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[ad_1] LAGOS- Seasoned world class influencer and avid businessman, S Mordecai, better known as Mr. Plain, is of the opinion that agriculture has sustained the Nigerian economy despite the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, “The Agricultural sector have been feeding the economy in the lockdown period. This is the time for people. both in the […]

[ad_1] Farmers in Ugbene Ajima community, Uzo-Uwani council area of Enugu State said they now live in fear due to incessant destructive activities of suspected herders on their crops as well as threat to their lives. A farmer from the Enugu community who gave his name as Edward Ugwu, said he lost over N500, 000 […]

[ad_1] …stakeholders suggest solutions Poultry farmers across the country are in pains as the sub-sector faces one of the toughest moments due to continued rise in the cost of raw materials, feeds, and concentrates. This is being compounded by the continued closure of the hospitality sector due to COVID-19. The cost of grains such as […]

[ad_1] The closured of hotels due to COVID-19 is affecting investors in the livestock subsector. The supply of chickens, eggs, beef and mutton to hotels, event centres, markets and other busy food outlets across the states have been severely impacted. Mr Rotimi Oloye, who has extensive investment in catfish production and serves  as the  National […]

[ad_1] Various smallholder farmers in Oyo State have received different categories of Kenaf, yam and cocoa seedlings as part of the Federal Government’s coronavirus pandemic palliative. Just as the Anambra State chairman of the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), Mr Simeon Nwafor, has assured that 535 farmers in the state will receive inputs worth over […]

[ad_1] The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has rolled out a five-year strategic action plan to tackle soil degradation promotion and sustainable soil management to enhance food and nutrition security in the country. The five-year strategic plan, to be implemented between 2020 and 2025, has five thematic pillars, including promoting sustainable management of soil resources for […]

[ad_1] PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari appears dead serious about his intention to stop the allocation of precious foreign exchange to food importation by promoting local production. But there are contradictions that must be sorted out. Buhari’s newest initiative which could help stave off hunger crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic (which necessitated massive lockdowns) […]

[ad_1] Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has urged the Nigerian Army to assist in reducing the clash between farmers and herdsmen in the State. Ikpeazu, who stated this while receiving the General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of the Nigeria Army, Enugu, Major General Lasisi Adegboye, at Government House, Umuahia, commended the Army for assisting […]

[ad_1] Nigerian Police and other security agencies have been urged by the Senate to carry out comprehensive investigation into the attack by suspected herdsmen on Echori and Itakpa communities in Benue State. The Senate said the police and her sister agencies should arrest perpetrators of the dastardly act. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber […]

[ad_1] The Police Command in Yobe has advised farmers in the state to beware of landmines while cultivating crops on their farms. The Spokesman for the Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, gave the warning in a statement in Damaturu. He said the warning became necessary in view of the recent explosion that injured a farmer, Mr […]

[ad_1] A middle-aged woman who was allegedly raped to coma in a farmland at Ebenebe in Awka North local government area of Anambra State by suspected  herdsmen has reportedly died in her home state of Ebonyi. The woman, whose name was given as Agnes Okekpe from Abakaliki local government area was said to be working […]

[ad_1] As hoteliers in Lagos State, on the platform of Hotel Owners and Managers Association of Lagos, HOMAL, call for the release of reopening protocols to enable members to go back to business, farmers are counting their losses to the continued closure of the sector over COVID-19. General Manager of Tuns Farms, Osogbo, Osun State, […]

[ad_1] PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to make available more palliatives for farmers in the country to mitigate the effect of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. PwC, in its recently released publication titled: “Responding to the Impact of COVID-19 on […]