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Local Paddy Rice Processors Beg For Training In Jigawa

Local paddy rice processors beg for training in Jigawa, Though parboiling and milling of paddy rice is one of the fastest growing small scale businesses in Jigawa State, owing to increase in the production of the crop, majority if not all of the processors ventured into it without formal training. Most of the processors engaged […]

How Food Production, Rural Infrastructure Upscale Through ATASP-1 In North-West

How food production, rural infrastructure upscale through ATASP-1 in north-west, The quantum of cassava production in Kila, Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State will surprise any first time visitor – it is cassava everywhere. However, with the state government’s processing company for garri, cassava flour and starch now comatose, the farmers’ effort at processing […]

AFAN Seeks Support For Youth Farmers

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 […]

FADAMA Coordinator In Anambra Urges Youths To Engage In Agriculture

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 […]

Delta Poultry Farmers Lament High Cost Of Feeds

Delta Poultry farmers on Friday lamented the increase in price of feeds in 2017, saying it led to high cost of poultry during the Yuletide and New Year festivities. Some poultry farmers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Asaba that the price of feeds increased by 34 per cent in […]

Kwara To Engage 10,000 Youths In Farming

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 […]

Buhari Fiddles While Herdsmen Slaughter, Say Nigerians

Benue Herdsmen Slaughter, While historians have disputed the account that Rome’s emperor, Nero, played away on a fiddle as the city burned, the phrase nevertheless has become synonymous with doing too little or nothing in a time of great crisis. Nigerians had repeatedly accused the Buhari government of poor handling of attacks by herdsmen across […]

Ogun Invests N4b In Rice

Ogun Invests N4b In Rice, The Ogun State Government has invested N4billion to boost rice production. Agriculture Commissioner, Mrs Adepeju Adebajo, made this known in a statement. She said the government was ready to develop areas of high-quality rice products, using high technology. She said the government is focusing on researching high-quality rice varieties and […]