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The Lagos State Government has assured farmers of its continuous support just as its appreciated the myriad of problems they (farmers) faced in the process of getting their produce to the consumers. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal who spoke in Lagos on Tuesday at a Farmers’ Forum organized by his Ministry in […]
The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has explained why his administration is spending the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) N7.6 billion loan on farm settlements. The Government of Oyo State said it observed certain misinformation, misconception and outright mischief in the interpretations being given to the N7.6 billion Agriculture loan, which the state government on […]
Six persons kidnapped last weekend from where they were breeding cattle in Gurin, Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State, have regained freedom. The six, who were abducted on October 5 from their cattle grazing field around the Gurin-Fufore Road, returned home Sunday morning, according to a source close to the victims. The source, Dahiru […]
By Michael Jegede About a year after Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State assumed office, he launched the Agricultural Revolution Programme (ARP) as a move towards the actualization of his plan to revolutionize agriculture in the state. This was with a view to making Kogi self-sufficient in food production, boosting its income generation as well […]
The Kebbi Government is partnering the World Fish Programme to boost the fisheries potentials of the state. Gov. Abubakar Bagudu said while receiving officials of the programme in Birnin Kebbi that the state’s huge fisheries potentials were being affected by the effect of climate change. He noted that even the Matanfada river, where the Argungu […]
The Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday expressed their displeasure over the proposed anti-grazing bill by the Oyo State House of Assembly, saying the bill was a ploy to punish poor herders in the state. Speaking during the public presentation of views, observation, and grazing regulations bill 2019, held at the House of Chiefs, Agodi, Ibadan, the […]
Hundreds of rice farms located by the Bank of River Taraba in Bali and Gassol local government areas of Taraba state have been destroyed by flood. Daily Trust gathered that River Taraba overflow it’s bank and washed away hundreds of rice farms. READ MORE: ICERIA 2019 Gets Boost as IITA, ILRI, NBMA Partner AGROBUSINESS TIMES One […]
The Federal Government has recruited no fewer than 1,350 unemployed youths under the N-power programme to serve as agricultural extension workers in Cross River. The State Coordinator of Sasakawa Global 2000, Mr Ekok Ntua, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), shortly after inspecting a cassava demonstration farm at Okonde […]
– The Akwa Ibom state government is taking its diversification policy seriously – The government is planning on increasing its investments in the lucrative agricultural sector – The government also has plans to build an ethanol plant, toilet tissue making plant and sugar factory in the state The Akwa Ibom state government is set to […]
The Niger State Government and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday met in Abuja to work out modalities to end the perennial crisis between farmers and herdsmen in the state. Speaking at the end of the meeting, the Niger state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, told reporters that the meeting mostly had to do with […]
The federal government, through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has commenced inspection of farmlands of victims of the 2018 flood disaster in the state in its intervention programme. To this end, NEMA’s Monitoring and Evaluation team, led by Mr Vincent Owan, Director, Disaster Risks Reduction of NEMA and Chairman of Emergency Agricultural Intervention Programme […]
There is growing anxiety in Jigawa State over the fear that the state may run short of maize produce this year. The fear is as a result of flood disaster that destroyed 90 percent of expected maize output in the state. Our correspondent reports that over 6,000 hectares of maize farmland were destroyed in the […]
Perhaps, unimpressed by the performance of the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, the governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, did not name a commissioner or a permanent secretary for the ministry as he announced his new cabinet on Monday. The new cabinet is made of 11 commissioners and 15 special advisers. The omission comes as a […]
Rural farmers do not have access to quality seeds to improve farm yield in Nigeria because most of the 300 seed companies and 50 seed inspectors in the country are not functioning. A seed expert, Sadi Dansadau, said this in an interview with Premium Times on Thursday. He said only about 75 seed companies are […]
MM Beto rice mill began production in Malumfashi, Katsina State, with a target of displacing foreign rice in the state and to some extent the country at large. Since early 2017, there has been the establishment of modern rice mills in Funtua area but poor electricity supply and inadequate supply of paddy rice threatened full […]