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In its bid to ensure agricultural development and improve healthcare delivery, the Caretaker Management Committee of the Obokun Local Government has distributed cocoa seedlings to farmers and drugs to health centres across all towns in the Local Government Area. The Executive Secretary of the council, Alhaji Oladiran Ashaolu, during the distribution of the materials on […]
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has on Saturday inaugurated a five-man board for SKYRUN Cocoa Processing Industry, Ede, Osun state in a bid to improve on cocoa production in the state and turn Osun to a hub of Chinese investment in Nigeria. This was even as the Chairman of the Shanghai Golden Monkey […]
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has solicited the assistance of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in boosting commercial agricultural in the state. Akeredolu made the call when the AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, visited him on Sunday in Akure. The governor explained that the continental bank’s support was necessary to facilitate the cultivation of high-quality […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, will inaugurate a new world-class fertiliser plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertiliser and Chemicals Limited, today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea fertiliser is considered the world’s largest single-train Urea plant. According […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Komptu Idris have been called upon to intervene and bring to an end the menace of fake fertiliser sales and circulation in Yobe State by some unpatriotic citizens. Sparking to journalists in his office, the Yobe State chairman of Fertiliser Sales Association, Potiskum branch, Alhaji Ali Maitaki. According […]
Nasarawa state House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura to arrest, prosecute and relieve any government official found culpable in diverting fertilizer meant for farmers in the state. Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the speaker of the House made the call in Lafia after the chairman, House committee on Agriculture, […]
The Kwara State Government says it has spent N360 million in subsidising farm inputs given to farmers under the N1billion Agriculture Intervention Scheme. This was disclosed in Ilorin the State capital on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke while presenting seedlings and other inputs to members of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria […]
The Federal Government has expressed readiness to partner with Osun State Government in the ongoing process of massive food production as a means of getting the nation out of the current economic recession. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh who stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the Osun […]
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state yesterday flagged of the sales of fertilizers to farmers in the state in Jenkwe, Obi local government area of the state. Almakura, while flagging off the sales of the fertilizers, said the his administration had over the past years procured assorted fertilizers and sold to farmers at a […]
The federal government is to compensate Ebonyi State poultry farmers affected by the December 2016 Avian Influenza attack on poultry farms in the state, from July 5. The state’s commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Uchenna Orji, disclosed this yesterday in Abakaliki during a training programme for poultry farmers in the state on ways […]
The federal government said on Sunday that adequate provision has been made for farmers across the country to have enough fertiliser to grow food throughout the year. The chief executive officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Uche Orji, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “Last […]
New onions have flooded various markets in Katsina State, forcing its price down by about 50%. Our reporter, who visited markets in some parts of the state, observed that a bag of onions that sold for N6,000 and N8,000 some months ago now goes for between N2,500 and N4,000, depending on the size. Onion farmers […]
The chairman, Senate committee on Air Force, Senator Duro Faseyi, has stressed the need for government at all levels to create a conducive atmosphere for the youths in order to encourage them to participate actively in food production. He said it was unfortunate that Nigeria spends more on importation of food stuff than production, urging […]
Against the background of falling oil prices, Kehinde argues for the potential for agriculture to change Nigeria’s fortunes, providing income and employment for a fast growing population that, by 2050, is likely to be larger than that of the United States. Kehinde discusses Nigeria’s National Agriculture Investment Plan, which was consolidated at a meeting in […]
The National Association of Cassava Growers has appointed the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk, as its grand patron in recognition of his contribution to agriculture. The President of the association, Pastor Segun Adewunmi, who presented the letter of appointment to the emir in Daura on Thursday, in Daura said the appointment took immediate effect. […]