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Chukwudum, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to consider re-opening the borders for legitimate trade to ease the gradual economic suffocation in the country. The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), a pan-Igbo socio-political group, has decried economic hardship being faced by Nigerians, especially traders nationwide, due to the recent border closure. The President of NUF, Mr Augustine […]
• Say border closure boosts capacity A few weeks ago, President Muhammadu Buhari, in an unprecedented move, shut down the nation’s borders as efforts by the Nigeria Customs to curtail cross-border smuggling activities, which is badly affecting rice farmers and processors, particularly, appeared fruitless. The closure led to increased activities in the local rice industry […]
In the last four years, there have been increased activities around commercial banks lending to agriculture, the area they once considered unsafe. Banks have been rolling out huge figures in the sector, in addition to organising agricultural show and expo to stress how significant they have become the country’s food security drive. For example, the […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sambo Nanono, has said that the nation will benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement through the ongoing investment in the agricultural sector. He said this in Abuja on Monday, during a six-day agriculture technology training programme sponsored by the Embassy of China in Nigeria and organised […]
CropIT Nigeria Limited (CropIT) in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have concluded plans to launch a robust digital platform that will impact more than 5,000,000 farmers and over 100,000 agricultural extension officers. The initiative, which is grounded in the agricultural firm’s innovation partnership approach, will support the expansion of high-impact, digitally-enabled […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and governors of the 36 states of the federation on Thursday agreed to pool resources to develop the agricultural potentials in their domains and create jobs. At a meeting in Abuja attended by the governors, the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the collaboration with the governors was a continuation […]
…as FG considers exporting NPK 20-20 fertilizer The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, PFI, Friday, assured farmers of subsidized fertilizer rate for farmers’ affordability and accessibility in the 2020 wet season planting. This was disclosed by the Chairman, PFI, who also is the Governor of Jigawa State, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, during a courtesy visit to the Minister […]
Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation (SWOFON) have attributed most challenges facing farming by women is the activities of “political farmers’’ while claiming that 70 per cent of farmers in Nigeria now are women. This statement was made by the national coordinator of the group, Mrs Janet Adejoh, in Abuja. Participants, who spoke with News Agency […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono on Wednesday, said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had outperformed any other government in the past. Nanono disclosed this at a National Agriculture Retreat with the theme ‘Harnessing our Next Level in Agricultural Development’ organized by Northern Nigeria Agricultural Summit. The Minister who […]
The National Economic Council, NEC, yesterday approved N100 billion for National Livestock Transformation Programme, NLTP with a declaration that it does not accommodate foreign pastoralists. NEC also lamented that Nigeria has lost 22.6 million barrels of oil to the activities of petroleum pipeline vandalism and stealing of crude oil in the first six months of […]
NORWEGIAN Salmon fish has ranked as the most proteinous fish amongst other specie of fishes.Besides being ranked as one of the nutritious fish, Norwegian salmon producers are also amongst the top companies in the global fish index. While the world’s largest salmon producer, MOWI, is ranked number one in this year’s index, it is closely […]
Experts in the agriculture sector have warned that Nigeria may be hit by food crisis, except proactive measures were taken to change the tide of low agriculture inputs productivity in the country. The experts, both from Nigeria and other West African countries, said this in Abuja, during the national workshop for analysing agricinput supply chains […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, has said that livestock production has to increase in quality and quantity by about 60 per cent to satisfy expected huge demand for animal protein and other livestock products. Nanono spoke in Umuahia, Abia State during the 8th Joint Annual Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of […]
Agriculture which was the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy before the discovery of crude oil, from 1960 to 1969, accounted for an average of 57.0 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and generated 64.5 percent of export earnings. JULIANA AGBO writes on the feasibility of the sector taking its pride of place as the mainstay of […]
Flood: Govt. urges farmers to insure farms Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, the Ondo State Commissioner for Agriculture, on Wednesday urged farmers in the state to register their farms with the agricultural insurance scheme to avoid total loss after natural disasters. Adefarati gave this advice after the tour of rice and vegetable farms destroyed by flood at […]