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Okina gynika Abuja – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has urged the federal government to add value to Nigeria’s agricultural products in order to achieve zero hunger by 2030. Mr. Sufyan Koroma, a representative of the FAO country, phoned Abuja on Tuesday for a walk organized to commemorate World Food […]
Inka Odumakin, Afenifere advertising secretary. Afenifer condemned the National Leader of the Progressive Congress (BTR), Bola Tinuba, for advising the federal government to convert unused land into pastures. Tinubu said that the shepherd / farmers crisis was caused not by religious or political differences, but by a lack of water. Speaking at a peaceful forum, […]
Bola Ahmed Tinubu The National Leader of the Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said that the shepherds / farmers crisis was caused not by religious or political differences, but by the lack of water. Speaking at a peaceful forum, the former governor of Lagos asked the government to immediately transfer unused land to […]
Trader Moni is an initiative to empower small traders. Image: Twitter / Laolu Akande The federal government issued loans around N15.183bn across the country through the TraderMoni scheme, said vice president Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo noted this on Monday in Abuja during the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum, held in the old Banquet Hall of the […]
Nuhu Ribadu Photo: Herald Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nuhu Ribadu insisted that President Muhammad Bukhari did not support the killing of Nigerians by the shepherds Fulani. Speaking Monday at the conflict resolution forum, a former candidate for the governor of Hadamada said that crises between farmers and shepherds were […]
Trader Moni is an initiative to empower small traders. Image: Twitter / Laolu Akande The federal government issued loans around N15.183bn across the country through the TraderMoni scheme, said vice president Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo noted this on Monday in Abuja during the 9th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum, held in the old Banquet Hall of the […]
Aminu Tambuval. Photo: Twitter / SokotoGovtHouse IFAD distributes cash: The support program of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support IFAD-CASP on Sunday distributed cash and pet to five farmers in Sokoto. Presenting the points to the beneficiaries, the Governor Aminu Tambuval of Sokoto described the IFAD as a formidable […]
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar disputes the incumbent Muhammad Bukhari to preside in Nigeria early next year after defeating the opposition party of democratic nations, the AFP correspondent reports on a vote on Sunday. The 71-year-old Abubakar won 1,532 votes, beating his main rival, Aminu Tambuval, the governor of North Sokoto, who scored 693 votes at […]
Multi Trex Integrated Foods Plant, Ibadan-Lagos Expressway PHOTO: Femi Ibirogba • 5% cocoa – 140 billion dollars accounted for Africa, despite 70% of world production• Nigeria loses $ 100 billion for the impossibility of exporting large-scale products More than 84,000 Nigerians have lost jobs in the cocoa pulp industry, while about 16 companies have grown […]
Tomato Farm Farmers, industrialists, and financial experts in the agribusiness industries have appealed to the federal government to simplify the processes and requirements for access to agricultural finance. They responded to calls for layers of obstacles that inexperienced farmers face when going for loans as individuals or cooperatives. Although the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]
Dr. Paul Ilona Harvest-Plus Nigeria has denied that it is part of the estimated $ 200 billion worth of crop bioinformation, according to some daily newspapers. The leader of the Harvest-Plus Nigeria country team, Dr. Paul Ilona, said that the publication was unjustified and came from those who are prone to the malignant image of […]
Lack of access to finance in the value chain in agriculture was described as a serious obstacle that stopped agricultural business and productivity in Nigeria. This was revealed at the end of a 5-day training workshop for agricultural value chain producers in Kano, organized by the Nigeria Risk Distribution System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). Briefing […]
The Federal Government has begun consideration for the establishment of seed development fund aimed at boosting the production of improved and quality seeds for increased food production in the country. Dr. Olusegun Ojo, Director-General of National Agricultural Seeds Council [NASC] revealed this in Abuja at the road march for Improved Seed Adoption to create awareness […]
Dizengoff As the country continues to grow faster than food produced, greenhouse technology was again identified as the fastest way to reduce the food gap. Unlike their counterparts in East African countries, where the greenhouse method is fully embraced, Nigerian farmers are lagging behind in adopting a modern farming system, which, according to experts, ensures […]
[FILE PHOTO] Osun The American company Cade Creek International, Colorado, USA, in partnership with the non-governmental organization Youth Off The Streets Initiatives (YOTSI), creates a $ 25 million farm in Iphone, headquarters of the Ion-Orolu district in Osun State, Announcing the partnership during the presentation of the memorandum of understanding by all parties, Patrick Alley, […]