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Ogun State government has pledged its assistance to farmers in achieving best agricultural practices, to increase their yields and ensure food security. The Commissioner for Agriculture Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo stated this during the harvesting of an hectare IFAD-Value Chain Developmental Program (VCDP) cassava demonstration farm, at Alagada village near Oba in Obafemi Owode Local Council […]
Cross River State is one of the three states, with least allocation from the federation account, following the loss of Bakassi to Cameroon and 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom State. However, determined to survive, government is engaging in serious agriculture drive. If the words of the chairman of the state’s farmers’ council, Mr. Owen […]
Sokoto Agricultural Development Programme, (SADP) has employed 93 extension workers and others while 300 others are to be recruited next year. This is just as 43 staff of the programme have been promoted. SADP Project Manager,Abubakar Malami who disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Sokoto, said the moves were to boost the workforce […]
Prices of cassava stems have dropped to N400 per bundle after touching a high of N1, 200, as demand eases. Since last year, prices of cassava roots and its derivatives such as Garri climbed to an all-time high as demand outstripped supply. In a statement signed by IITA’s Communication & Knowledge Exchange Expert, Godwin Atser, […]
The Department of Cocoa Development in Cross River State says it is set to recover the N108.4 million rent from cocoa farmers to whom the state government leased out its cocoa estates. Mr Oscar Ofuka, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Cocoa Development, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar, […]
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra State, Dr. Tony Nwoye, has hailed the state’s youths for supporting his candidacy. The politician pledged to reward their encouragement with youth empowerment policies. Among the policies for youth empowerment, Nwoye said, is to create at least 20,000 new jobs in the Agriculture sector. In a statement […]
The Benue State House of Assembly yesterday set up a six-man Ad-hoc committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the difficulty being faced by farmers to access agricultural loans from the Bank of Agriculture. The House took the decision after a debate on a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Majority Leader, Benjamin Adanyi.He […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State is blazing a trail with resuscitation of moribund and dead government-owned industries in the state, starting with Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company. PATRICK OCHOGA, writes Tuesday, September 5, 2015, it was cheery news in Edo State following the grand commissioning Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company and Bua […]
The Osun Broilers Outgrowers Programme Scheme, OBOPS II has enlisted 1,000 farmers across the State as phase II of the programme begins after a successful pilot stage. The programme managed by AMO Farm Sieber Hatchery Limited provides 2,000 day old birds to each participating farmer(s) in the project. Facilitated by the State Government of Osun, […]
The Lagos State Government(LASG) said it had directed a non-stop sale of LAKE rice across the state in all the designated centres. Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State gave the directive in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Sunday in Lagos. The Commissioner for Agriculture, […]
Prices of staple food, including garri, yam and potatoes, have decreased in Asaba and environs, a market survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has shown. Buyers at the Ogbe Ogonogo Market, on Sunday, expressed happiness over the situation as the food dealers attributed the price fall to the reduction in the cost price […]
The Ogun State government has directed all poultry farms of more than 250 birds, hatchery operators, livebirdmarkets and poultry processing facilities in the state to register with the Ministry of Agriculture in accordance with Animal Disease Control Act 2004. The registration has the nod of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PANOG) Ogun State Chapter. According […]
Nigeria’s southwest Ogun State Friday activated bird flu control measures at a breeder poultry farm, located in Orile-Ilugun area of the state. The state took the proactive steps to prevent the spread of the Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu, which was discovered on the farm, Adepeju Adebajo, the Commissioner for Agriculture told Xinhua […]
Some farmers in Borno have expressed optimism of recording bumper harvests in the 2017 cropping season. They also commended the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for supporting displaced farmers to return to their farms. Reports shows that thousands of displaced farmers supported by FAO cultivated their farmlands in Maiduguri and other liberated communities. FAO in […]
National Secretary of Association of Organic Practitioners of Nigeria, Mrs Olayinka Odukoya who runs an organic farm called Dasyooh Farm Limited in Ogun State, gives an expose on the essentials of organic farming saying that the environment is key. She pointed out that though the practice is relatively new, those who are joining may not […]