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Sokoto State Boosts Agriculture With 15,000 Metric Tonnes OF Fertiliser: The sokoto state Government has commenced distribution of 15,000 metric tones fertiliser, loaded in 500 trucks, for the 2018 wet season farming. The fertiliser will be sold to farmers at the heavily subsidised rate of 4000 Naira per bag, according to a statement by the […]
3000 Displaced Farmers Get Farm Inputs: The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration with the American University of Nigeria (AUN) as an implementing partner, has distributed farm inputs to over 3,000 displaced farmers to mitigate effects of the insurgency in Mubi Local Government Area of […]
Distribution Of Inputs To 9, 500 Rice Farmers Begins In Sokoto, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the distribution commenced on March 8 with identification and screening of the farmers. The Distribution of farming inputs to rice farmers by the Federal Government has commenced in Gwadabawa Local Government area of Sokoto State. The […]
Community Gets Palm Oil, Cassava Mills Largesse From CBN Africa, Towards attainment of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of no poverty, zero hunger, and partnerships, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Africa, has donated palm oil and cassava-processing mills to Ife Oluwa Farmers’ Cooperatives Society of Adetoyebi-Ajibode community, Akinyele Local Council Area, Oyo State. […]
Nigeria’s Access Bank Supports Local Farmers With $250m Loan Facility, Access Bank Plc has said that its $250million loan support scheme to Nigerian farmers and small and medium scale enterprises is yielding economic growth as Nigerians are accessing it for the optimal growth of businesses across the federation. The bank said it was doing so […]
The Federal Government has announced plan to provide support for Irish potato farmers thereby enhancing their productivity in the country. The National President, Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN), Chief Daniel Okafor who stated this in Abuja said that the government had already put the association into its programme and ready to distribute disease-resistant seeds […]
Tambuwal Doubles Incentive For Wheat, Garlic, Sesame Farmers, Sokoto State government said it has introduced additional incentives to farmers in a bid to boost cultivation of wheat, sesame, garlic and onion in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this when he inspected a wheat farm at Taloka, Goronyo LGA. The 43 hectares farm is […]
The International Funds for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Tuesday that N8billion has been earmarked to boost agricultural production in seven states that were in partnership with the fund. (IFAD Boost Agricultural Production) Alhaji Abdullahi Surajo, the head of knowledge management communication of the fund, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency […]
Dizengoff Delivers 20 Greenhouse Units To Boost Vegetable Production, Dizengoff Nigeria has delivered 20 Greenhouse Technology units, also known in company circles as “Dizengoff Farmer’s Kit” (DFK) to Best Foods Fresh Farms, to boost vegetables production in Lagos State. This development, seen by industry watchers as efforts aimed at achieving food sufficiency in the country, […]
The Lagos State government through its Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA) has distributed coconut processing equipment to processors in 12 Local Councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), as part of its empowerment programme in the coconut value chain. Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security, Mr. Okanlawon Sanni who distributed the processing equipment to […]
Army cattle ranch receives farm equipment from federal government, The Nigerian Army has said that it would continue to invest in the nation’s livestock sector to support the officers and men of the Nigerian Army and their families. Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai stated this yesterday at the inauguration of Army Cattle […]
Mr Moses Oladipupo, the Vice President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFN) in Osun, has called on government at all levels to support youths who venture into farming. commercial farmers Oladipupo made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Osogbo. READ MORE: FADAMA Coordinator In Anambra Urges Youths […]
The Lagos State Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) is helping to achieve the World Bank’s twin goals of ending poverty and boosting prosperity by creating new agric entrepreneurs. DANIEL ESSIET reports. Nurudeen Adekunle, a Physiology Graduate, has been searching for jobs without any success until he saw the advert of the Lagos State Commercial Agriculture […]
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture (NIRSAL) has introduced Project Monitoring Reporting and Remediation Office (PMRO) to support 225,000 farmers under the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Scheme. A statement from NIRSAL on Wednesday said the PMRO office will be located in each state and the Federal Capital Territory. “The PMROs are designed to support […]
Cotton farmers in Gombe State have expressed dissatisfaction over what they call the refusal of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release fund under the Anchor Borrowers Programme, for the rainy season cotton farming. Speaking at a town hall meeting organised by the Project Monitoring Team in Gombe, the leader of a cluster of […]