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With a national annual import of more than US$337mn, the management of Dangote Sugar Refinery has declared its irrevocable commitment to the Backward Integration Policy (BIP) of the Federal Government to reverse the trend and make Nigeria self-sufficient in sugar production Nigeria is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest importers of sugar second only to South […]
[ad_1] APART from unrelenting Boko Haram terrorists’ attacks, Nigeria and Nigerians have in recent years continued to witness unconscionable destruction of lives and property through frequent herdsmen and farmers clashes. Indeed, what initially began as intermittent but innocuous quarrels between farmers and herdsmen over land and grazing routes soon escalated into bloody clashes. The clashes […]
[ad_1] Yenagoa- The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. David Alagoa, says about 3,500 rice farmers across the state are currently engaged as beneficiaries of the Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme and Anchor Borrowers programmes. He said in Yenagoa the state capital that the two programmes were part of the government’s investments in agriculture in partnership […]
[ad_1] Bauchi- The Bauchi State Government has approved the sum of N1 billion as loan to the state fertilizer company to boost production in this year farming season. The State governor, Bala Mohammed disclosed this on Tuesday when he paid a visit to the company in continuation of his projects inspection tour across the state. […]
[ad_1] “He gave for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.” — Jonathan Swift, […]
[ad_1] No fewer than three students of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, FUAM, have been reportedly kidnapped from the institution by unknown gunmen. Vanguard gathered that the three students, whose identities were yet to be released by the institution at the time of this report, were abducted last Saturday night while studying near a […]
[ad_1] • Researchers, Sano Food make case for inclusion• Unlike cassava flour, it needs no enzymes To reduce the country’s yearly wheat importation bill and conserve foreign reserve, researchers have made economic case for inclusion of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) puree in bread and other confectioneries. A kilogramme of wheat is currently N280 but […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government has distributed free 40 agricultural pollination starter packs to fruits, vegetables farmers and bee keepers in Edo State. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, last week, said that the Federal Government was committed to ensuring food security in the country through various programmes aimed at empowering farmers. Nanono, […]
Price May Go As High As N17, 500 — Lawal As the new planting season commences across the country, farmers are raising concern over the dual challenges of access to fertilizer and quality seedlings. Feelers across the states indicate that the current rising cost of food crops, linked to inflation, could be worsened as the price […]
[ad_1] Inaugurates Gender Steering Committee To Bridge Agric Sector Gap The Federal Government has commenced training of 110 fertilizer inspectors to curtail adulteration of the product. The move is in line with the enactment of the National Fertilizer Quality Control Act 2019, designed to address the age-long sharp practices affecting farmers’ yields. The Minister of […]
[ad_1] Scholars and other stakeholders in the agric sector have called on farmers to embrace organic agriculture to save the environment and also for healthy living. While speaking during the General Assembly and inauguration of the National Steering Committees (NSC) of the Knowledge Cluster On Organic Agriculture (KCOA) in Ibadan, Oyo State, they maintained that organic agriculture practice prevents […]
[ad_1] Asibi Gede, 55, who who owns farms in Abuja says she has suffered from insecurity and feeders have destroyed her farms. Asibi Gede, 55, a smallholder farmer and mother of two in the Federal Capital Territory, owns two and half acres of land. She has been practicing crop production for over 40 years. She […]
[ad_1] Abeokuta, April 23, 2021 (NAN) Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Friday received the report of the Peace Committee set up by the government to look into the recent Farmers/Herders crisis in the Yewa axis of the state. Abiodun had inaugurated a peace committee in the wake of the crisis, to establish its immediate […]
[ad_1] The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Kwara, Mohammed Bagega, has confirmed the rescue of a 69-year-old farmer, Alhaji Alaga Olayemi, kidnapped on Wednesday by a seven-man gang. Bagega said the victim, kidnapped in his farm at Oke Onigbin, was rescued on Friday after a painstaking search and rescue operation conducted within Oke Onigbin, Iloffa, […]
[ad_1] ABUJA- The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has begun the process of establishing an integrated farm estate on its 1,200 hectares of land in Ekiti State. The Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer of NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, stated this in Ekiti at a meeting with farmers who have been farming on the land […]