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ANOTHER round of tension is brewing in the polity following the announcement by the Federal Government that it is remodelling “grazing areas” throughout the country into ranches. This is coming after the RUGA policy was comprehensively rejected in all states in the South East, South-South, South West and majority of states in the Middle Belt […]
By Jim Rex-Lawson Moses Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world, referred to as the giant of Africa, also has the highest population in the continent put at about 220 million. With her current overall life expectancy recently put at 52.2 years, by the National Population Commission, this may not be unconnected with […]
“Sokoto Gum Arabic Project” The multi-million naira Gum Arabic plantations established in the three senatorial districts of Sokoto State have been abandoned, Daily Trust can report. Gum Arabic is a commodity famed for its commercial value with great export potential and it is used in textile, matches, confectionaries, computers, soft drinks productions among others. It […]
Nigeria Economic Recovery is one of the key mandates of Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning is to render policy advice to Federal Government on national development and national plans. The ministry is expected to advise government in all aspects of national development and design national plans in form of long, medium and short […]
When Abbas Gandi lost a large portion of his crops to the combined ravages of desertification and drought a few years ago, he was so disillusioned he considered abandoning his 10-hectare farmland. “It came as a shock; very terrible year. Instead of getting at least 200 bags of yield, I got between 25 to 30 […]
Agriculture which in recent time has become a hub for economic activities, has been tipped by stakeholders to take over from petroleum as the major export commodity for Nigeria which will boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Furthermore, government over the years have embarked on series of programmes and interventions targeted at changing the […]
Challenge is on to provide country’s youth with a reason to stay on the land The Buhari administration has set two targets for farming: to reduce the country’s food import bill — currently about $6bn a year, according to the United Nations — and to increase farm exports, reducing Nigeria’s dependence on oil as a […]
• BoI Has Breached Terms, Conditions Concerning The Fund- NCAPMA • Govt Should Prevent Truncation, Summersault Of Policy- Master Bakers After years of foot-dragging on disbursement of the major portion of the N10b first tranche release from the Cassava bread fund by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Bank of Industry (BoI) […]
The announcement this week that Sakunda will partner Government in a $68 million investment in irrigation is a good example of how the private sector can effectively contribute to economic development. The partnership, which is set to transform the country’s agricultural sector, comes at a critical time when the country needs to revive its irrigation […]
The Buhari administration has set two targets for farming: to reduce the country’s food import bill — currently about $6bn a year, according to the United Nations — and to increase farm exports, reducing Nigeria’s dependence on oil as a source of foreign currency earnings.The Buhari administration has set two targets for farming: to reduce […]
Against the background of falling oil prices, Kehinde argues for the potential for agriculture to change Nigeria’s fortunes, providing income and employment for a fast growing population that, by 2050, is likely to be larger than that of the United States. Kehinde discusses Nigeria’s National Agriculture Investment Plan, which was consolidated at a meeting in […]
Abimbola Akosile looks at the efforts of rice production giant, Olam Nigeria, to enhance food security and local sufficiency in agricultural production, in a bid to help the country realise the global Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty, among others Nigeria, which is in the West Africa region, is Africa’s most populous country and […]
Agriculture has been a beneficiary of steps to counter effects of dollar shortage Young men, ageing widows and local chiefs — even civil servants — have taken to the fields to work in rice paddies that stretch for miles around Tarasa, a village in north-west Nigeria. Two years ago the land in one of the […]
The newly launched United Nation Food and Agriculture Cadre Harmonisé report has revealed that nine million people in 16 northern states may experience food insecurity between the period of March and August 2017. The investigation carried out in 16 states of Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Kastina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Niger, Taraba, Zamfara, […]
The issue of Fulani herdsmen has raged in the polity for some time. The herdsmen are now the fourth deadliest group in the world, according to the United Nations. Following the menace of the herdsmen in different parts of the country, some state governments have made laws regulating the movement of cattle and cattlemen in […]