STR Prospective beneficiaries of the Ogun State Cotton Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) are gradually running out of patience, due to the inactivity of the handlers in the state. For 11 months now, the registered farmers, especially youths under the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), who have been shortlisted and enlisted for the […]