Interview

[ad_1] Safia Yahaya says the major challenge women farmers face is insecurity. Safia Yahaya, 48, a mother of two who cultivates three crops in Kogi State, in the seventh episode of our new series share her experience with PREMIUM TIMES. PT: Which crops do you cultivate? Mrs Yahaya: I cultivate rice, cassava, and cashew. PT: […]

[ad_1] Prof. Eustace Iyayi is a Rector of Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, and also the Chairman of Organising Committee of Feed Nigeria Summit 2020. He spoke with Cornelius Essen in Abuja on the event, and how agricultural policies and activities can boost Nigeria’s economy.   Tell us more about ‘Feed Nigeria Summit.’ The Feed Nigeria Summit is […]

[ad_1] Olamide Alabi-Jacobs is the Chief Executive Officer of UMèRA, an agriculture company that focuses on different aspects such as crop cultivation and animal production, among others. In this interview with FEMI IBIROGBA, she speaks about the challenges facing the sector and how the government can strengthen the value-chain.  People are shying away from agriculture, but […]

[ad_1] Okomu is one of Nigeria’s leading oil palm companies listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE). It covers an area of 33, 112 hectares, of which 18, 879 hectares is currently planted with oil palm trees and 7,335 hectares with rubber trees. Billy Ghansah, its agricultural coordinator, believes that Nigeria’s palm oil production has […]

Why are you in agribusiness?  We run an out-grower scheme where we act as an aggregator from the farmers to off-takers. The off-takers tell us what they want and we get the farmers to plant what the off-takers want following their specific standards and specifications.  Which crops are you aggregating?  Currently, we plant thyme, Orange-Flesh […]

[ad_1] In this interview, Prof Garba Hamidu Sharubutu, the executive secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) and past president of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association and the president of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, spoke on state of the ARCN and the way forward as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, Nigeria […]

[ad_1] Oil palm can fetch Nigeria as much revenue as the crude oil can so said the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. But self-inflicted challenges that de-ranked the country from the largest producer in the pre-independence era to the fifth producer are getting compounded by insecurity and land tenure system, […]

[ad_1] Bamidele Onibalusi, a farmer, blogger and freelance writer is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deloni Farms Ltd and the Executive Director of WritersinCharge. In this interview with NIYI OYEDEJI, he speaks on his quest to solve the food problem in Nigeria and other African countries. What is your business all about? Our goal […]

[ad_1] The Chief Technical Advisor to Nigeria’s National Programme for Food Security, Oyesola Oyebanji, believes Nigeria can gain far more from its donor-funded agriculture projects if properly managed. Having retired as a Director from the Ministry of Agriculture in 2010, Mr Oyebanji, evaluates Nigeria’s performance in its bid at ensuring food security, the prospects, challenges […]

[ad_1] Adedeji Rasheed, the Director of Cocoa Research Department of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) believes Nigeria can return to the glory days of leadership in cocoa production. In this interview with Abdulkareem Mojeed, he spoke on the problems facing the cocoa value chain and current solutions being effected to revive the sector. Excerpts: […]

The Chief Executive, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Dr Olufemi Oladunni, sees export at the forefront of the nation’s improved foreign exchange. He supports discussions focused on maintaining Nigeria’s competitiveness within the global trade and export finance market. He shares his thoughts with DANIEL ESSIET How can the nation’s agriculture sector take advantage of […]

Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Dr Chima Igwe, has come under probe after failing to present his PhD certificate more than 17 years after claiming to have bagged the degree. Igwe, who claimed to have bagged the degree from the Universite Nationale du Benin (now Universite d’Abomey- Calavi) in Benin Republic, […]