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The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in collaboration with C. Hassan Consultancy Ltd. has commenced a refresher training of 400 unemployed youths in Kaduna state on agricultural skills for gainful employment. The training, according to the Director-General of NDE, Dr. Nasiru M. Ladan is to impart on the trainees, skills such as crop production, livestock […]
Gaate is about an hour drive away from the Abuja municipality. But this rural settlement along the Keffi-Akwanga road in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State could as well have been in another country. Blessed with vast arable land, majority of the residents are subsistent farmers and neither dream or feel the glitz of […]
Ten thousand farmers in Edo State cannot access the N350 million donor fund, Edo North Coordinator of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Alhaji Mohammed Oshiobugie has said. Oshiobugie, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin, said the government failed to pay the N94 million counterpart fund for Fadama III and […]
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has concluded the 5th e-Government Capacity Building Program for 181 public servants in Abuja. The training by KOICA was held in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications and Public Service Institute of Nigeria. A statement made available in Abuja by KOICA said the training “brings the total number […]
Yobe state government in collaboration with the World Bank have supported returnee Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and those still in camps with farm inputs. The farm inputs will enable them to engage in agricultural activities toward economic recovery. Musa Jidawa, permanent secretary, Yobe state emergency management agency (SEMA), disclosed this in Damaturu, on Sunday. Jidawa […]
After a heavy lost to tuta absoluta last farming season, tomato farmers in Kano have renewed interest for massive production of the crop next season. This was sequel to modern farming techniques and improved varieties of the crop introduced to them by an agric based nonprofit international organization, Technoserve, in collaboration with Syngenta agro limited. […]
Katsina State Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu, who doubles as the Commissioner of Agriculture, speaks on plans to boost cotton production in the state, especially the involvement of youths. ABBA ANWAR reports. What is the current position of the cotton sector in Katsina State? Katsina State produces the highest quantity of cotton in Nigeria. We intend […]
With the precarious financial situation of Nigeria and the recessive economy being experienced due to lack of mechanisms for manufacturing the country’s necessities, several platforms and phoras have identified a return to Agriculture which was once the mainstay of the nation’s economy as the antidote to solving the situation. For the Federal Government of Nigeria, […]
Kano State Government has approved N10 million for the production one million tree seedlings for the cultivation of eight new lines of shelterbelt. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, made this known on Thursday in Kano when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. He said that the […]
Two tractor drivers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Jere Local Government Area of Borno, Alhaji Muhammad Dilli, the state Commissioner of Agriculture, said. Dilli told newsmen in Maiduguri that the insurgents attacked the tractor operators while working on a farm “in the past few days’’. He listed the slain tractor operators as Kashim […]
Authorities say 2, 245 animals are slaughtered daily in four abattoirs in Kano metropolis daily for public consumption. Dr Shehu Bawa, Director, Veterinary services in the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, revealed in Kano on Saturday that of the figure, 420 are cattle. Bawa said 1, 750 are sheep and goats while 75 […]
The Kebbi Government is to collaborate with Michigan State University in the U.S. on policy planning and agricultural production. Gov Atiku Bagudu disclosed this in Birnin Kebbi on Friday when he received a delegation from the American university. He said that his administration would support any programme that would improve the agricultural production of the […]
Ondo state is set to take the lead in Cassava and Rice Productions as it is targeting twenty tonnes of the two crops annually. This the state is set to achieve with the assistance of Fadama three programme. The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Agriculture, Alex Aragabaye disclosed this at the distribution of […]
Mr Chucks Egbueh, Project Coordinator, FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) programme in Anambra, says the programme is executing five irrigation projects across the state. Egbueh, who said this on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, added that the projects were currently at various stages of completion. He said that […]
Governor of Anambra, Mr Willie Obiano, on Friday said the development efforts of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra would give it victory in the Nov.18 governorship poll. Obiano stated this while addressing newsmen after submitting his nomination form for the election at APGA’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He said that a second term […]