Browsing tag
Such projects it was learnt that include-FADAMA 111AF; Anambra World Bank rice irrigation project; Federal Government Anchor borrowers’ project; National program for rice and cassava production. The state also increased rice and cassava yields by keying into the Casakawa global 2000 project, the Atas 1 and IFAD value chain development programmes. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. […]
Knowledge is important, in fact, very important. But knowledge alone cannot develop a society. You need passion. You need foresight. A leader who has consuming passion for the welfare of the citizens will always excel. Yes, sometimes he may falter or fail because he is human, but ultimately his place in the pantheon of the […]
The commissioner said that the first phase of the project had the capacity to produce 350,000 chicks every six weeks and hatch 30,000 eggs per week. The Anambra Government has set 2019 as target to be self-sufficient in production of poultry, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Mark Okoye, said. Okoye made this […]
Footprint to Africa, an Abuja-based investor advisory firm and financial news company, has attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) to Nigeria and four other African countries worth over N1.5 billion, where it has partnerships. The investments are six projects in the oil and gas, agriculture and tourism sectors in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Kenya. […]
Thirty six communities in Jigawa state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company for sugarcane plantation. The state government gave the farmlands to Messrs Lee Group- based in Kano for N2.1 billion. The state government has confirmed most of the issues at stake to Daily Trust. However it failed to address […]
No fewer than 17,000 farmers at least, have benefitted from the loans scheme of the Osun Quick Impact Intervention Programme (QUIIP) as part of the comprehensive program of the Rauf Aregbesola administration to boost agriculture. A set of 77 farmers’ cooperative groups benefited under the QUIIP I while another set of 419 farmers’ cooperative groups […]
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) is a N25 billion Fund established by the state government to power SME and improve the skills of entrepreneurs, with a view to helping Lagos residents create a thriving SME economy. Specifically, the Fund was established by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Law 2016 to serve as […]
Reacting, on behalf of the Jigawa State Government, the Deputy Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia said the 12,000 hectares which was initially given to Mr. Lee Group was inherited from the previous administration. He said although they have promised to halt the project during the 2013 campaigns, they have to review their stance “having realized […]
Herdsmen, dressed in police uniform, armed with AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle, yesterday, in Delta State, leaving a number of police officers, including an Area Commander, injured, while some are missing. However, Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, who spoke to Vanguard on phone […]
First of all I must apologize for my hiatus, I took a break in December and promised to be back in January but occupational ‘Force Majeure’ precluded me but nice to be back again in 2017,fresh from a year 2016 that some want to term Annus Horribilis. I digress. As a major player in the […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has said that $62 million is urgently needed to rescued the terrorism ravaged North Eastern part of Nigeria from hunger following the consequences of the activities of insurgents in the region. A report from FAO noted that despite the progress already achieved in addressing the humanitarian crises in the […]
No fewer than ten thousand youths and other small-scale farmers are to benefit from the Ogun State/Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme aimed at creating employment for youths and boosting agricultural Production and food security in the state. The State Coordinator and Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Mr. Tosin Ademuyiwa disclosed […]
Like many Yoruba towns, Epe, a Lagos State community, also derives its panegyric from its main occupation, which is fishing. Because of its geographical location as a coastal town, Epe fish market has been a melting pot of different cultures through the years. TUNDE BUSARI, who was at the market, reports. Although its official name […]
Tomato farmers in Dantankari, Katsina State, say they have gotten a remedy for the dreaded tomato disease known as tuta absoluta, locally known as ‘ tomato ebola ’ that ravaged farms in the state and many others in the last two irrigation seasons. Daily Trust had in June 2015 reported how tomato production in the […]
Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari is the Kaduna State Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development. In this interview in Kaduna recently, he highlighted some of the challenges and achievements of the federal government-initiated Anchor Borrowers Programme in the state. Excerpts: How compliant have the farmers been in remitting farm produce in the anchor programme? Farmers have […]