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Kaduna State Agriculture Core Delivery Team (CDT) is reviewing the State Agricultural Investment Plan to attract local and direct foreign investment to the sector. The CDT in its November report indicated that the review would target information on priority crops such as ginger, maize, soybeans, tomato and rice being produced in commercial quantity in the […]
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sought the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the agricultural development of the state, particularly in cassava and maize production. The governor made the call on Wednesday in Ibadan during the inauguration of the State Project Monitoring Team and State Technical Advisory team of the […]
Ogun State in collaboration with the Federal Government and World Bank has acquired agricultural equipment under the third National Fadama Development Project to increase food production in the state. The procured types of equipment are; four tractors and implements as well as a mini rice combined harvester. Adepeju Adebajo, Commissioner for Agriculture at the commissioning […]
Two new cowpea varieties experimented by farmers in Benue State reportedly saved the state from poor harvest of cowpea this year. Cowpea farmers in the state had earlier expressed fear over what they called insect infestation of their farms. Daily Trust had reported that the tiny black-looking insects had affected the pod bearers, which threatened […]
Mrs Folusho Olaniyan, the Programme Director, Agra Innovate West Africa, says over 40 exhibitors and 60 speakers are expected at its exhibition this year. Olaniyan said via a statement in Lagos on Monday that the annual exhibition, which involved crop production, crop processing and manufacturing concerns, would hold in Lagos from Nov. 21 to Nov. […]
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, on Monday, said investment in the agriculture sector was the only alternative ticket that could take Nigeria out of its current recession, instead of dependence on oil. The governor made the assertion at Igbogene, a suburb in the outskirts of Yenagoa, during the 21st Farmers’ Day celebration under the auspices […]
Rice Farmers Association for the Daura Local Government chapter reveals that it has so far registered 500 farmers for the second phase of the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Agricultural Programme. This was made known by the chairman of the association, Alhaji Nura Baure, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura […]
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 […]
The Oyo State Government on Tuesday disclosed that about 250,000 hectares of arable land have been earmarked as agricultural zone for the use of farmers in the state. It stated that over 500 farmers have applied for the use of land to be allocated for free by the state government to boost agricultural produce in […]
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has disclosed that his administration has disbursed about N1billion to five hundred small holders farmers and fourty commercial farmers in the state. Besides, he said 381 kilometers of rural roads will be rehabilitated in 2018 under the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) in partnership with the World […]
The Ondo State Government (ODSG) says it has concluded plans to raise five million cocoa seedlings at different locations across the state to enhance its revenue generation. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, said this on Monday during a visit to the state’s Hybrid Cocoa Seed Garden at Owena in Idanre Local Government […]
The chairperson of Ogun State chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Mrs Blessing Isioma Alawode, yesterday, said the poultry industry almost folded up this year due to high cost of grains, especially maize. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust at the just concluded Poultry Show in Abeokuta, the state capital, Mrs Alawode […]
The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, says his administration has spent N208m on the empowerment of 5,200 Masu Shayi (tea sellers) in the state. Ganduje stated this on Saturday while distributing empowerment items to the 5,200 tea sellers from the 44 local government areas of Kano State. The distributed items included cartons of noodles, […]
The Kano State Government has disclosed that it will distribute qualitative tomato seeds worth N200 million to farmers during this year’s dry season farming at no cost. This was disclosed by the state governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje during the training and inauguration of national agricultural seed council’s seed inspectors held in Kano. According to him, […]
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the Yobe Government to protect grazing reserves and cattle routes in the state against encroachment by farmers. The Yobe MACBAN Chairman, Alhaji Garba Mirwa, made the call in Damaturu on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that […]