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Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday says the state is ready to grant land and tax incentives to investors, to revolutionise agriculture and promote investments in various sectors. Ganduje said this at the 2017 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos with the theme “African Business: Penetrating through Institution […]
Less than seven months after Audu Ogbe, Minister of Agriculture promised the nation that the government was poised to crash fertilizer price down to N6,000 or below, tangible evidence has emerged that this is a promise kept. Last Monday. Uche Orji, the ebullient Managing Director of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, revealed that the […]
There is good news for small businesses and farmers. They can draw from the N26 billion Agriculture and SMEs Fund, it was announced yesterday. Union Bank Managing Director Mr Emeka Emuwa broke the news in Abuja at the end of the Bankers Committee meeting. He said the board of the Agriculture and SMEs Fund had […]
Mr Chucks Egbueh, Project Coordinator, FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) programme in Anambra, says the programme is executing five irrigation projects across the state. Egbueh, who said this on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, added that the projects were currently at various stages of completion. He said that […]
The 2550 hectares of land secured for farming activities by the Kwara State government under its Off-takers Demand Driven Agriculture (ODDA) scheme have been oversubscribed by youth farmers in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke, who disclosed this in Ilorin, expressed delight that more youth are showing interest in agriculture. He added […]
TGI Group, the parent company of WACOT Limited, has disclosed that it intends to increase rice milling capacity in Nigeria to 500,000 metric tonnes per annum in the next few years. Speaking at the official opening of the WACOT Rice Mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, TGI’s Group Managing […]
The director, system and site integration, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Kwesi Atta-Krah, has urged investors in seed production plants to help meet the demand for improved seeds. He said this will enhance quality seed availability as more stakeholders, will have access to more quality seeds. The director in an interview with journalists […]
The Federal government through the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has again expressed the political will and commitment to creating business employment in agriculture. The Minister restated this commitment when he received a delegation of Nestle Nigeria Plc led by its managing director and chief executive officer, Mauricio Alarcon, […]
The brightest spot in terms of growth observed from the national accounts released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for Q3 2016 was agriculture, which expanded by 4.5% y/y. However, within the sector, fisheries contracted by -0.3% y/y (see chart), and accounted for only 2% of agricultural GDP in the quarter. Based on data […]
Anambra state is located in southeastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original ‘Oma Mbala’, the native name of the Anambra River. The capital and seat of government is Awka. Onitsha,Nnewi and Ekwulobia are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively. The state’s theme is “Light Of The Nation”. Introduction Agriculture is the […]
About 102, 000 irrigation farmers in Zamfara are to receive fertiliser and other inputs at subsidised rates under the Federal Government’s 2017 dry season Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS). Alhaji Musa Raji, the Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture in the state, disclosed this in Talata-Mafara while receiving the House of Representatives’ Committee on Agriculture, who […]
Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday inaugurated a nine-man committee headed by Chief Osaro Idah, to kick-start his administration’s agricultural empowerment programme. This came as he started strategising with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to boost the economy of the state, assuring of his administration’s continued economic revolution to guarantee youth empowerment. The […]
Food Security & Family Empowerment (Farming Support) Initiative Be part of the Food Security and Family Empowerment (Farming Support) Initiative on Cassava, Rice, Maize, Plantain etc. farming. Join us for the first in the series of our Urban-Dweller farmer Training with the VCDP group’s Rice Cluster Farming Support/Intervention programme, which holds on Saturday, the 21 […]
The Oyo State government is set to empower 717 cassava and rice producer under the state’s funded Anchor Borrower’s programme. The state commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Barrister Oyewole Oyewumi said 450 cassava producer and another 267 farmers would be engaged. Oyewumi said that the empowerment would improve economic activities in the […]
Rice Farmers in Bayelsa State has confirmed the acquisition of over 40, 000 hectares of land in the efforts to boost local cultivation of rice in the state. Mr Ezeikel Ogbianko,the State Chairman of the Rice Farmers Association,who confirm the development in Yenagoa, said the lands so far acquired were located in eight communities including […]