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The Katsina State Government says it is currently conducting a census of dry season farmers in the state to ascertain their exact number for proper planning for 2018 farming season.
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state has concluded plans to link investors and off-takers of agricultural produce in the state with farmers with sufficient guarantees to ensure prices are stable and yields are high as farmers prepare for the 2018 farming season.
In order to find easy transport of perishable agricultural produce from Ekiti state, a former Nigerian Air Force Officer, Chief Flight Surgeon and Chief Aerospace Medical Consultant, Dr. Makanjuola Akindele Owolabi, has joined prominent personalities in the state to demand for the establishment..
Sokoto Climate Rice Farming, Irrigation farming system has been identified as one of the sure methods for all year round rice production, the Executive Director, National Cereals Research Institute, Dr Samuel Agboire, has observed. Dr Agboire, who disclosed this in Sokoto while delivering the keynote address at a two-day sensitisation workshop organised by AfricaRice with […]
Agric Ministry Trains Rural Farmers, The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has concluded an intensive training workshop for farmers’ groups/cooperatives from the south-east and south-south zones of the country. The workshop, held at the Federal Cooperative College, Orji River, Enugu State, was organised by the Rural Institutions Development division of the ministry’s Department […]
Sokoto Farmers Tube Wells, Sokoto State government is to embark on massive construction of tube wells for farmers to avoid drought in the state. READ MORE: FADAMA Coordinator In Anambra Urges Youths To Engage In Agriculture The Project Manager, Sokoto Agricultural Development Project, Alhaji Abubakar Malami disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust. READ MORE: Yobe […]
Kebbi Rice Production, Because of the boom, its capacity to produce rice in millions of tons and the desire of the farmer to cultivate large rice fields, it is the expectation in many quarters that rice should be cheaper in Kebbi State. Ironically, the price of rice is higher in Kebbi than other rice producing […]
We Have Been Isolated, Kano Female Farmers Cry Out, The women wing of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kano state chapter, has said that women are being excluded in various agricultural interventions and empowerment programmes, especially those anchored by the state government. READ MORE: Edo To Fully Roll Out Agriprenuer Programme, Targets 55,000 Youths In […]
Rice Farm burning, A fire has destroyed 75 hectares of unharvested rice in Bauchi State. The rice farm belonging to Nasiru Mohammed, a Director at Futlink West Africa Limited and Auwal Mohammed is located at Liman Katagum in Bauchi local government. READ MORE: Agriculture And Farming In Nigeria: Top 10 Agriculture Opportunities In Nigeria Speaking to […]
Ginger Farm, As farmers step up cultivation of different crops in the country, young Nigerians are increasingly making money by offering their services in the sector. Mohammed Bello, who is in his early 30s, described to Daily Trust on Sunday, how he earned a living splitting ginger, adding that he splits about 10 bags of […]
Cocoa farmers have threatened to declare a nationwide strike over the sector’s neglect.The aggrieved farmers gave the threat under the aegis of the National Executive Council of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN).
The Bayelsa Government says it will soon begin exportation of fish from its aquaculture farm. Doodie Weeks, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said this on Wednesday at the Inter-Ministerial and Agency Briefing in Yenagoa.
The Bayelsa Government on Wednesday said it established a grazing site for cattle rather than colony at its Palm Estate in Yenagoa to check clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
Tomato growers in Kano state have lost over N1 billion this dry season farming following the recent closure of Tiga dam by the Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA).
An outbreak of a cattle disease identified as Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia, CBPP has struck Katsina State and killing thirteen cows.