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The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has said that the Agency is working round the clock to ensure the completion and submission of the draft National Biosecurity policy to the Federal Executive Council (FEC), for consideration and approval. Dr Ebegba who said this when the Senate […]
National Conference on Agricultural Innovations for Food Security in the Post Covid-19 Pandemic Era Theme: Aggregating Sustainable Agricultural Innovations for Food Security Dr. Rose Gidado, Director, NABDA/Country Rep.,OFAB Dr. Rose Suniso Maxwell Gidado completed her doctorate degree (PhD) in Industrial Microbiology in 2015. Her research focuses on the development of indigenous ethanol tolerant yeast, […]
The Federal Government has been accused of keeping mute overcompensation to smallholder farmers who suffered losses due to the effect of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic in the country. The Country Director of Oxfam Nigeria, Dr. Constant Tchona, who disclosed this during a webinar meeting with officials of Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Oxfam partners and farmers […]
Boko Haram jihadists gunned down 19 cattle herders Saturday in Nigeria, civilian militia sources and residents told AFP on Sunday. Ethnic Fulani herders, besieged by a spate of armed attacks targeting their cattle, pursued Boko Haram, sparking a fierce gunfight outside Fuhe village, near Ngala close to the border with Cameroon. READ MORE: Food security: LASG […]
The Senate of Nigeria’s premier and foremost university (University of Ibadan) has ratified the appointment of retired Professor Oyebiodun Grace Longe as Emeritus Professor of Poultry Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science, making her the second in the Department (after late Professor V.A. Oyenuga) and the first woman in Nigeria to attain such pinnacle […]
Renewable energy saves scarce resources, maintains healthy ecosystems, minimises pollution and waste. It also creates jobs and boosts entrepreneurship, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Green businesses that safeguard the health of consumers and communities are generating jobs and boosting entrepreneurship. One of them is renewable energy, which fuels some businesses. The growth in renewable energy is creating […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, said on Monday that the ministry under his stewardship, will ensure that agricultural research institutes are strengthened. This, he said, would help promote improved seedlings that will galvanise food production in the country. Mr Nanono, said this while receiving briefs from the research agencies under the […]
A double-digit investment in the agricultural sector backed by a vibrant rural infrastructural network will help states in Nigeria to accelerate the transformation of agriculture, says Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). “No matter our good intentions, we will not see a transformation in agriculture if we continue […]
“Verify Farmers’ Encroachment On Forestry” Ondo state government has mentioned that farmers working within the forest reserves throughout the state should embrace the introduction of self-identity card by the state government for straightforward identification. The state commissioner for natural resources, Alhaji Rasheed Badmus, said this throughout a visit to cocoa farmers in Odigbo local government […]
Conservation Agriculture: Major factors limiting food production for smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa include the depletion of soil fertility, soil erosion and periodic droughts due to climate change.
“RIFAN Rice Seedlings” Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Akwa Ibom Chapter, says it has taken delivery of 40,000 tonnes of high grade rice seedlings from the Federal Government for wet season farming. Akwa Ibom Chairman of RIFAN, Ita Akan, told newsmen in Uyo on Thursday that the rice seedlings would be distributed to 7, […]
“Benue Farmers Expect Good Maize Harvest Despite Worm Attack” Maize farmers in Benue State are expecting good harvest in the next few weeks despite army worm attacks on their farms. Our correspondent reports that this is the third consecutive year that farmers in the state have had cause to worry over their crops ravaged by […]
Some women farmers in Nasarawa State have called on the federal and state governments to assist them with interest-free loans to boost agricultural production.
Bauchi State Government has disclosed that butchers, herdsmen and others in the state are being infected with a contagious animal disease known as Brucellosis.
The Federal Government said it has successfully disbursed loans to a total of 259,451 farmers, agric workers, and other businesses at the bottom of the financial pyramid, across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), through its National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP).