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[ad_1] For some Nigerian farmers, the ease of the lockdown imposed by states and the federal government came with mixed feelings. Across the country, farmers lamented the impact of the lockdown and counted their losses such as late planting, poor harvesting, and shortage of inputs. Farmers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES said the prices of […]

[ad_1] Enugu – The Enugu State Government has distributed agricultural inputs for dry season farming to 2,000 poor and vulnerable farmers in the rural areas, under the World Bank-Assisted CARES Programme. Speaking during flag-off of the distribution of the agricultural inputs which ranged from cassava stems, rice seeds, fertilizer and herbicides on Friday, Governor Ifeanyi […]

[ad_1] Lagos The Ikeja Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (ICCIA) has said that it has concluded arrangements to hold a session on okra farming in the quest to boost the cultivation and production of the crop in the country, especially in the Southwestern part of the country. Amb. Edward Olutoke, President of the chamber, […]

[ad_1] Women farmers have called on the federal and state government to give more support to farmers especially the women folk in order to make them more productive and ensure food security in the nation at large.  The women who spoke in separate media parleys with DAILY INDEPENDENT, said supporting women farmers across the country […]

[ad_1]  Agriculture has gone beyond farming; it is now a business that accommodates many players, because of the need for food, raw materials for industrial growth and jobs for the growing population of our youths.  Nigeria Government is planning to create millions of jobs through her economic diversification into agriculture, Thank God for the new […]

[ad_1]  TechnoServe Nigeria has urged operators of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry to adopt the Micronutrient Fortification Index (MFI) model to self-regulate.  Ike IIegbune, TechnoServe’s lead consultant for MFI, made the call during a presentation at the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology’s (NIFST) 44th annual conference, stressing that adopting […]

[ad_1] The index tracks international prices of the most commonly traded food commodities. Global food prices continued rising for the fifth consecutive month in October, led by cereals, sugar, dairy and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has said. This is according to the Food Price Index report published on […]

[ad_1] Nine million people are already in the first phase of the food crisis, which runs from October 2020 to December 2020. About 22 million people could face a food crisis in Nigeria between October 2020 and August 2021, a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, has shown. The […]

[ad_1] The professor also talks about yam seedlings, insurance and other factors affecting yam farmers. The president of the Yam Farmers Association of Nigeria, who is also a professor of agriculture processing and storage at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Simon Irtwange, believes Nigeria can become one of the world’s largest exporters of yam. […]

[ad_1] Ogun State government has approved N87.3 million as payment of the state counterpart funds for the implementation of the Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in the state. The VCDP is a project with the objective of enhancing incomes and food security of rural farming households engaged […]