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Ereme displaying a rabbit The Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has demonstrated that youths, women and retirees can make millions of naira practicing low-capital agriculture with its simple, innovative but profitable agro-allied enterprise prototypes. The model enterprises include cane rat, rabbit and snail farming, with simple housing, cost-effective feeds and sustainable returns on investments […]
Rice Farm Professionals and stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called on other states in the country to emulate the Kebbi State government, which has been working the talking by consistently allocating over 10 per cent of the state budget to the sector since 2015. The Coordinator of Oxfam International (an international confederation of 20 Non-Governmental Organisations […]
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lead paper presenters at the 2018 agricultural symposium organised by the agricultural group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry have advocated scaling up of risk mitigation through insurance, funding and industrialisation of agriculture as essentials of food security as the population growth in the country increases. Chairman […]
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) has begun distributing livestock to 4,000 households affected by insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in efforts to assure food security and livelihood. The Executive Director VSF, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, flagged off the distribution in Konduga, Borno, where 400 households got three female Borno Brown goats and a male alongside […]
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Federal Government has been urged to improve support for the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their capacity to produce enough food for the country.Vice- Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Prof. Kolawole Salako, who stated this at a Special Session for […]
Specimen of the Gartech Eco-Pro Caging System Determined to provide enough eggs and chicken, to meet daily needs of the people, Gartech Poultry Equipment Company has developed Eco-Pro caging system to support profitable and comfortable poultry farming system in the country. Executive Director, Animal Care Consult Services, Dr. Opeyemi Agbato, who spoke on the importance […]
Cassava The Federal Government has launched Cassava Seed Tracker (CST), to bring together stakeholders and end users of cassava across the world. Besides, the CST, first of its kind in the world will also help to reduce the cumbersome and arduous paper-based certification previously used and set the country on a global map as a market […]
Food wastage is not acceptable anywhere in the world considering resources required to grow foods. It is more so in Nigeria where millions of people go to bed hungry and starved. FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy Desk, writes on how to preserve common perishable food crops, fruits and vegetables. Post-harvest losses could be described as a […]
Food Market in Nigeria Coordinator Kebbi, Oxfam International, Olumide Ojo, praised the state government for allocating 10 percent of its annual budget to the agricultural sector. Ojo gave praise during a press conference to mark World Food Day 2018 in Birinin Kebbi. Oxfam is an International confederation of 20 NGOs working with partners in more […]
Some women farmers across the country have called on the government at all levels to ensure the rapid implementation of the National Action Plan on Gender Issues in Agriculture to help them increase food production. Farmers who spoke in Abuja called on the government towork in conversation“Encourage more women in agriculture. On October 18, this […]
maize FEMI IBIROGBA, the head of the agro-economic bureau, writes about different perspectives and the determination of the proposed re-introduction of product marketing tips. Many Nigerians from all walks of life called for the early re-introduction of various agricultural planks for cash crops, such as cocoa, cashew, rice and corn, while several others faced such […]
Kano, Niger and Kebbi countries won the best exhibitors at the 2018 National Agricultural Exhibition. Representing awards to exhibitors, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, said that states are actively involved in crops, fisheries, large and small ruminants at the exhibition. He appreciated the recipients of the awards and encouraged others […]
[FILE PHOTO] Oudha Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture of Nigeria The federal government commended Nigerian women farmers for contributing at least 70% to national food production. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Audu Ogbeh, expressed his gratitude by attaching the National Gender Action Plan (NGAP) for agriculture to build the capacity of Nigerian women. The minister said […]
AfBR President, Akinwumi Adesina Increasing the participation of young people in profitable agriculture and agribusiness is crucial for sustainable agricultural development. For Miriam Ahuna Ofaze, a young processor at the National Root Culture Research Institute in Umudik, Abia, there is now nothing between her and her goal of becoming a successful agribusiness entrepreneur. Thanks to […]
Brigadier General. Abdulamalik Biu, acting general officer, commander of the 7th division, said that the rebels attacked a group of people harvesting the remaining agricultural products and killed two of them. The Nigerian Army on Saturday reported that two people were killed by Boko Haram militants in the village of Kuva-Yanveva on Maiduguri-Damboa Road in […]