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Asla Akpu Alla is a 62-year-old farmer who has been cultivating crops like groundnut, sesame, sorghum, maize and rice in the last 26 years. Talking about his farming activities in Doma, Nasarawa State, last week, he told Daily Trust on Sunday that, “You need to see how much we harvested from this land 40 years […]
Poultry farmers in Kogi are to get N4.2 million loan each for egg production under the Federal Government’s National Egg Production (NEGPRO) Scheme. Chief Tunde Badmus, the Scheme Manager and National Anchor of the programme, disclosed this at a town hall meeting with poultry farmers in Lokoja on Friday. Badmus said that NEGPRO had started […]
The Nigerian government has been called upon to ban importation of agricultural machines and equipment with local alternatives. The government was also urged to promote local sourcing of raw materials for fertiliser production, as well as quicken the passage of the Fertilizer Quality Control Bill 2017. The National President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of […]
The International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Saturday urged Community Development Associations (CDAs) in Sokoto State to ensure maximum commitment toward improving productivity in agriculture. The IFAD Country Programme Manager, Mr Ben Odoemena, made the call during an interactive session with the groups. Odoemena, in a statement by Malam Hayatu Dallhatu, IFAD Knowledge Management […]
Recruits 700,000 IDPs For Dry Season Farming The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has predicted that food insecurity is expected to deteriorate from July to August next year in Nigeria’s northeast due to the typical lean season cyclical characteristics. Speaking at the launching of FAO 2017- 2018 dry season farming and distribution […]
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved 150 hectares of land and N100million seed capital for the 150 Libyan returnees and victims of human trafficking, who completed skills acquisition training at the Edo Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) office in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Obaseki, who made the announcement during the graduation ceremony […]
Dr. Ibrahim Hussaini Doko is the Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC). In this interview, he explained why his organisation is promoting the production of safflower, a highly thistle-like annual plant commercially cultivated for domestic and industrial use. Before we talk about safflower, which your organisation seeks to promote, how would […]
Governor, State of Osun , Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola was on Friday, honoured with the 1st Nigeria Cocoa Award in recognition of his contribution to agricultural sector through his various programmes particularly the Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme (O-REAP). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh […]
Egg breakage by layer chickens is something most poultry farmers are familiar with. An expert, Musa Abdulrahman of National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), noted that the trend is an acquired behaviour which doesn’t necessarily have a causative agent, adding however that a number of reasons could lead to it. Abdulrahman pointed out that the […]
Farmers have been encouraged to grow a breed of potato called Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) because it has a lot of economic importance and also because of its high nutritional value. Ms. Elizabeth A. Jibrin who grows OFSP in large quantity told Daily Trust recently that it was one of the crops that put more […]
Catfish farmers using earthen ponds, surface tanks, plastic tanks etc. often face the challenge of high fingerlings mortality rates when raising them. As such, utmost care need to be exercised in handling these fragile fishes in order to optimise production and profit. A healthy pond grooms healthy fishes. Prior to stocking, 250kg of lime should […]
ECOWAS countries have been tasked to enforce gender-friendly and inclusive agriculture laws to increase production and value-chain in order to meet up with Africa’s Zero Hunger target by the year 2025. The reiteration came at the ECOWAS Parliament joint programme with OXFAM and The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) aimed at promoting gender equality […]
Nike Akande, Chairman of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Business Group Nigeria, has affirmed that adequate attention to agriculture, especially efforts that will enhance the economic fortunes of the rural and smallholder farmers will automatically turn the nation’s economy around. She stated this while speaking at a dialogue session on smallholder farmers organised […]
Director General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr. Nasir Mohammed Ladan, has said 540 unemployed youths in Osun State with passion for agriculture will be trained in arable crop and livestock farming. Ladan said the training will be held in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to him, the programme, tagged: Sustainable […]
The plan to organise the first-ever international agricultural exhibition and conference in Africa, in Osogbo, Osun State, is gradually coming to reality. This is as SIFAX Group of Companies, a conglomerate of companies into the business of maritime, aviation, haulage, logistics and freight forwarding in Nigeria, has decided to bankroll the organisation of Agritech by […]