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The Port Harcourt Glorious Harvesters Cooperative Society has appealed to the Rivers Government to provide facilities to farmers to boost rice production in the state. The President of the cooperative, Mr Amos Ogbu, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Sunday. He appealed to the […]
Chief Silvanus Ejezie, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Delta chapter, has called on the State Government to provide farmlands in the wetland for dry season farming. Ejezie made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba on Sunday. He said that the association had identified some wetland […]
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch on Wednesday 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower programme in Sokoto. The project is expected to provide hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for inhabitants of the rural communities, according to a press release from the African Press Organisation. A pilot is set to begin […]
The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday said it had contained the ‘Stem-borer worm’ scourge destroying stems and leaves of irrigated maize in the state. Malam Dahiru Abdullahi, the Information Officer of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. NAN recalls that the outbreak of […]
Katsina State government has awarded a N500 million contract for a Tomato Paste Processing Plant at Kokami Village, Danja Local Government Area. The contract was awarded to National Research Institute of Chemical Technology (NARICT) in Zaria. Mr. Aliyu Bello Abubakar, the Acting Chairman of Danja Local Government Area, said on Saturday that the factory was […]
To make the goal of economic diversification achievable, the Ebonyi State government launched a one-man, one- hectare scheme, with the target of capturing 80,000 farmers and providing them with soft loans. Aside this, the state also provided 13 bulldozers, 40 tractors with complementary equipment; agro chemicals, fertilizers, while non- selective herbicides and seedlings were given […]
A long line of customers queue along a glass divide separating them from a rice food station at an eatery in Lagos, Nigeria. Diners can choose between white rice, fried rice and jollof at a local restaurant,“The White House”. A steady flow of customers is served in the main hall and in two packed adjoining […]
Five hundred and sixty-three trials were established by the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) in 2016 across Nigeria and Tanzania, to help unlock the agronomy of cassava. The trials were part of the broader initiative by the research community led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), with its international and national partners to […]
The Federal Government is seeking partnerships that will assist Nigeria in her attainment of food sufficiency. The Director in charge of Planning and Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Awul Maidabino, made the disclosure during a joint steering committee meeting of the ministry in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Mr Maidabino emphasised that the ministry was […]
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) in Plateau, said on Monday that avian influenza or bird flu, has resurfaced in the state, killing more than 11,000 birds in one week. The association’s chairman in the state, Mr John Dasar, who made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, said six farms […]
In its bid to improve farming substantially, as well as, revolutionise the Nigerian agricultural sector through mechanisation, Dizengoff Nigeria, is partnering CASE IH, a global leader in agricultural equipment manufacturer, in the area of providing quality tractors to Nigerian farmers. Announcing this in Lagos, the CEO/Country Manager of Dizengoff Nigeria, Mr. Antti Ritvonen, said for […]
Fulani herdsmen in Ibarapa area of Oyo State, on the platform of Jamu Nati Fulbe Association of Nigeria, have threatened to close down all Kara Markets (cattle markets) in the area over the disappearance of about 500 cows. They said all complaints lodged by herdsmen over the disappearance have fallen on deaf ears. While speaking […]
Such projects it was learnt that include-FADAMA 111AF; Anambra World Bank rice irrigation project; Federal Government Anchor borrowers’ project; National program for rice and cassava production. The state also increased rice and cassava yields by keying into the Casakawa global 2000 project, the Atas 1 and IFAD value chain development programmes. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. […]
Knowledge is important, in fact, very important. But knowledge alone cannot develop a society. You need passion. You need foresight. A leader who has consuming passion for the welfare of the citizens will always excel. Yes, sometimes he may falter or fail because he is human, but ultimately his place in the pantheon of the […]
The commissioner said that the first phase of the project had the capacity to produce 350,000 chicks every six weeks and hatch 30,000 eggs per week. The Anambra Government has set 2019 as target to be self-sufficient in production of poultry, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Mark Okoye, said. Okoye made this […]