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Wide-ranging reforms are needed to make Nigeria’s economy more sustainable and resilient, a World Bank Consultant, Prof. Abel Ogunwale, has said. Ogunwale said there was a need to reform the agricultural sector to ensure poverty reduction and greater food security. According to him, the agricultural sector is an important part of the economy and provides […]
Rice Farm Professionals and stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called on other states in the country to emulate the Kebbi State government, which has been working the talking by consistently allocating over 10 per cent of the state budget to the sector since 2015. The Coordinator of Oxfam International (an international confederation of 20 Non-Governmental Organisations […]
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lead paper presenters at the 2018 agricultural symposium organised by the agricultural group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry have advocated scaling up of risk mitigation through insurance, funding and industrialisation of agriculture as essentials of food security as the population growth in the country increases. Chairman […]
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) has begun distributing livestock to 4,000 households affected by insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in efforts to assure food security and livelihood. The Executive Director VSF, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, flagged off the distribution in Konduga, Borno, where 400 households got three female Borno Brown goats and a male alongside […]
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Federal Government has been urged to improve support for the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their capacity to produce enough food for the country.Vice- Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Prof. Kolawole Salako, who stated this at a Special Session for […]
Specimen of the Gartech Eco-Pro Caging System Determined to provide enough eggs and chicken, to meet daily needs of the people, Gartech Poultry Equipment Company has developed Eco-Pro caging system to support profitable and comfortable poultry farming system in the country. Executive Director, Animal Care Consult Services, Dr. Opeyemi Agbato, who spoke on the importance […]
Cassava The Federal Government has launched Cassava Seed Tracker (CST), to bring together stakeholders and end users of cassava across the world. Besides, the CST, first of its kind in the world will also help to reduce the cumbersome and arduous paper-based certification previously used and set the country on a global map as a market […]
Food wastage is not acceptable anywhere in the world considering resources required to grow foods. It is more so in Nigeria where millions of people go to bed hungry and starved. FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, writes on how to preserve common perishable food crops, fruits and vegetables. Post-harvest losses could be described as a […]
Cobbi State, Oxfam International, Mr. Olumide Ojo, on Monday, thanked the state government for investing 10 percent of its annual budget in the agricultural sector. Ojo gave praise during a press conference to mark World Food Day 2018 in Birinin Kebbi. Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 NGOs working with partners in more than […]
Since most Nigerians live in rural communities and Agriculture is the basis of their economy, it is necessary to pay increased attention … Source link
Rosemary Onuoha farm In the agricultural sector, NIGERIA annually accounts for about $ 20 billion. US due to the inability of insurance companies to create products for small farmers. This was stated by stakeholders in the agricultural sector, speaking at a conference and exhibition of national insurance brokers in Lagos in 2018, noting that the […]
Food Market in Nigeria Coordinator Kebbi, Oxfam International, Olumide Ojo, praised the state government for allocating 10 percent of its annual budget to the agricultural sector. Ojo gave praise during a press conference to mark World Food Day 2018 in Birinin Kebbi. Oxfam is an International confederation of 20 NGOs working with partners in more […]
Some women farmers across the country have called on the government at all levels to ensure the rapid implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender Issues in Agriculture to help them increase food production. Farmers who spoke in Abuja called on the government towork in conversation“Encourage more women in agriculture. On October 18, this […]
Severe poverty and rising unemployment have spread throughout Afghanistan due to the lengthy conflicts and fighting in the country, as well as droughts and a slowdown in agribusiness, which has increased the suffering of war-weary Afghans. Figures released by the UN mission in the country on Monday said that in the first nine months of […]
Chris OchaiABUJA – The United States African Development Fund, USADF, has invested a total of $ 24 million in grants to various cooperative societies in order to boost the growth of local businesses and agriculture in Nigeria over the past few years. Agriculture The Executive Director of the Diamond Development Initiative, DDI and the USADF […]