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The Ministry of Defence Staff Agricultural Cooperative Society (MODACS) has appealed to the federal government to declare a state of emergency on family planning and agriculture in order to eradicate poverty, achieve sustainable development. MODACS President, Babatunde Gbadamosi stated in Lagos at the weekend while delivering a lecture at a seminar organised to commemorate the […]
Director General/CEO of the National Biosafety Management agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba has advised superstores across the country who sell products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to formalize their dealings or face the wrath of the law.
Indications have emerged that Nigeria faces drastic food shortage and price hike in the nearest future if herders-farmers’ clashes in the North Central Nigeria continue unabated.
The Farmers Empowerment Association has lamented that the stringent measures put in place by the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) are scaring away off-takers who are ready to buy agricultural products from the farmers.
The Director General, Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), Osita Anthony Aboloma has raised an alarm over the influx of adulterated and substandard pesticides in the agro-chemical stores across the country, saying most of the pesticides in the market are counterproductive to the country’s drive to revitalizing ..
Stakeholders in the Science and Technology sector have backed the National Assembly in its bid to increase the funding of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC).
The federal government Monday moved to boost rice production by signing a N10 billion contract for the construction of integrated large scale rice processing plants in ten states of the federation.
The Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) says it has distributed over N2.9 billion across 13,900 hectares of rice farms comprising 40 projects in Nigeria.
Nigeria and China are expanding their friendship in the areas of rice, seed development and tissue culture.
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has reaffirmed commitment to promoting agriculture and food security in the country.
“Dizengoff Advises Farmers On Pest Control” As the planting season gets underway, Dizengoff has advised farmers across the country not to take pest control for granted in preparing their fields for cultivation. The advice came through the company’s manager, in charge of agrochemicals Stephen Adeniran in a chat in Lagos, while previewing progress so far […]
The Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Saminu Ibrahim, a professor, on Tuesday observed that 80 per cent of farming activities in Nigeria concentrated on crop production. Ibrahim made the observation in Bauchi at a public lecture titled “Unleashing Agricultural Potentials for Diversion of Nigeria’s Economy” organised by Alumni of Ahmadu Bello University, […]
Nigeria Agriculture, Under three years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the agric sector has witnessed a dramatic transformation. The sector looks good to drive the on-going economic diversification. DANIEL ESSIET reports. Latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that agriculture was one of the largest contributors to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) […]
A new pest—southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Stoll)—has been discovered in West and Central Africa! This introduced second armyworm species from the Americas was first found in cassava fields in south-eastern Nigeria in December 2016, reported Dr Georg Goergen, Entomologist/Biocontrol Specialist and Head of IITA’s Biodiversity Center in Bénin. Its presence was confirmed by DNA barcode […]
A New League Of Proxy Farmers In Nigeria: Juwon Gbolade a 45 years old farmer in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, grows rice, soybeans and maize on 20 hectares of land yet he has never been to a farm. Gbolade has no practical knowledge about farming and does not understand the fundamentals of agriculture yet […]