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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has solicited the assistance of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in boosting commercial agricultural in the state. Akeredolu made the call when the AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, visited him on Sunday in Akure. The governor explained that the continental bank’s support was necessary to facilitate the cultivation of high-quality […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, will inaugurate a new world-class fertiliser plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertiliser and Chemicals Limited, today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea fertiliser is considered the world’s largest single-train Urea plant. According […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Komptu Idris have been called upon to intervene and bring to an end the menace of fake fertiliser sales and circulation in Yobe State by some unpatriotic citizens. Sparking to journalists in his office, the Yobe State chairman of Fertiliser Sales Association, Potiskum branch, Alhaji Ali Maitaki. According […]
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rated the performance of Niger State high in the on-going Anchor Borrower’s Scheme of the apex bank. Even as 30, 000 farmers has benefited in the scheme so far. The bank attributed the success story of the scheme in the state to the commitment and political will accorded it […]
Nasarawa state House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura to arrest, prosecute and relieve any government official found culpable in diverting fertilizer meant for farmers in the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the speaker of the House made the call in Lafia after the chairman, House committee on Agriculture, […]
The Kwara State Government says it has spent N360 million in subsidising farm inputs given to farmers under the N1billion Agriculture Intervention Scheme. This was disclosed in Ilorin the State capital on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke while presenting seedlings and other inputs to members of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria […]
The Federal Government has expressed readiness to partner with Osun State Government in the ongoing process of massive food production as a means of getting the nation out of the current economic recession. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh who stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the Osun […]
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state yesterday flagged of the sales of fertilizers to farmers in the state in Jenkwe, Obi local government area of the state. Almakura, while flagging off the sales of the fertilizers, said the his administration had over the past years procured assorted fertilizers and sold to farmers at a […]
The federal government is to compensate Ebonyi State poultry farmers affected by the December 2016 Avian Influenza attack on poultry farms in the state, from July 5. The state’s commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Uchenna Orji, disclosed this yesterday in Abakaliki during a training programme for poultry farmers in the state on ways […]
The Osun State Government on Thursday said it had provided about 15 hectares of land for large scale cultivation to boost food production in the state. Dr Bukola Aluko, the coordinating director, Osun state Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Youths Engagement, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo. According to Aluko, the […]
New onions have flooded various markets in Katsina State, forcing its price down by about 50%. Our reporter, who visited markets in some parts of the state, observed that a bag of onions that sold for N6,000 and N8,000 some months ago now goes for between N2,500 and N4,000, depending on the size. Onion farmers […]
The chairman, Senate committee on Air Force, Senator Duro Faseyi, has stressed the need for government at all levels to create a conducive atmosphere for the youths in order to encourage them to participate actively in food production. He said it was unfortunate that Nigeria spends more on importation of food stuff than production, urging […]
The Federal Government is to take new biometric database of 16 million farmers to enable them benefit from intervention packages during the 2017 cropping season. The Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture, Prof. Danbala Danju, said this on Sunday while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Trans- Sahara Consortium, Nigeria. […]
Secretary, Sokoto State Chapter of the Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria ( AAEUN), Mr Shehu Manu has lamented what he noted as selective implementation of hazard allowance both in the federal, state and local government levels. Speaking to Daily Trust on Sunday he said some departments of agriculture are given hazard allowances while […]
The National Association of Cassava Growers has appointed the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk, as its grand patron in recognition of his contribution to agriculture. The President of the association, Pastor Segun Adewunmi, who presented the letter of appointment to the emir in Daura on Thursday, in Daura said the appointment took immediate effect. […]