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The Veterinary Council of Nigeria has appealed to state governments to embrace the international standard in building abattoirs in their various states, to ensure that only healthy animals are given out to the public for consumption. Chairman of the body’s continuing education, Prof. Gabriel T. Ogundipe, stated this in Yola, at a one-day refresher seminar […]
Flour Mills of Nigeria has affirmed its readiness to maximise local content in agro-allied investments. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the company, Mr. John G. Coumantaros, at the official commissioning of Sorghum Milling Plant, in Kano, by the Northern Nigeria Flour Mills. “We are determined to ensure the success of our agro-allied investments. […]
There is good news for small businesses and farmers. They can draw from the N26 billion Agriculture and SMEs Fund, it was announced yesterday. Union Bank Managing Director Mr Emeka Emuwa broke the news in Abuja at the end of the Bankers Committee meeting. He said the board of the Agriculture and SMEs Fund had […]
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN) says it is embarking on a tractorisation project, which is aimed at moving Nigeria out of the stranglehold of food insecurity. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, said this when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Thursday. He said that […]
A former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, on Thursday provided insight to how countries with similar challenges as Nigeria fixed their economies and left Africa’s most populous nation behind. He said Nigeria needs to embark on aggressive savings to return to growth pattern and sustain it. He was speaking in Lagos at the annual conference […]
Subject relating to promotion of entrepreneurship among those who would be leaders of tomorrow is an idea whose time has come. It is timely as current realities warrant a shift of Nigeria’s economic base towards the direction of the future, with robust emphasis on thoughts about diversification of our economic base. The time has therefore […]
Smallholder cocoa farmers and other stakeholders are happy over the establishment of an elaborate cocoa processing plant in Ede, Osun State, and the third largest cocoa producing state in the country. They are happy that the plant will be able to check the bleak future of the business which is presently facing stiff international competition […]
By Audu Ogbeh Undoubtedly, the future we have always been waiting for has arrived; but this is causing us some degree of concern as, suddenly, we find out that we are not ready to feed ourselves properly. For too long, we’ve depended on import of food – rice, sugar, meat, milk, honey, chocolate, milk, name […]
The Bankers’ Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Thursday said the Nigerian economy was steadily pulling out of recession. The Committee gave the review at the end of its 331st meeting in Abuja. It said indices on non-oil sector growth in the second quarter of the year showed the economy could recover […]
Nigeria’s economy probably expanded in the second quarter as factory and farming output improved, helping it recover from the first annual contraction in 25 years, Statistician-General Yemi Kale said. “Intuitively, we might be getting out of recession in the second quarter, but I can’t say until all the numbers are in,” Kale, who is also […]
Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Peter Obi the country needs to save aggressively, diversify the economy into knowledge based exports and invest in developmental education to come out survive the present economic challenges. He stated this at the first annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), held in Lagos on Thursday. […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has disclosed that it is planning to organise a livestock development conference later in the month to address challenges in the sector. FAO’s Country Representative to Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma, made the disclosure when he presented his letter of commission to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, in […]
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and Hightech System Limited are to partner in tractor assembling, manufacturing and other tractor value chain services as part of Higher Institution Tractorisation Initiative(HITI). The joint venture Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Abuja between UNN and HITI under the Partnership Development Programme on Nigeria Agricultural Mechanisation Local […]
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have raised the alarm over poor monitoring of foreign aid to the sector. They said the development may scuttle government’s efforts to achieve food security. Former Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria President Prof Dele Fapohunda said there was a need for increased government’s monitoring of foreign aid spending in agriculture to […]
The federal government has asked federal universities of agriculture across the country to establish colleges of nutrition and medical sciences in their institutions. Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this during a meeting with members of the governing councils of Federal Universities of Agriculture in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said […]