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The Federal Government says it is considering fixing a guaranteed minimum price for agricultural produce to reduce the fluctuating and high cost of commodities. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this in Abuja at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between tractor companies and Agriculture Mechanisation Company. Ogbeh […]
File Photo: Children benefiting from Home Growth School Feeding Programme of the Buhari administration By Ifeanyi Nwoko The Home Grown School Feeding Programme, one of the packages under the Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) has created wealth for over 250,000 farmers, cooks and others involved in the scheme. According to statistics made available during […]
(2nd R) Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar; Deputy Governor of jigawa State, Ibrahim Hassan, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed; Governor of Jigawa State Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbe at a Special Town Hall Meeting on Agriculture in Dutse, Jigawa State, on […]
Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister Mr Lai Mohammed promises never to contest for any post in 2019 general election but focuses on liberating Kwara State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government expended N2.7 trillion on agriculture and provision of other critical infrastructure in the 2017 budget. […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has identified Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) and ZSoonosis as one of the major challenges constraining the country’s agricultural sector. Zoonosis is animal diseases transferable to man. Mr Suffyan Koroma, the FAO Country Representative made this known in Abuja at a three-day training on Good Emergency Management Practices (GEMP). Kotoma, […]
Chief Audu Ogbe Minister of Agriculture Mills By Ginika Okoye The Federal Government has commenced distribution of cattle feed mills and rice milling machines to increase local rice production and end farmers/herdsmen clashes across the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the move was also to use agricultural wastes […]
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By Willie Samson Governor Kayode Fayemi has said his administration’s plan to focus on agriculture and rural development is to reposition Ekiti State as a food basket for the country. Fayemi The governor, who said that farming remained the number one pre-occupation of Ekiti people, said his government would partner with the farmers and some […]
Ogbeh Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described as “mischief” the report credited to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleging that Nigeria imported about three million tonnes of rice in 2018. According to him, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has not issued any Letter of Credit (LC) for […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described as “mischief” the report credited to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleging that Nigeria imported about three million tonnes of rice in 2018. According to him, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has not issued any Letter of Credit (LC) for […]
The Minister of agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria Mr. Audu Ogbeh have commenced the distribution of farm equipment aimed at easing farmers burden and also gradually bring an end to farmer-herders’ clashes in the country. Speaking during the presentation of the equipment to youth cooperatives in Oja village, Okpomaju in Otukpo Local Government Area […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday expressed displeasure at the use of chemicals for food preservation and fruit ripening. Ogbeh said in an interview with journalists in Otukpo, Benue, that the act was detrimental to human health and the environment. “Sniper is very dangerous; people also use carbide to ripen […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria Mr. Audu Ogbeh has described the report by a United States organisation that Nigeria imported 3 million tons of rice into the country in 2018 which is more than it has imported before as mischievous and aimed at demoralizing rice farmers in the country. The Minister stated […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has expressed displeasure at the use of chemicals for food preservation and fruit ripening. Ogbeh said in an interview with journalists in Otukpo, Benue, that the act was detrimental to human health and the environment. “Sniper is very dangerous; people also use carbide to ripen […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described as “mischief” the report credited to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleging that Nigeria imported about three million tonnes of rice in 2018. According to him, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has not issued any Letter of Credit (LC) for […]