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The Ogun government on Monday explained why it approached the World Bank to secure a $350 million loan. The state Commissioner for Budget and planning, Mrs Aderenle Adesina, and her counterparts in Ministries of Education, Agriculture and Commerce and Industry at a press conference in Abeokuta, also dismissed claims that the House of Representatives Committee […]
The 2550 hectares of land secured for farming activities by the Kwara State government under its Off-takers Demand Driven Agriculture (ODDA) scheme have been oversubscribed by youth farmers in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke, who disclosed this in Ilorin, expressed delight that more youth are showing interest in agriculture. He added […]
Keen to receive the Acting President Yemi Osinbanjo in Taraba State on Thursday, Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku at the weekend flagged off the construction of Wukari-Tsokundi road in the ancient Wukari local government area. The 30-kilometre road contract, awarded to a Chinese firm, Wiz China Worldwide Limited, costs N5.8 billion and is expected to be […]
The University of Ilorin and a Lagos-based company, Origin Group Nigeria Limited, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the commercial production of honey through the university’s Apiary Unit. Speaking during the MoU signing ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, commended the group for being the first company […]
Sweet potato farmers in Sokoto State say they are ready for mass production of the commodity with necessary support from the stakeholders in the agricultural sector. Many farmers in the 23 local government areas of the state are into sweet potato production but grow them mostly for local consumption. “We should be encouraged to produce […]
Governor Samuel Ortom has raised the alarm over alleged plot by suspected herdsmen in the West African sub-region to invade Benue State to prevent the implementation of the anti-open grazing law this came as the Ekiti State High Court has sentenced a herdsman, Ali Haruna, to two years imprisonment for destroying crops worth N1.5 million […]
As the federal government continues its advocacy for greater farming,communities in Southern Kaduna have taken the gauntlet and returned to their farms. LEADERSHIP visit to Fadan Kagoma, Jemaa local government in Kaduna State showed the land green as almost every parcel is now cultivated. Most common produce seen on the farms include ginger, groundnuts, maize […]
The Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has listed the various strategies employed by his government to make agriculture much more attractive especially to the younger generation in the state. He said the strategies have worked, as the state has been reaping the fruits in forms of increased activities in the food production sector.The Governor […]
About 120 participants at the just concluded 2017 National Organic Agriculture Business summit are of the opinion that Nigerian youths have significant roles to play in organic agriculture. A communique issued at the end of the summit in Akwa, Anambra State, said such roles would ensure job opportunities for the youths in order to contribute […]
No fewer than 100 graduates are currently receiving training in various agricultural areas at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo State. The training tagged: Third National FADAMA Development Project (FADAMA III AF) Fadama-Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support Programme (GUYS), is organised by the institute in collaboration with Oyo State government. […]
–Unveils 225 Tractors As part of efforts to increase food production, the Katsina State government has launched a programme called Farm-to-Folk initiative has been launched, in collaboration with Springfield Agro Limited, a Kewalram Chanrai Group company, in partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. 225 tractors were commissioned at the launch, to achieve total mechanisation of […]
The Osun State Broiler Outgrowers Production Scheme (OBOPS), has produced at least five million birds in the last three years, the scheme managers have said.Revealing this at the weekend, Mr. Kolawole Ogini, who is the facilitator of the second phase of the scheme stated that OBOPS has placed Osun among states with relatively high production […]
The Kogi State Government has commenced massive rice production across the state in collaboration with the World Bank and Federal Government assisted FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) project in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Kehinde Oloruntoba, who spoke during an inspection tour to some of the already cultivated 4,000 hectares of Fadama rice […]
In its bid to ensure agricultural development and improve healthcare delivery, the Caretaker Management Committee of the Obokun Local Government has distributed cocoa seedlings to farmers and drugs to health centres across all towns in the Local Government Area. The Executive Secretary of the council, Alhaji Oladiran Ashaolu, during the distribution of the materials on […]
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has on Saturday inaugurated a five-man board for SKYRUN Cocoa Processing Industry, Ede, Osun state in a bid to improve on cocoa production in the state and turn Osun to a hub of Chinese investment in Nigeria. This was even as the Chairman of the Shanghai Golden Monkey […]