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Group to set up integrated farming communities in three states – The Eagle Online

The non-governmental organization Synergos Nigeria has launched a pilot program for the integration of farming and pastoral communities in parts of Kaduna, Benue and Kogi.Victoria Fajamillin, Policy Advisor, Synergos Institute, Abuja, reported to the Nigeria News Agency during a workshop organized to develop an action plan for a pilot program in Kaduna.Fajemillin said that integrated […]

Downgrades Mount For Nigeria As IMF Cuts Forecast

Global growth forecast fell for the first time since July 2016 Same week the World Bank lowered its economic growth Prospects for Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) followed this, justifying expectations for growth in Africa’s largest economy to 1.9 percent from 2.1 percent in April last year. In North Nigeria, herder farmers clashed, disrupting […]

Tinubu Maintaining Sinful Silence Over Herdsmen Killings

Bola Tinubu Afenifere spokesperson Yinka Odumakin again attacked the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaja Bol Ahmed Tinubu. Odyumakin on Wednesday condemned the assumption of the governor of the state of Lagos that the federal government should take the unoccupied land in Nigeria and turn them into pastures as a solution to […]

FG, AGAN partner on $4.95m waste recycling facility for women, youth

Mike Ebo and Gabriel EvepaABUJA – The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, a Memorandum of Understanding, with a civil society organization, the Association of Agricultural Alumni of Nigeria, AGAN, for the creation of $ 4.95 million. US, about 1.1 billion dollars. US Agriculture and Waste Management, AWARE, Women and Youth Empowerment Project […]

Tinubu Blasts Afenifere Over Herdsmen Comment

Tinubu The national leader of the Progressive Congress (BTR), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, criticized the representative of Afenifer, Inka Odumakin, for criticizing his statement on pastures. Odumakin condemned the proposal of the governor of the state of Lagos that the federal government should take the unoccupied land in the country and turn them into pastures as […]

Economic lessons from vegetable farmers of the LASU gate

Mohammed on his farmland at the gates of LASU. Insert: vegetable farmers prepare PHOTO beds: FEMI IBIROGBA Once again, the revelations of small-scale vegetable growers in the Ojo region in Lagos confirmed the empowerment of agriculture. This set of urban farmers, rather than imposing a burden on society, believes in the dignity of work, the […]

‘Poverty level affects cocoa products consumption, industry’

Professor Acoroda Professor Malaki Akoroda, the immediate executive director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (KRIN), is in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Ibadan. He talks about the problems of the cocoa industry and the way forward. FEMI IBRORGBA Nigeria has set a goal to increase the production of cocoa beans […]

Nigeria’s food security efforts under threat, says FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expressed concern that the increasing incidence of floods, conflicts, and climate change are obstacles to the efforts of the federal government to achieve zero hunger by 2030. The representative of the FAO country Sufyan Koroma, who spoke about this at a rally on World Food Day in 2018 on […]

Nigeria: Develop Potentials Of Rivers Niger, Benue Lying Untapped

President of Nigeria Muhammad Bukhari Joseph Edegbo A group of professionals from Nigeria wants the federal government to use the development potential of the Niger and Benue rivers, just as it draws the United Nations attention to Lokoia, “Heritage is the legacy of the UN”. Professionals working under the management of “YG-Consult” made a call […]

Odu’a declares N698m profit, cultivates tomatoes

tomatoes Odu & a; 39; a Investment Company Ltd announced N698 million as profit before tax for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. The company, owned by Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti, also approved the payment of N277.78 million in dividends. The company's group chairman, Mr. Olusola Akinvumi, speaking at the company's annual […]

ARMTI trains 200 value chain developers

The Institute of Agriculture and Agriculture (ARMTI), the state of Ilorin, the state of Kwara, has trained more than 200 agricultural officials to add value to agricultural products in the six geopolitical zones of the country. The Acting Executive Director of the Institute, Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, said that this program contributed to enhancing the federal […]

Farmers will be Nigeria’s future billionaires, says Coscharis

Mr. Cosmas Maduka, Chief Executive Officer of the Coscharis Group of Companies, said that people who invested in agriculture will now become billionaires in Nigeria in the near future. Mr. Cosmas Maduka Maduka, who said when he visited journalists on Tuesday in Lagos, said that this would be so because the average Nigerian family still […]

Oyo agric summit to bridge gap among value-chain operators

[File] Governor of the host state, Abiola Ajimobi.Photo: Twitter / AAAjimobi The Oyo state government said its investment summit in agriculture is expected to bridge the gap between farmers, agricultural producers, agricultural sectors, research institutes, government, agricultural banks and private companies. Scheduled on Thursday and Friday on October 11 and 12, 2018 at the summit […]