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Farmer Investment Initiative, The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has said that his ministry would support the agricultural initiatives of the Nigerian Military. Ogbeh made this commitment during a courtesy visit on him by a delegation from the Nigerian Army led by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai […]
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to conserving its foreign exchange through an agricultural revolution, by providing cheap funding of about five per cent to farmers. This position was made known on Thursday by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, in his remarks at the launch of MITROS […]
The FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII) programme, a World Bank intervention project, has been receiving widespread commendations for its efforts to boost food security and restore the livelihoods of people in the North East. The beneficiary states of the 50-million-U.S.-dollar project are Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba, Bauchi and Gombe. The Internal Mission Team of […]
An air of excitement is presently sweeping through Gaate village, a rural settlement along the Keffi-Akwanga road in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State as a cooperative farming society begins the first harvest of maize which it cultivated in the last planting season. Gaate community leased a thousand hectares of its land over a […]
Ogun State in collaboration with the Federal Government and World Bank has acquired agricultural equipment under the third National Fadama Development Project to increase food production in the state. The procured types of equipment are; four tractors and implements as well as a mini rice combined harvester. Adepeju Adebajo, Commissioner for Agriculture at the commissioning […]
The Kwara Government has disbursed over N1 billion to 500 smallholder farmers and 40 commercial farmers to boost agriculture and food security in the state. Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara made this known on Monday in Ilorin, while speaking at the 2nd Harmony Agriculture International Fair (HAGIF). He said that the government had also provided […]
The Nigeria Agric Business Group (NABG) on Thursday said it would provide improved tomato seedlings to tomato farmers to boost their production nationwide. The Vice President of the group, Mr Emmanuel Ejiwere, made the promise in Kaduna during a courtesy visit to the State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai. He said the group was interested in […]
The Osun Broilers Outgrowers Programme Scheme, OBOPS II has enlisted 1,000 farmers across the State as phase II of the programme begins after a successful pilot stage. The programme managed by AMO Farm Sieber Hatchery Limited provides 2,000 day old birds to each participating farmer(s) in the project. Facilitated by the State Government of Osun, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has flagged-off the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) for poultry farmers in Lagos State, with the distribution of 10,000 day old chicks to members of the Erikorodo Poultry Estate Farmers Association, Ikorodu. The flag off, in collaboration with Bank of Industry (BoI) and Amo Farms, was in line with the […]
To avert maize scarcity, especially in the Southwest, the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Oyo State has distributed over a metric tonne of new maize variety, to farmers in select local councils, farm settlements and villages in Oyo State. Leader of the IAR&T maize distribution team, Dr. Olugbenga Egbetokun, who spoke with […]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) will distribute fertilisers, seeds and other inputs to 560,000 displaced persons for dry season farming in northeast. Ms. Divya Sama, FOA’s Communications Officer, North East Field Office, said in a statement released in Maiduguri on Friday that 70,000 households would receive assorted fertilisers, seeds and tools, to accelerate vegetables […]
A coalition of all youths in Olokoro clan, comprising of fifteen autonomous communities is set to benefit from the Nigerian agricultural industry using fish farming as a model. This is because fish farming in Nigeria is important as one of the most prominent aspects of the Nigerian Agricultural Industry with over sixty percent of the […]
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has said it will soon engage 10,000 youths to nurse two million dates and palm oil tree farming in the country. The Director-General of NDE, Dr. Nasiru Argungu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Sokoto. Argungu said that the scheme was part of the […]
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 […]
National Council for Women’s Societies (NCWS) is creating a farm centre to spur grassroots women and youth participation in agriculture. NCWS in collaboration with Peace, Advocacy and Community Development Initiative (PACDIN) stated this at a press conference in Abuja. The council is also set to host a workshop aimed at empowering Nigerian women in agric […]