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President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that in the effort to diversify the economy and create more jobs, his government has embarked on reviving all the 12 river basin authorities in the country. The river basins are: Anambra – Imo, Benin – Owena, Chad Basin, Cross River, Hadejia – Jama’are, Lower Benue, Lower Niger, Niger Delta, […]
Fruit and vegetable exporters are facing challenges shipping fresh produce abroad, a member of the Nigeria-Vietnam Business Association, Mr Sunday Anjorin, has said. He said lack of standard packaging materials and certification process were challenges hindering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from accessing international fruit markets. He said fruit and vegetable exports faced many challenges, […]
The federal government has raised the alarm over the outbreak of quelea birds, locust and grasshoppers in farms in some frontline states. The minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe, raised the alarm while brainstorming on strategies to curtail the menace with 21 representatives of states in Abuja yesterday. The states so far affected include Jigawa, […]
Recently, the Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Protocol partnership released the first-ever global standard that provides requirements and guidance to measure, report on, and manage the amount of food removed from the food supply chain. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard, or the FLW Standard, was created with the hope that global […]
Ninety one workers sacked in 2013 by the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, resumed work on Thursday. Welcoming the workers, Acting Executive Director of the institute, Abiodun Okelana, said their reinstatement was ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari after a thorough investigation by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. She assured them that the institute would […]
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has called on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies in Nigeria to support the economic diversification efforts of the federal government, by deploying ICT solutions for the enhancement of agricultural and mining sectors. Chris Ngige Ngige made the call at a recent meeting with the Abuja […]
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boro ,says the Federal Government will train 500 ex-militants in agriculture and aquaculture under its amnesty programme. Boro disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after his visit to Bio-resources Development Centre (BIODEC), Odi in Bayelsa . He said the […]
As Government Plans To Boost Research Into Local Production Of species. Audu Ogbeh, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development The Federal Government said a whooping $700m is spent on annual importation of fish in terms of foreign exchange. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh who disclosed this during a courtesy visit by […]
The National Vice President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Chris Onwuka , has condemned those campaigning against biotechnology in the country as he asked them to come up with scientific evidence to back their stance. Speaking at a Stakeholders meeting in Abuja recently, he said “a group came and were telling us […]
The Federal Government on Friday urged herdsmen to embrace ranches and other modern rearing methods to tap from the huge potential in the diary industry. According to Vanguard, The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made the call in Kaduna, at the 32nd pre-convocation lecture of the Kaduna Polytechnic. Represented by the […]
A civil rights group, Centre for Social Justice, has dragged the Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe before the Federal High Court in Abuja over N25billion egg production contract he awarded to a firm. Vanguard reported that, the group, in the suit marked FCH/ABJ/CS/ 520 /2016, is seeking leave of the […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the implementation of the “Green Alternative’’, a road map towards diversifying Nigeria’s economy. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Audu Ogbeh, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ogbeh […]
Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to declare state of emergency in the agriculture sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayose, who made the plea in Ado Ekiti while declaring open the 2016 Ekiti Agriculture Summit , said doing so would boost government’s commitment to the […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development – Chief Audu Ogbeh has inaugurated the Committees for the implementation of the MoU between the Federal Government of Nigeria; participating State Governments of Nigeria and the China-Africa Machinery Corporation – CAMACO on Agricultural Mechanization System – AMS in Abuja. The programme which has Zamfara, Adamawa, Jigawa, Ebonyi, […]
The Cassava Growers Group in Ikole, Ekiti, on Monday decried the activities of herdsmen who allowed their cattle to destroy farmers crops thereby resulting in little or no yields. Mr Oludotun Fadipe, the leader of the group told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikole that this had discouraged majority of the jobless youths […]