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Nigeria can make fortunes from dairy production, if cattle rearing is taken as a business and not culture. This is the submission of the Head, Operations of Development Practice Academy (DEPRA), Mr. Adebimpe Aderounmu, in this interview with South West Bureau Chief, Muyiwa Adeyemi. You held a summit on Dairy Enterprise Development recently before the […]
Some universities have not only joined the global campaign for food security, but they are also concerned about building a future shaped by agricultural practice, SAMUEL AWOYINFA reports The issue of food security is a global phenomenon. That is why organisations, such as the Food and Agricultural Organisation and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture […]
Cotton farmers in Nigeria have said access to improved seeds and other inputs led to improved yields on their farms this year. Cotton is grown in the savannah belts of the country, namely, Kano, Kaduna, Oyo, Ondo, Kwara, Katsina, Jigawa, Ogun, Kebbi, Sokoto and Plateau states. Meanwhile, harvest is said to have begun in Katsina, […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expressed its commitment to providing technical and financial assistance to Nigeria’s small-holder farmers. READ MORE: Stakeholders seek better management of abattoirs to ensure food safety USAID’s Mission Director in Nigeria, Mr. Michael Harvey, made this known on the sidelines the inauguration of a new agricultural private […]
Following growing concerns about the illegal use of dangerous chemicals for the preservation of fish,the federal government has expressed its determination to fight the scourge to a standstill to forestall health problems that may arise from what it describes as an unwholesome act. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Alhaji Mohammed Nanono,gave this assurance while […]
Despite the hue and cry that greeted the closure Nigeria’s land borderCoordinator of the 2019 Nigeria Poultry Farmers’ Exhibition, Mr Dele Toyin,says the border closure will enhance productivity and profit optimisation among poultry farmers. Toyin described the closure as the opportunity the farmers had been looking for, as it restricted the importation of poultry products,granting […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated the need for states across Nigeria to embrace and promote agriculture, saying there is it is the only viable path to tread for economic progress and development. Obasanjo, who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of the School for Children with Special Needs, a project of the Catholic Diocese in […]
The Country Director of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) , Suffyan Koroma, has warned that about six million Nigerians may face acute food insecurity in 2020 if nothing is done about the current rising population of Nigerians facing food insecurity. Koroma says Nigeria currently harbours about 4.02 million people confronted with acute food security – […]
Mr Femi Oke, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos chapter, on Monday commended the Federal Government for the continuous closure of land borders. Oke told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) in Lagos that the closure had motivated farmers to carry out more production to meet the increasing demands, describing it as […]
Tanzania plays host to a critical continental convention on food safety that opened today in Arusha, Tanzania – the 1st Aflasafe for Africa Conference, fighting aflatoxin in food with the theme Business meets research, for safer food in Africa. This is Aflasafe dyed blue with food colour to avoid confusion with sorghum to eat. The […]
The National Gender Policy will improve food security reduce poverty and sustain the livelihoods of men and women who rely on agricultural value chains for common good, says Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. Nanono disclosed this during the launch of the policy document in Abuja, stating that the event was targeted […]
Consumers of rice have been assured that the price of the staple would soon fall in Nigerian markets owing to the bumper harvest recorded by farmers this farming season. Governor of Kebbi State and Chairman, Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat Production in the country, made this known on Monday during an interaction with rice […]
Hon. Mustapha Shehuri, Minister of State for agriculture commended the Federal Government on its border closure policy,saying it has increased local rice production and created more jobs. Shehuri disclosed this at the weekend during his visit to the Livestock House of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Kaduna State.He, however, assured farmers […]
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, at the weekend, disclosed that farmers will soon purchase farming equipment at 50 per cent discount. Shehuri stated this while on a visit to Livestock House, Mando, Kaduna State, where he acknowledged commitment of farmers in the North-West zone on food production despite […]
For Nigeria’s agriculture sector to be at par with countries like Israel, the Netherland and others that have recorded huge success, the Federal Government must ensure sustainable financing of all sectors involved in agriculture research and development. Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),Dr. Kanayo Nwanze, disclosed this in Lagos. Nwanze spoke at the […]