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About 500,000 farmers and vulnerable people in Nigeria’s North-East zone can now access farming friendly and demand-driven financial services. It is the result of First City Monument Bank’s (FCMB) partnership with Mercy Corps, a frontline international aid organisation. A bold and landmark intervention, the partnership supported by USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity, […]
The Director General/CEO National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has said that the federal government is ready to develop a guidance document that will help in the regulation of stacked Gene organisms in Nigeria. Dr. Ebegba who disclosed this at a 2-Day meeting on the development of a guidance document on risk assessment […]
First City Monument Bank has explained that its increased and consistent support to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) is aimed at further empowering them to take the lead in the growth and development of Nigeria’s economy. According to the Bank, this is because SMEs are one of the key drivers of the country’s push […]
The Nigerian population is projected to grow swiftly and undergo widespread transformation over the next thirty years. Experts project that by 2050, the population would double to almost 400 million. The GDP per capita will almost triple up to around 7,137 USD Purchasing Power Parity. As a result of these imminent changes, the demand for […]
Price May Go As High As N17, 500 — Lawal As the new planting season commences across the country, farmers are raising concern over the dual challenges of access to fertilizer and quality seedlings. Feelers across the states indicate that the current rising cost of food crops, linked to inflation, could be worsened as the price […]
In a study published in 2019 by FAO, ICRISAT, and CIAT on “Climate-Smart Agriculture in Borno state of Nigeria” it was observed that agriculture contributed at least 65 percent to the GDP of Borno state, with no fewer than 70 percent of the entire state population involved in one form of agricultural activity or the […]
[ad_1] In this interview with the Executive Provost, Federal College of Animal Health & Production Technology, Moore Plantation, Ibadan, Dr Olatunde Owosibo, speaks on challenges faced by livestock farmers, how youths can be attracted to agriculture and why irrigation facilities and other farm infrastructure should be emplaced by state governments. FEMI IBIROGBA reports. The livestock […]
[ad_1] High prices of foodstuffs in the country have been attributed to poor agricultural productivity in 2020, as the sector was marred by COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced floods and drought, as well as widespread insecurity, as identified by specialists. The National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Ibrahim Kabir, explained that the […]
[ad_1] It is gradually becoming real that majority of homes may have to celebrate the coming yuletide season without consumption of rice, which has become the usual delicacy for such period, as the price is going beyond the reach of the common man. Rice is the third most consumed staple food in Nigeria (after maize […]
[ad_1] Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Prof. Felix Kolawole Salako, speaks on how Nigeria can be food-secure in 2021 despite challenges of crop cultivation, including COVID-19 lockdowns, poor rainfalls in some parts of the country and insecurity of farmers. FEMI IBIROGBA reports. The estimated number of Nigerians living below the poverty line is […]
More than a decade after the death of Stephen Oladipupo Owomoyela, popularly known as Dr. Orlando Owoh, his stance on the consumption of Cannabis Sativa, better known as Indian hemp or marijuana, seems to have become a prophecy that might even contribute to lifting the country out of its economic woes. In one of his […]
[ad_1] Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, spoke to GBENGA AKINFENWA, on the impact of the current flood in the state, the threat to food security and solution to the perennial natural disaster. The recent flood has dealt a deadly blow on Kebbi State, especially in the area of food production. In what way will […]
[ad_1] Cocoa and palm oil, among others, were the bedrock of the country’s economy before the Oloibiri oil rig became a metaphor for complacency and mono-cultural economy 60 years after independence. However, the government has been advised to restore farmers’ productivity, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) and […]
[ad_1] • Urges Nigerians to support local food production • Don calls for more conducive environment The Federal Government has itemised reasons agricultural agenda of the government has been successful and transformational since 2015, urging that increase in food prices is temporary as efforts would soon yield positive results. This was contained in a statement […]
[ad_1] As part of moves to permanently flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, health experts have cautioned Nigerians on the consumption of imported frozen foods for now. The warning is coming on the heels of a circular issued by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), recently, on a planned importation or smuggling […]