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The Kebbi Government is partnering the World Fish Programme to boost the fisheries potentials of the state. Gov. Abubakar Bagudu said while receiving officials of the programme in Birnin Kebbi that the state’s huge fisheries potentials were being affected by the effect of climate change. He noted that even the Matanfada river, where the Argungu […]
The Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday expressed their displeasure over the proposed anti-grazing bill by the Oyo State House of Assembly, saying the bill was a ploy to punish poor herders in the state. Speaking during the public presentation of views, observation, and grazing regulations bill 2019, held at the House of Chiefs, Agodi, Ibadan, the […]
Hundreds of rice farms located by the Bank of River Taraba in Bali and Gassol local government areas of Taraba state have been destroyed by flood. Daily Trust gathered that River Taraba overflow it’s bank and washed away hundreds of rice farms. READ MORE: ICERIA 2019 Gets Boost as IITA, ILRI, NBMA Partner AGROBUSINESS TIMES One […]
The Federal Government has recruited no fewer than 1,350 unemployed youths under the N-power programme to serve as agricultural extension workers in Cross River. The State Coordinator of Sasakawa Global 2000, Mr Ekok Ntua, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), shortly after inspecting a cassava demonstration farm at Okonde […]
– The Akwa Ibom state government is taking its diversification policy seriously – The government is planning on increasing its investments in the lucrative agricultural sector – The government also has plans to build an ethanol plant, toilet tissue making plant and sugar factory in the state The Akwa Ibom state government is set to […]
The Niger State Government and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday met in Abuja to work out modalities to end the perennial crisis between farmers and herdsmen in the state. Speaking at the end of the meeting, the Niger state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, told reporters that the meeting mostly had to do with […]
The federal government, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has commenced inspection of farmlands of victims of the 2018 flood disaster in the state in its intervention programme. To this end, NEMA’s Monitoring and Evaluation team, led by Mr Vincent Owan, Director, Disaster Risks Reduction of NEMA and Chairman of Emergency Agricultural Intervention Programme […]
There is growing anxiety in Jigawa State over the fear that the state may run short of maize produce this year. The fear is as a result of flood disaster that destroyed 90 percent of expected maize output in the state. Our correspondent reports that over 6,000 hectares of maize farmland were destroyed in the […]
Perhaps, unimpressed by the performance of the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, the governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, did not name a commissioner or a permanent secretary for the ministry as he announced his new cabinet on Monday. The new cabinet is made of 11 commissioners and 15 special advisers. The omission comes as a […]
MM Beto rice mill began production in Malumfashi, Katsina State, with a target of displacing foreign rice in the state and to some extent the country at large. Since early 2017, there has been the establishment of modern rice mills in Funtua area but poor electricity supply and inadequate supply of paddy rice threatened full […]
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has restated his administration’s commitment to developing agriculture towards the industrialisation of the state. He added that government had embarked on a massive agro-industrial transformation to accelerate economic growth in the state. READ MORE: Delta Govt warns Palm, Rubber plantation owners against withholding staff wages Ayade, during a visit to […]
Lovers of yam may have to pay higher for the popular root crop this year in Enugu State as the price has gone up by 40 per cent. This is according to a market survey conducted by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu. NAN report that 100 tubers of yam known in […]
Officials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and representatives of the Nasarawa State government have met and agreed on modalities for accessing a N1.5bn credit facility to assist youths across the state in establishing agribusinesses. Chairman of the committee set up by the state […]
The Delta State Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Julius Egbedi yesterday flagged off the Patani Local Government Council Agricultural Revolution 2019. PLOGCAR was flagged off with a call on other Council Chairmen to emulate same. The program, a brainchild of Barr Perez Omoun, Patani Council boss had 200 persons smiling home with grants and 52 others […]
Edo Government says no fewer than 2, 000 farmers are benefiting from over 10,600 hectares agricultural project in different parts of the state. The special adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, made this known in a statement in Benin on Tuesday. Osagie said that the State Government embarked on […]