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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has refute claims widely reported in the media that Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development failed to attend the recently held Nigeria-US Investment summit in Washington DC. This was stated in a statement made available to BusinessDay by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural […]
Strategies To Boost Cassava Production, Stakeholders have called for pragmatic strategies to improve Nigeria‘s position as a leading cassava producer, using innovation and technology. Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) Director, Dr Claude Fauquet, who spoke at a briefing in Lagos, ahead of the group’s International Cassava Conference slated for June 11 to […]
Farmers to Assess Agric Machinery, In a Communique jointly signed and issued by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Former President of Nigeria who is also the Chairman, Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum and Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the Executive Governor of Borno State on Friday night, 09 March 2018 at the end of the Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum […]
Nigerians have been advised to see agriculture as a business and an avenue in realising the country’s full economic potential and not a vocation for the poor as erroneously perceived by the majority. Mr Kofo Adegoke, President, Olaoluwaseni Joshua Adegoke Foundation (Oja-F), an NGO, gave this advice on Monday at the inauguration of the foundation […]
NASC Alerts Farmers To Circulation Of Fake Seeds, In order to get the required yield, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), has called on farmers to use seeds from accredited sources as they prepare to commence planting this wet season. This is just as the Council said they were collating a list of all seed […]
(IITA-CWMP) Resource-poor farmers who are participating in the demonstration farms being organized by the IITA-led Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) have said that the project intervention is making life easier for them. According to them, the project is a “burden lifter.” They said they have “suffered over the years, seeking solutions to weed management in […]
“Nigeria Agricultural Revolution” The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the present administration’s agricultural revolution is not a mere propaganda but a reality, with enough evidence to back it up. The Minister stated this at a banquet held in his honour in Birnin Kebbi by the Kebbi State Government on Sunday […]
The Federal Government would tomorrow begin the implementation of the National Egg Production Scheme (NEGPRO) in a flag off ceremony in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh stated this in an interaction with members of the technical committee on scheme Tuesday in Abuja The Federal Ministry of […]
Like so many of our economic and social problems in Nigeria, the challenges of nomadic livestock farming in Nigeria among other things are an infrastructure problem. Fundamentally, all agrarian nations until they make the necessary investments in power, transportation and water networks witness these challenges. Nigeria’s lack of power and equally, significant cold chain and […]
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 […]
Anambra FADAMA Coordinator, Mr Chukwuka Egbueh, has called on the youth to engage in farming so as to support the government’s efforts to develop the agricultural sector. Egbueh made the call on Monday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. He stressed that government had made a lot of investments to […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, on Monday, said that Nigeria earned $31m from the sale of purple hibiscus, popularly known as zobo leaves, in the last one year. Ogbeh also said the Federal Government would also engage in establishing both cashew and cocoa plantations to boost production and export in 2018. […]
Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria has assured Nigerians of increased yam production in 2018 so as to boost the yam export initiative of the Federal Government. The Acting President of the association, Prof Simon Irtwange, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. […]
Kwara engage young farmers, The Kwara State government is to engage 10,000 young farmers under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) newly introduced accelerated agricultural development scheme(AADS). The state commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Bamidele Adekoke disclosed this during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, the state capital. Adegoke said that the scheme […]
If Nigeria is unable to produce enough food to feed its over 180 million population, the impact may be devastating on other African countries, especially the smaller West African countries, which may starve or be plunged into food crisis. (Africa Food Security) The regional head of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr Issoufou Kollo […]