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[ad_1] Maize farmers and merchants in Katsina State are worried that the current insecurity in some parts of the state may affect maize production this year. Our correspondent in the state reports that Sabuwa, Faskari, and Dandume are the main maize producing areas in the state, which are currently being threatened by bandits. Daily Trust […]

[ad_1] By Vincent A Yusuf Since the advent of COVID-19, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been introducing a new interest rate regime to keep the nation’s productive sector alive.   The apex bank slashed the lending rate from 13.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent, in addition to the extended moratorium and lower […]

[ad_1] LAGOS – A call has gone to the federal gov­ernment and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to promote demand- driven agriculture in order to develop the sector rather than the supply-driv­en, which is prevalent now. Emmanuel Ijewere, Vice President of the Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NAGB) gave the advice while speak­ing in a telephone interview […]

[ad_1]  In order to improve the daily consumption of pro­tein in the country, women, farmers, cooperatives, tra­ditional institutions, reli­gious organisations, town unions, labour unions, media, film industry and institutions of learning among others have been called upon to join in the campaign. Food experts and nutrition­ists while stressing the need for the country to increase […]

[ad_1] The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has denied an online report that he stopped the investigation of the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). The minister, through his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu said in a statement on Saturday […]

[ad_1] The Nigerian government said it has set up plans to establish 142 agro-processing centres across the country, with one centre in each senatorial district of the six geo-political zones. The government said the development will help revolutionise the agricultural sector in Nigeria. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, alongside the Agriculture and Rural Development […]

[ad_1] Farmers under the auspices of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) say they are uncomfortable with the plan by the federal government to spend N13.9 billion on pest control in the country. The government had on June 12 approved a N13.9 billion intervention fund for pest control in Nigeria. Announcing the development in a […]

[ad_1] The South East Governors’ Forum, an umbrella body of the five governors in the South East geopolitical zone, reacted to alleged insensitivity of the governors over the threat to security in the zone by Fulani herdsmen, insisting that the governors were committed to the welfare of the people. The allegation was made by Igbo […]

[ad_1]  Cassava products are in very high demand all over the world for the production of various products and compounding of animal feeds.  The advent of global warming has put cassava on the front burner as a prime raw material for the production of ethanol which does not emit carbon dioxide unlike fossil fuels. High […]

[ad_1] LAGOS  – Determined to provide foods to meet the needs of Lagosians, the All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State chapter, has appealed to the state government to urgently provide them with farming equipment such as bulldozers and tractors and good seedlings to make farming easy for them.  Dr. Femi Oke, State Chairman […]

[ad_1]  It must be surprising to many that an initiative set up less than three years ago to transform the agricultural sector in the country is closing in on accomplishing almost all its mandates.  The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) took off in 2017 after the visit of the King of Morocco to Nigeria in December […]