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Institute moves to address yam production challenges Stakeholders in agriculture, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) through its Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa research project (YIIFSWA II), on Saturday, harped on modern techniques to improve yam production in the country. READ MORE: Nigeria, Others Can Assess $120m Global […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to block food importers’ requests for foreign currency in a bid to boost local agriculture in Africa’s most populous country. It is a continuation of a policy that the president began after coming to office in 2015, when he banned the use of foreign exchange […]
Project Manager TELA, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Sylvester Oikeh, has said biotechnologically produced crops have contributed to global food security, sustainability and climate change. Dr Oikeh disclosed that in Ibadan at the 32nd annual international conference of Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN).Oikeh lauded the country for being the first in Africa to approve indigenous […]
The Federal Ministry of Environment says 35 per cent of Nigeria’s landmass has been eroded by desertification with more areas still threatened. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mahmud Mohammed, spoke on Thursday at the 2019 commemoration of the World Desertification Day in Nangere, Yobe. According to Mahmud, the means of livelihood of 40 million Nigerians […]
The New Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Muhammad Sabo Nanono is a 73-year old Politician, Farmer, and Traditional Ruler. The former chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (Kano) has been a university lecturer, civil servant and banker and has been reportedly long tipped for a ministerial appointment. Born in Tafai-Zakiria district, Kano […]
Lovers of fish have been warned of fake and unwholesome Tilapia fish, flooding the markets daily, with attendant serious health risks to consumers. Tilapia is a mild-flavored, lean fish, one of the most popular specie to eat, easy to prepare and relatively economical. Tilapia fish is adaptable and can survive even in poor-quality water or […]
The performance of Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, is one of the sterling factors that distinguish leading financial institutions in Nigeria. In this area, banks and telecommunication companies have maintained the lead, as they have notably invested in human capital development across the country. One of such institutions that stand out is Heritage Bank, a financial […]
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods according to a school of thought can cause cancers and other diseases in humans, but to others, it is simply a way of solving specific agricultural problems. What then is the true position and risks involved in its consumption? The genetic attribute that makes sugarcane sweet, if a person can […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will welcome partnerships and initiatives that will make Nigeria actualise its potential of being the food basket of the world. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president stated this while receiving a delegation of Chinese investors and officials from the African Development Bank […]
In this report, Bayo Akinloye tells the sad story of farmers who produced cocoa, the mainstay of the economy of South-west Nigeria in the past, but have now abandoned the crop for a more rewarding but illegal one, cannabis His telephone rang only twice before he picked it. His muffled voice indicated that he was […]
With the agro sector of Nigeria gradually shaping itself on course for a significant revolution, patronage of a particular agricultural produce popularly known as ‘tigernuts’ which is presently gaining grounds as a new money-spinner for agro entrepreneur in the country. The highly consumed agricultural produce is identified with different names according to ethnicity and tribal […]
With the recently deliberated plan to place a ban on the importation of tomato paste in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged by the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Niger, on Saturday to come up with the right structures before banning importation of tomato paste into the country. The […]
Good news in the Nigerian agricultural sector as it has been announced that about 10,000 small scale farmers in Kaduna State are coming close to become beneficiaries of the World Bank Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) in Africa. Yahya Aminu who is the State Coordinator of the project exposed this during […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has “let the cat let the cat out of the bag” as he revealed the Federal Government’s plan in conjunction with the Government of the Netherlands towards improving seeds/seedlings to upscale food production in the country. These plans were disclosed by the minister during a […]
Palm oil as an agricultural produce is supposed to be a resource that could sky rocket the development of national economies, due to its high nutritional value to mankind. Nigeria happens to be one of those nations you can find around the globe with blessed with palm products in abundance, yet this sector can be […]