Nigerian Agriculture Would Not Have Been What It Is Today Without IITA – Adesina

While commissioning the new training facility for capacity development for youth agripreneurs on Monday, in Ibadan, the President of African Development Bank, (AFDB), Dr. Akin Adeshina, eulogized the contributions of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in advancing agriculture on the African continent in his address. The $700,000 youth training facility which was funded by the Federal Ministry […]

Jul 25, 2017 Read more

Nigeria’s Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Former Presidents To Grace IITA 50th Anniversary Celebration

…AfDB president to commission $700,000 building for youth Agripreneurs Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on Monday speak on food security and Nigeria’s preparedness to diversify its economy using agriculture as a lever. Prof Osinbajo leads other dignitaries and leaders from scientific research, education, and corporate organizations from African countries and beyond, in celebrating […]

Jul 22, 2017 Read more

FG Backs OAU’s N3bn Agric Project

The federal government has declared its determination to provide all that it would require to ensure that the agricultural intervention project to be pioneered at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife and bankrolled by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the tune of N3bn, is tremendously successful. The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, […]

Jul 20, 2017 Read more

Nigeria To Supply 130,000 Tonnes Of Roasted Cashew Nuts To US

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has said Nigeria is set to supply 130,000 tonnes of roasted cashew nuts to the Walmart Super Market chain in the United States of America. He said the 130,000 cashew is valued at $7 billion. Chief Ogbeh said the US firm came to Nigeria to request […]

Jul 19, 2017 Read more

Countries Urged To Enforce Global Standards On Food Trade

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has called on countries to reap benefits of food trade by engaging in standard setting. In a joint publication issued by the FAO and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on July 12, it stated that participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries […]

Jul 19, 2017 Read more

Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Begins Production Of Sorghum Flour In Kano

Northern Nigeria Flour Mill yesterday in Kano officially commissioned a Sorghum flour production plant which costs over N2 billion. The chairman, board of directors of the flour mills, Alhaji Aminu Dantata disclosed that the revamped plant situated in Kano would source for sorghum from local farmers, which would culminate into boosting the economy of the […]

Jul 19, 2017 Read more

Famine Looms As New Diseases Threaten Farm Produce

The Coordinating Director of the Nigerian Agricultural and Quarantine Service (NAQS), Vincent Isegwu, has stressed the need to be on the watch out for viral diseases that are capable of destroying farm produce during the harvest season. The diseases, according to him, are Cassava brown streak, maize nitant necrosis and coconut yellowing disease. Speaking in […]

Jul 16, 2017 Read more

Mixed Reactions Trail Nigeria’s Yam Exports

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have expressed mixed reactions on Nigeria’s new policy to export yams to UK and the U.S., saying Nigeria has yet to attain self-sufficiency in yam production. The stakeholders told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that the hardship, which most citizens were facing in purchasing yams in […]

Jul 03, 2017 Read more

Nigeria Striving To Be World’s Top Yam Exporter – Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has pledged support for yam producers, saying the country is pushing to become the number one exporter of the commodity in the world. He made the allusion recently at the end of the meeting with the technical committee on Nigerian Yam Export Programme. The minister […]

Jun 28, 2017 Read more

Investing In Seeds Central To Meeting Demands – IITA

The director, system and site integration, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Kwesi Atta-Krah, has urged investors in seed production plants to help meet the demand for improved seeds. He said this will enhance quality seed availability as more stakeholders, will have access to more quality seeds. The director in an interview with journalists […]

Jun 28, 2017 Read more

Akinwumi Adesina Emerges 2017 World Food Prize Laureate

The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been named the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate. Adesina, whose name was selected yesterday at Washington, D.C, becomes the 46th recipient and the sixth African to be so honoured. The award ceremony would take place October 19. Adesina was the Nigeria Minister of Agriculture […]

Jun 27, 2017 Read more

FG To Provide Enough Fertiliser For Farmers In 2017

The federal government said on Sunday that adequate provision has been made for farmers across the country to have enough fertiliser to grow food throughout the year. The chief executive officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Uche Orji, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “Last […]

Jun 23, 2017 Read more

FAO Distributes Seeds, Fertilisers To Over 1Million Farmers in North-east

As part of efforts, led by the Government, to restore livelihoods and combat critical levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in areas affected by Boko Haram violence, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has began the distribution of emergency seeds and fertilisers to over 1million farmers in North-east Nigeria In a statement to […]

Jun 22, 2017 Read more

FG Restates Commitment To Job Creation Through Agriculture

The Federal government through the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has again expressed the political will and commitment to creating business employment in agriculture. The Minister restated this commitment when he received a delegation of Nestle Nigeria Plc led by its managing director and chief executive officer, Mauricio Alarcon, […]

Jun 21, 2017 Read more

Effects Of Uncontrolled Rosewood Exploitation In Nigeria

The present public forest estate which was acquired between 1900 and 1970 embraces 100,000km2 or 11 percent of the total land area of the country. In spite of their importance, the tropical forest resources have diminished very rapidly and most areas have been transformed into unproductive land. The forest resources survey 1996 – 1998 revealed […]

May 16, 2017 Read more