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President Muhammadu Buhari with Senatore George Akume. Photo credit: Twitter. The senator representing Benue north-west at the Nigerian Senate, George Akume, says the farmers-herders crisis will not affect the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari in the state during the 2019 general election. Senator Akume made this comment on Friday after meeting with the president alongside some Benue All Progressives […]
Thursday, November 22, 2018 / 11:22 AM / United Capital The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently released an evaluation and impact assessment report on the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) – a program that was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria to support the Agricultural sector through a […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday restated commitment of the Zero Hunger Strategic Initiative to end hunger and achieve food security by year 2030. The former president made this known on Thursday at the Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Forum Meeting in Sokoto State. Obasanjo said that initiative, which would spread across the 36 states and […]
Zero Hunger Strategy Targets Six States To Ensure Food Security By 2030 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has restated the commitment of the Zero Hunger Strategic Initiative to end hunger and achieve food security by year 2030. The former president made this known today at the Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Forum Meeting in Sokoto State. He […]
In recent weeks, the country has been alarmed by the stories and videos of retailers mixing dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP) compound, a highly poisonous insecticide also known as Sniper, with raw beans meant for sale. The plan is to eliminate or protect from weevils. Thankfully, though, the relevant government agencies have risen up to the […]
CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele hinted at the possibility of foreign exchange access being tightened for some items, as well as an expansion of its anchor borrowers scheme. The Governor disclosed this in remarks made at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held yesterday. “The committee urged the bank to extend the success recorded in the anchor borrowers programme too […]
Thursday, November 22, 2018 7.15AM / Ottoabasi Abasiekong, Proshare WebTV The Nigeria Stock Exchange in partnership with the Corporate Farmers International today hosted the maiden Financing Agricultural Commodity Value Chain seminar in Lagos. It was an opportunity for stakeholders in the agric sector to explore how the ecosystem, can be developed further to boost […]
Nigeria And A Workable Agricultural Policy: That Nigeria is an agrarian nation mostly sustained by the efforts of small holder farmers is no longer news. What remains worrisome however is the fact that Nigeria has failed to develop a workable agricultural policy that would benefit the small holder farmers, promote food sovereignty and ultimately reduce […]
Former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday launched his 2019 presidential campaign with the unveiling of his policy documents, which contain his “vision to get Nigeria working again”. He tagged the documents “The Atiku Plan”. For posterity sake, SaharaReporters has studied the documents and extracted all the promises, 45 in […]
– President Buhari has scored his administration high in the agricultural sector, particularly rice production – He said his administration has cut down rice importation by 90% in the last three years – He added that the number of farmers has increased by 12 million within two years – The president also faulted a report […]
The Country Representative of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN, Suffyan Koroma has said that crop seeds and fertilizer are being distributed to 80, 600 farmers affected by conflicts in the Northeast. The distribution of farm inputs was to improve food security, livelihoods and nutrition of people affected by 10-year Boko Haram insurgency […]
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo chairs activities of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum’s meeting in Sokoto state, beginning from yesterday. The two-day meeting in Sokoto affords participating states in Nigeria the opportunity to peer-review one another, particularly on achievements and steps taken so far since 2016 to bring about zero hunger. The peer review […]
The Gombe State Commodity Depot/Exchange Centre (COMDEC) has commenced the disbursement of N300 million as loans to farmers in the 11 local government areas of the state for the 2019 farming season. The Chairman of the COMDEC, Musa Yahaya, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Gombe on Tuesday, saying that no fewer than […]
Dr. Gloria Elemo Professor Gloria Elemo, Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos, speaks with FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, on ways to empower women in agriculture, attract youths into the sector and prevent post-harvest losses, among other issues. Women are estimated to be 70% in the agricultural sector in Nigeria. […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided $120 million to scale up adoption of agricultural technology innovations among the rural farmers on the African continent. The fund, to be disbursed in three tranches of $40 million each from 2018-2021, was aimed at reaching 40 million farmers across the continent through the Technologies for African Agricultural […]