C’River Govt. Is Working Towards Production Of 500,000 Tons Of Cocoa Annually –Commissioner

The Cross River Government is working towards the actualisation of production of 500,000 metric...

CBN: FG’ll Restructure Bank Of Agriculture

The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has hinted that the Bank of Agriculture (BoA)...

Famine In 2017: Puts Mechanisms In Place To Achieve Food Security

FG Allays Fear Of Possible Famine In The Country; Puts Mechanisms In Place To...

Can Farm Group And Trump Work Out Their Difference?

Anti-GMO activists and consumer groups wrestled the farm lobby to a tie last summer...

Attention To Agric’ll End Food Scarcity, Boost Economy Kalu

At a time when the Federal Government is focusing on agriculture, in its diversification...

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Inaugurates Ministerial SERVICOM Committee

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Shehu Ahmed has...

Dangote Flour: How Price Of Bread Will Crash – Yakassai

Our turn-around story — MD In a twist of events Nigeria’s indigenous multinational, Dangote Group,...

Customs Intercepts Container Of Jollof Rice, Yam Porridge, Egusi, From India

The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft...

Why We Banned Foreign Rice In Ebonyi —Commissioner

The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information, Senator Emmanuel Onwe has justified the banning of...

AfDB To Invest $24bn In Agriculture— Adesina

*No famine in 2017—Ogbeh             *FG working to end recession...

IITA Launches Aflasafe, Reiterates Commitment To Quality Food Production

As part of efforts to boost maize and groundnut production in Nigeria, significantly lower...

Research Institute, WAAPI Collaborate On Canny Technology For Catfish

Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) Lagos, a multidisciplinary marine research institute...

Nigeria Best Global Investment Destination In Agriculture —Lokpobiri

The increasing population in Africa and particularly the Nigerian environment has a huge market...

Economic Recession: College Trains 400 In Intensive Poultry Production

Despite the challenges facing the livestock and poultry industries as a result of high...

Brazilian Company Campaigns For Ease Of Smallholding Farming

A Brazilian company, seeking a share of the Nigerian market, is targeting the country’s...

Rice Farmers Seek Total Ban On Sale Of Foreign Nice In Nigeria

Rice farmers have urged state governments to follow the footstep of Ebonyi and ban...

Investment In Fertilizer Hits $4.5bn

As the government is striving to make agriculture the mainstay of the Nigerian economy,...

House Committee Calls For Amendment Of Procurement Act To Expedite Agricultural Growth

The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has emphasised the need to amend the...

Ondo Farmers Urge Akeredolu To Prioritize Agriculture

Farmers in Ondo state have called on the Governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of the...

FG Unveils Plans To Avert Famine In 2017

The Federal government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh,...