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The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu A. Abdulhameed, has said that talking too much without action was not in NIRSAL’s DNA. Aliyu stated this yesterday while responding to questions during the national symposium on agriculture with the theme; fixing Nigerian agricultural […]
The Executive Director of Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, has revealed that the National Symposium on Agriculture, organized yesterday in Abuja, at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, in collaboration with the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), was designed to unravel the bottlenecks bedeviling the agricultural value […]
Organic farming can make an important contribution to world nutrition, according to a new study, which says that a global shift to organics can contribute to a sustainable food system when combined with other measures. This includes a one-third reduction in animal products in human consumption, less concentrated feed and less food waste, says the […]
The Oyo State chapter of Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has demanded the prosecution of all police officers involved in the brutalization of students and staff of Federal College of Agriculture, (FCA) and Institute for Agricultural Research and Training, (IAR&T), Moor Plantation, Ibadan, during Monday’s protest. The group, which made this demand in a statement signed […]
Kaduna State Agriculture Core Delivery Team (CDT) is reviewing the State Agricultural Investment Plan to attract local and direct foreign investment to the sector. The CDT in its November report indicated that the review would target information on priority crops such as ginger, maize, soybeans, tomato and rice being produced in commercial quantity in the […]
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sought the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the agricultural development of the state, particularly in cassava and maize production. The governor made the call on Wednesday in Ibadan during the inauguration of the State Project Monitoring Team and State Technical Advisory team of the […]
Ogun State in collaboration with the Federal Government and World Bank has acquired agricultural equipment under the third National Fadama Development Project to increase food production in the state. The procured types of equipment are; four tractors and implements as well as a mini rice combined harvester. Adepeju Adebajo, Commissioner for Agriculture at the commissioning […]
Nigeria can attain food sufficiency within a short time if the federal and state governments partner with the private sector to enhance agricultural production, a Nutritionist, Mr Larry Umunna, has said. Umanna, the Country Director of TechnoServe Nigeria Ltd., made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. The […]
Chairman, Edo State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee on Companies Operating in Edo State, Hon. Chris Okaeben has commended Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc for its stride to complement government efforts in developing agriculture as the main-stay of the economy While lamenting the attitude of some of the youths who are still refusing to embrace […]
Ethiopia has come up with new export reform to boost foreign exchange earnings from primary export commodities. The reform is set to introduce value addition and new marketing system, improve productivity and reduce transaction cost. The country has been and still is highly dependent on primary agricultural exports for foreign exchange earnings. Despite having huge […]
Five companies have donated food items, insecticides and an amount of money in cheques to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in support of the 2017 National Farmers’ Day Celebration. The companies are Wienco Ghana Limited, RMG Ghana Limited, Yara Ghana, Glofert Limited and Agro Limited said the donation formed part their Corporate Social Responsibility […]
Most years attendees at the annual Farm-City Week luncheon at the South Florida Fairgrounds leave with a box full of locally-grown produce such as sweet corn, green beans, peppers and radishes. At the annual event held Wednesday that didn’t happen. That’s because Hurricane Irma’s arrival Sept. 10 left Palm Beach County’s farms flooded and soggy, […]
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains closed mixed on Thursday with corn futures falling to new contract lows as lower-than-expected weekly export sales and abundant supplies weighed on the market. The most active corn contract for December delivery went down 1.75 cents, or 0.52 percent, to 3.365 dollars per bushel. December wheat delivery rose 1.5 […]
Pakistan and Belarus have signed a memorandum of understanding to step up cooperation in agriculture, with a mutual interest in establishing joint milk processing enterprises in the country. Under the MoU signed here on Thursday, the two countries will facilitate direct contacts between their private sectors for joint ventures in milk processing and whole milk […]