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• Holds First AGM In 12 Years The Okitipupa Oil Palm (OOP) Plc has commenced the turnaround maintenance of its 4.5 tonnes per hour oil milling facility at Ipoke, targeted at producing crude palm oil and other by-products for the benefits of Nigerians. Chairman, Board of Directors of the company, Chief Mobolaji Osomo, who disclosed this […]
[ad_1] Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State is to partner the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to boost food production and farmers’ incomes. According to him, the agricultural sector provides about 70 per cent of employment opportunities with increased means of livelihoods to farmers. Buni disclosed this on Monday when he received the FAO […]
Nestlé, IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, and TechnoServe announced today the launch of the Developing Inclusive Grain Value Chains project. The initiative will help 5,000 smallholder farmers earn better livelihoods by supplying high-quality maize, soybeans, millet, and sorghum to Nestlé. The seven-month project will enable more inclusive and transparent sourcing of maize, soybeans, millet, and […]
[ad_1] A post-harvest technology manufacturing company based in Germany, Reila, has identified Nasarawa State as a location for establishing an assembly plant in Nigeria. READ MORE: Nigeria, Germany Sign Pact On Agriculture, Commerce German agro firm to establish assembly plant in Nasarawa Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this shortly after a demonstration by the firm […]
[ad_1] Committed to transform agricultural and food production in Kano, the State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has approved the contract for renovation of Watari irrigation scheme worth N314, 454, 625. The irrigation scheme is situated downstream of the Watari Dam, in Bagwai Local Government area of Kano State, with potential to enhance cultivation of […]
[ad_1] • Gov commissions Obasanjo’s aquaculture project Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed plans by his administration to have an agro-allied based airport to aid the development of the state as a destination of choice for agriculture in Nigeria. Abiodun, who spoke during the inauguration of Agbeloba Aquaculture Hub in Owiwi, Obafemi-Owode Local […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 2,778 herdsmen and their wives have benefited from the distribution of domestic animals by the Kebbi State government. The items given to them were sheep, goats and chickens under the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme Aids in the state. The opening ceremony was performed by the wife of Kebbi State governor, Aisha Bagudu, during […]
[ad_1] CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through Eco Bank, has empowered farmers registered under Hope Concept Cooperative with maize production inputs to strengthen agriculture business in the region. The farmers gathered at Mologede, near Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the weekend, to receive bags of maize seeds, sprayers, herbicides, insecticides and fertilizer, among others, […]
[ad_1] LAKE Rice, a brand of locally cultivated and processed rice by Lagos and Kebbi states, has gone under, The Guardian has reliably gathered. Though Lagos residents have got used to the subsidised brand since 2013, they will probably not have access to the rice ad infinitum. If and when it comes back through the […]
[ad_1] Barely four years after the launch of the Lagos-Kebbi Rice christened LAKE Rice, an initiative borne out of the collaboration between Lagos and Kebbi State Governments, the rice has gone out of circulation. During the launch, held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Lagos on December 21, 2016, the former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi […]
[ad_1] The Imo State Government has disbanded its task force on state emblem for causing the death of over 3,000 day-old chicks driven from Kaduna into the state. The government also disbanded all other task forces in the state. The state’s commissioner for transport, Rex Anunobi, who confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES, Friday, said Governor Hope […]
[ad_1] Over 3,000 day-old chicks were left to die under the sun, on Thursday, inside a vehicle impounded illegally by task force officials in Imo State. The incident which happened in Owerri has been attributed to a rash decision by two police officers and three task force officials who were insisting that the vehicle should have […]
[ad_1] The World Food Program (WFP) says many countries affected by conflict, COVID-19 and climate change are experiencing record levels of hunger, threatening the lives of thousands of people. WFP officials say they fear many more people will die from hunger due to the economic impact of COVID-19 than from the pandemic itself. The pandemic has infected […]
[ad_1] Amid the current challenges facing the poultry industry, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, has promised to make the poultry value chain more viable, by engaging in activities capable of making the business to flourish. The newly elected chairman of the Lagos Chapter, Mr. Godwin Egbebe, who disclosed this shortly after the […]
[ad_1] Agro Renewal Movement International (ARMI) Limited, in collaboration with Agro Empire Estate, has implemented an agro-allied and processing project in Ogun State to transform and boost the sector. According to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, ARMI, Mustafa Moshood Adedapo, the project, which sits on 500 acres of farmland, would provide farmers, technicians and other […]