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[ad_1] The Federal Government is set to inject over N600 billion as stimulus-response into the agriculture sector. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, made this known in a statement signed by the Director of Information of the ministry, Mr Theodore Ogaziechi on Sunday in Abuja. The minister according to the statement, made […]
[ad_1] At least ten people have been killed in fresh fighting between nomadic herders and farmers in southern Chad, a local prosecutor said Sunday, with the most of the deaths happening during a funeral. The herders claimed to have lost a cow and tracked it down to a farm, said Brahim Ali Kolla, prosecutor in […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed that the $2 billion Dangote Fertilizer plant has been fully completed and set for commissioning in the coming months. According to a statement by Dangote Fertilizer Limited, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, stated this during a facility tour of the Dangote Fertilizer plant in […]
[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, has revealed that the federal government has resolved to inject over N600 billion as a stimulus response into the agriculture sector, targetting small scale farmers, to ensure food security and sustainability. This was disclosed in a statement, on Sunday, by Theodore Ogaziechi, the director of […]
[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, at the weekend, disclosed that the Federal Government will soon boost farmers’ activities with a stimulus of over N600 billion. Nanono made known in a statement signed by the Director Information, Theodore Ogaziechi, while on a tour of Dangote Fertilizer Plant in Lagos State. According […]
[ad_1] THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, at the weekend, disclosed that Federal Government will soon boost farmers’ activities with stimulus of over N600 billion. Nanono made known in a statement signed by the Director Information, Theodore Ogaziechi, while on a tour of Dangote Fertilizer Plant in Lagos State. According to him […]
[ad_1] Lagos- Prince Wale Oyekoya, an agriculturist who is the Chief Executive Officer of Bama Farms Limited has said that it is a mirage if government is telling the citizens that the nation is self sufficient in rice production. Oyekoya dropped the hint while speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, stating that the price […]
[ad_1] The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested a 27-year-old farmer for allegedly killing one Shuaib Adamu, a herdsman. The herdsman was said to have allowed his cattle to graze on the suspect’s farm at Elega Village, Ikoyi, in Ogbomoso area of Oyo State. The arrest of the suspect […]
[ad_1] A commercial Farmer and monarch, Eze Linus Mbah has appealed to federal and state governments to make roads accessible to farmers to enable them to move their produce. Mbah, the traditional ruler of Ata-Igbo Ukwu autonomous community, Umuzomgbo, Ihechiowa in Arochukwu Local Government Area, Abia made the appeal while speaking with newsmen on Saturday. […]
[ad_1] Boko Haram jihadists on horseback killed two men and seized two others when they attacked farmers outside Maiduguri city in Borno, anti-jihadist militia told AFP Saturday. The insurgents rode into fields in Alau village on Friday, seizing four farmers, hacking two to death and kidnapping the others after inflicting machete cuts on them, the […]
[ad_1] The Secretary, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State chapter, Abimbola Fagoyinbo-Francis, has called on the federal government to urgently intervene in cassava farming in the country. Mrs Fagoyinbo-Francis told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that government intervention would help avert looming scarcity of the crop. According to […]
[ad_1] The National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN), has lauded Africa’s vote of confidence in the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, which paved way for his reelection for another term of five years. Mr Chidike Ukoh, National Publicity Secretary of NFAN, made this known in Abuja on Friday while reacting to […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced to help 1.7mn small-scale farmers in Kenya and Nigeria with personalised agricultural advice through their mobile phones, to improve their incomes, food security and resilience to economic shocks caused by COVID-19 Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF) is a result of a new partnership between IFAD and […]
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[ad_1] Rice farming has become the in-thing in most states of the federation now, as more and more states even the private sector players are keying into the production to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in this staple food. To be counted and rated as one of the states doing well in rice production […]