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A member of the Executive Working Group of the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation, Mr Innocent Azih, in this interview speaks on the new Agriculture Promotion Policy and how policy-enabling interventions by government can help ameliorate the challenges faced by small-scale farmers. The federal government’s restriction on rice importation last year was intended to protect […]
Some farmers in Maiduguri have expressed optimism of recording bumper harvests in the 2017 cropping season. They also commended the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for supporting displaced farmers to return to their farms. Thousands of displaced farmers supported by FAO cultivated their farmlands in Maiduguri and other liberated communities. FAO in collaboration with implementing […]
To ensure steady increase in food production, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has called on parents to encourage their children to be involved in agriculture. Governor Okowa made the call Wednesday at the official flag-off of harvest cum sales of fish of the Mega Fish Farmers Cooperative Union at the Okelle Farms, Ugbisi, […]
TVC News Correspondent, Lara Afolayan has emerged best reporter TV Broadcast category, in the Open Forum on Agriculture Biotechnology Awards (OFAB Awards). Afolayan also beat the best reporters in Radio and the print category to emerge overall best science reporter. The award which was given at the The Open Forum on Agriculture Biotechnology, Nigeria chapter, […]
In spite of the rampaging armyworm in farms, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says there is no threat of food insufficiency in Nigeria. He said on Tuesday at the Capacity Building Training for ECOWAS member states, organised on how to control and manage armyworm outbreak in West Africa. The training […]
Nigeria has been chosen as one of the priority countries to benefit from the US $280 million Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA) launched today at the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. The multi-million dollar partnership put together by the Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation […]
The Federal Government has been called upon to promulgate government agricultural policies that will direct all tiers of government, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to promote agricultural anchor groups throughout the country. This call was made by the executive chairman, Bemola Group, Dr Olukorede Odeniyi, while delivering a lecture titled “Eradicating hunger and […]
Ahead of the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, wants greater attention paid to the implementation of concrete plans for achieving the green revolution in Africa. The seventh African Green Revolution Forum, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from September 4-8, 2017, will focus on […]
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has declared that henceforth undergraduates of agric institutions must first among other things, show their farms before they are allowed to graduate. The universities of agriculture were statutorily established for agricultural development, and were supposed to be under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. However, […]
Agriculture stakeholders have committed to work together in tackling post-harvest losses affecting vegetable and fruit production. The stakeholders made the commitment during the 8th USAID/Rwanda Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Community of Practice Meeting in Kigali last week. Epimaque Nsanzabaganwa, horticulture division manager at National Agriculture Exports Development Board (NAEB), cited tomatoes, where between 30 and […]
The Federal Government has been charged to provide special fund for women farmers, towards boosting the nation’s food production. This was the submission of participants at the end of the First National Workshop of National Council For Women Societies (NCWS) on the role of women in economic diversification, held in Akure, the Ondo state capital. […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has flagged-off the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) for poultry farmers in Lagos State, with the distribution of 10,000 day old chicks to members of the Erikorodo Poultry Estate Farmers Association, Ikorodu. The flag off, in collaboration with Bank of Industry (BoI) and Amo Farms, was in line with the […]
• BoI Has Breached Terms, Conditions Concerning The Fund- NCAPMA • Govt Should Prevent Truncation, Summersault Of Policy- Master Bakers After years of foot-dragging on disbursement of the major portion of the N10b first tranche release from the Cassava bread fund by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Bank of Industry (BoI) […]
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) has disclosed that that it has spent N3.2 billion to enhance the production capacity of 98,202 rural farmers. The organisation’s Executive Director, Sabina Idowu-Osehobo made the disclosure while reviewing the performance of the LAPO Agricultural and Rural Development Initiative (LARDI). She said the money was to […]
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has commended the Federal Government on its renewed efforts on agriculture aimed at repositioning the nation’s economy for sustainable development, reports the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. The governor gave the commendation on Sunday in Ilorin when the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari paid him Sallah homage. […]