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[ad_1] • CBN should work with state govs on irrigation dams, says Africa Rice Centre • Institute calls for interventions in wheat production Some stakeholders in the food production sector have argued that the past efforts of the country since the ex-President Jonathan Goodluck administration have cumulatively got Nigeria unwittingly prepared for emergencies such as […]

[ad_1] A former House Representatives member, Dr Hussain Kangiwa, has urged rice millers and processors to consider reducing the price of processed rice to alleviate the suffering of many Nigerians while the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown lasts. He made this call on Sunday while addressing journalists in his country home, Birnin Kebbi adding that the prices […]

[ad_1] • VAT Holiday Is Not Enough, Incentive Is The Way To Go—Egbebe • Maize Price, Micro Inputs Responsible For Soaring Price—Akpa • VAT Waiver Is Just A Respite, Not Solution To Price Increase—Daramola • Our Prices Have Been Stable— Aller Aqua Despite the Federal Government’s endorsement of the tax holiday on Animal Feeds to boost […]

[ad_1] The Abia State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) has procured improved varieties of maize seeds, chemicals and other inputs to make the programme successful in the state. At the flag-off of the ADP 2020 Anchor Borrowers Planting cropping season, the Programme Manager of the ADP, Chief Israel Amanze, said with the new variety, the state would now […]

[ad_1] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions across the country from Saturday to Friday. NiMet weather outlook, released on Saturday in Abuja, said the dust haze condition observed over Republic of Niger on Friday had entered the northernmost cities of the northeastern flank, reducing the horizontal visibility. According to […]

[ad_1] Osun State government on Saturday said it had commenced investigation into claims that a few bags of rice out of the over 6000 bags distributed as palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown on people of the state are adulterated. The state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, who disclosed […]

[ad_1] Despite repeated assurances by successive governments, Nigeria has consistently underfunded its agricultural sector, leaving the country at the risk of food insufficiency and slow economic growth. The country has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, according to the world poverty clock in 2018. With very low income and insufficient food, Nigeria […]

[ad_1] Medical doctors at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, in Ondo state, are battling to save the life of a 17-year- old girl who was raped and impregnated by her stepfather, Emmanuel Ezekiel. Ezekiel, a farmer, married to the mother of the teenager was said to have relocated to Ondo from Akwa Ibom with three […]

[ad_1] Senior lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola has donated N100million to assist Ekiti State Government in mitigating the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He also donated 800 bags of rice. Mrs Margaret Fagboyo, Secretary of the State COVID-19 Response Resource Mobilisation Committee, said in a statement that Babalola, also […]

[ad_1]  As the lockdown declared by the federal government continue to take its toll on Nigerians, the federal government on Friday disclosed that it has concluded plans to distribute five trucks of relief items containing 3, 000 bags of 50kg rice and one truck of vegetable oil to vulnerable in Ogun State. This is in […]

[ad_1] Nigeria will experience maize shortage if the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic continues. The Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) said it has become necessary to alert the Federal Government as maize farmers are unable to access their farms due to the lockdown and unavailability of inputs. The association said it would be difficult […]