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Sokoto Agricultural Development Programme, (SADP) has employed 93 extension workers and others while 300 others are to be recruited next year. This is just as 43 staff of the programme have been promoted. SADP Project Manager,Abubakar Malami who disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Sokoto, said the moves were to boost the workforce […]
Prices of cassava stems have dropped to N400 per bundle after touching a high of N1, 200, as demand eases. Since last year, prices of cassava roots and its derivatives such as Garri climbed to an all-time high as demand outstripped supply. In a statement signed by IITA’s Communication & Knowledge Exchange Expert, Godwin Atser, […]
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to deliver effective financial inclusion for rural farming communities across the country. The Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, Kabiru Mohammed Adamu said the pact became necessary in order to build an extensive network of […]
The global integrated pest management market value is anticipated to reach USD 151.0 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The global integrated pest management (IPM) market size was worth USD 91.8 billion in 2016. Increase in pest population owing to climatic changes is resulting in various health problems, […]
Minis- ter of Finance in the Second Republic, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, said yesterday the International Monetary Fund, IMF, borrowed money from Nigeria in 1974. Alhaji, who revealed this when Senator Shehu Sani paid him a private visit in his residence in Sokoto, said he signed the loan agreement when he was Permanent Secretary at the […]
—Nigeria to create 45m jobs needed in Africa Business mogul, Aliko Dangote told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa […]
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Tuesday in Gwagwalada, FCT, at the Seed Fair and Farmers’ Field Day, organised by the National Agricultural Seed council (NASC), assured farmers that the ministry is working with the Nigeria Security and Defense Corps (NSCDC) to ensure that quality seeds are supplied to them […]
Osun Defender learnt at least 378 young farmers at the weekend concluded a one-week training in agriculture as well as other entrepreneurial and leadership development courses at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Center, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State. The training was organized by the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). It drew participants from the Apex […]
The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured Nigerians that the Agency will continue to ensure that any GMOs allowed into the country will pose no threat to human health or the environment. Dr Ebegba, who said this while receiving an award bestowed on him by the National Youth Council […]
Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global law firm Shearman and Sterling LLC high level business leaders and international diplomats invited by the Corporate Council for Africa to hear Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State is blazing a trail with resuscitation of moribund and dead government-owned industries in the state, starting with Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company. PATRICK OCHOGA, writes Tuesday, September 5, 2015, it was cheery news in Edo State following the grand commissioning Edo State Fertilizer and Chemical Company and Bua […]
Cowpea, popularly called beans, is a food eaten in almost all the households in Nigeria, and it is one of the major sources of plant protein; that is why it is widely eaten across Sub-Saharan Africa. Cowpea is a nutritious legume that is staple for over 200 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa which is majorly […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), has alerted Nigerians on tons of genetically modified (GM) maize imported into the country without necessary approvals. NBMA Director-General/CEO, Dr Rufus Ebegba who made this known at a news conference in Abuja said that the Agency got notice of the importation through an intelligence report and has set in […]
The Global Panel, an independent group of influential experts, recently unveiled a report on improving nutrition through improved food and diet, reports Olawale Ajimotokan With backing of the UK Government and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition recently launched in Nigeria the Foresight Report that highlighted […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has revealed that no Nigerian cow currently has the capacity of producing up to a litre of milk daily. Ogbeh disclosed this at a national conference organised by the Ministry of Agriculture in Abuja seeking ways to restore stability in the livestock sector as a means […]