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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, Thursday inaugurated the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshalls (EGEM), the body saddled with the enforcement of the recently signed Prohibition of Cattle and other Ruminants Grazing in Ekiti State Law. He gave them a mandate to rid the State of the menace of herdsmen, with a declaration that “he will […]
The Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists, NAAE, has advised that the nation may not actualize its paradigm shift to agriculture if the country’s agricultural budget was not beefed up. The National President of NAAE, Professor Peter Okuneye, gave the advice yesterday, while flagging off the 17th Annual National Conference of the Association at the Federal […]
The Federal Government has approved the registration and release of nine hybrid crops varieties developed by scientists for Nigerian farmers to boost agricultural production in the country. Dr Sunday Aladele, Registrar, National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has said that climate change has been identified as the biggest threat to global food security. This is just as he said that farmers are the most vulnerable to the adverse effect of climate change in recent times. Speaking during the occasion of […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said Nigeria had no excuse for the deplorable state of its agriculture sector. Obasanjo said this at an agriculture seminar in Abuja organised by Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities’’ as theme. He said that […]
Respite may be coming the way of Nigeria farmers as the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote plans to crash the price of fertilizer next year. He said this at a forum in Abuja on Monday, adding that with the reduced price of fertilizer, farmers would be able to tap into the Federal […]
The Vice President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote, alleged that Federal Government’s indecision has slowed down local production of tomatoes in the country. Dangote made the assertion when speaking on the challenges faced by tomato processors and farmers in the country, as he decried the continued importation of the commodity into the country. He said: […]
In recognition of the suffering in the land by prices of food commodities and other services sky rocketing, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbe has assured that price of rice and other food items would begin to fall from November as more Nigerians have responded to the call to return to […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has lamented slow release of budgetary allocation for the Ministry to achieve massive implementation of programmes and projects to increase food production. Ogbeh stated this during the visit paid him by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, which was led by its chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said the federal government is planning to start an agric-focused financial institution. He said the institution would be owned by both the Federal Government, farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector. The Minister stated this when he received the Governor of Kebbi State, […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, denied insinuations that it had completely banned rice importation into the country, saying that it only restricted the importation of the product through the designated Sea Ports. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) explained that the restriction became necessary in order to protect the country’s local industry […]
Towards boosting the Nigerian agricultural yields National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), yesterday commenced training of 60 Nigerian youths across the nation’s 36 states in designs and fabrication of agricultural implements. The trainees, with prior relevant skills in designs and fabrication will undergo intensive modern coaching for one month in line with modern agricultural practices […]
Soldiers at the weekend, allegedly destroyed farmlands at Iddo Sarki in Jiwa ward and beat up farmers who resisted the destruction of their only means of livelihood. The farmers who are indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory said their farmlands which the Army claims to have ownership have not been made known to them as […]
A large scale rice farmer in Asaba, Mr. Raymos Guanah, on Sunday observed that demand for locally-produced rice was on the increase. Guanah, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Raymond Guanah Farms, Illah, near Asaba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba that such a positive development was heartwarming. He said […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made the call during the Labour and Trade Ministerial Roundtable of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum at the State Department, Washington D.C. Ngige called for the reconsideration of the suspension of the import of Nigeria’s cocoa into the US as a way of […]