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USAID Launches New Agricultural Partnerships With Chi Farms And Niji Foods

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched two new agribusiness partnerships with Chi Farms and Niji Foods. The event highlighted USAID’s agricultural and private sector strategy using partnerships with government, local organizations and private industry to develop the Nigerian agriculture sector. Representatives from the federal government attended the event to highlight their commitment […]

Feb 01, 2017 Read more

FG To Distribute Farm Inputs To 140,000 Farmers In Jigawa

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture says it will distribute agricultural inputs to 140,000 dry season rice farmers in Jigawa through the 2016/2017 Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GEES). The Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) represents policy and pragmatic shift within the existing Fertilizer Market Stabilization Programme. It provides series of incentives to encourage the critical actors […]

Feb 01, 2017 Read more

Rice Farming: Zamfara Govt. Registers 200 Women Farmers’ Associations

The Zamfara government has registered over 200 women farmers associations across the state for the 2017 dry season rice farming. The Special Adviser to the state governor on Zamfara State Comprehensive Agricultural Revolution Program (ZACAREP), Alhaji Aminu Dankwangila, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen on Monday in Gusau. He said that the registration was done […]

Feb 01, 2017 Read more

FG Bans Admission Of Students Without Farming Interests In Agric Varsity

The Federal Government says it has henceforth banned the admission of students who do not have farming interests into its Universities of Agriculture. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at a stakeholders meeting with registrars and pro-Chancellors of the universities in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the decision was […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

Saraki Urges Youths To Harness Benefits Of Agro Finance Law

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged Nigerian youths to take advantage of the Agriculture Finance Bill recently passed by the 8th Senate to further their engagements in agriculture business. In a statement by his Special Assistant, Print Media, Chuks Okocha, Saraki expressed happiness that youths have taken to agriculture as a means of livelihood […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

Chevron Nigeria Expresses Commitment To Agribusiness

STAR Ultra Deep Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of Chevron Nigeria has expressed its commitment to enhance Agricultural business in Nigeria, just as it recently sponsored the training of 50 youths in Oyo State for a three months course at the OFFERCentre institute of Agriculture, Oluponna, Osun State. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Star Ultra […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

2 Million People Targeted For Agric Empowerment Training Scheme In S/West

Project Director of Lagos State Agricultural Empowerment Training Scheme, Mr Oluwaseyi Bamigbade, on Monday said over two million people were being targeted for the training in the South- West geo- political zone of the country, noting that this was part of measures to ensure that there was food security in the country. Bamigbade disclosed this […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

‘FG Dredges Typha-grass From Nguru River To Create Millions Job In Yobe’

Kortomi revealed that the clearing of the typha-grass would go a long way to creating millions of job for farmers and fishermen inhabiting along the wetland. The Federal government, through ecological office, Ministry of environment, has commenced dredging of Typha grass that has taken over Hadeijia- Jama`are river basin, along Nguru wetland, in Yobe state. […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

‘Non-implementation Of Cassava Bread Initiative, Loss To Nigeria’

The President, Association of Systems Management Consultants, Mazi Coleman Obasi, has said the Federal Government is losing so much by not implementing the cassava bread initiative. The initiative was designed to achieve about 20 per cent cassava flour in bread. He said if the government had implemented the policy, the country would have saved significant […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

2 Missing Herdsmen Found Dead In Delta

The lifeless bodies of two herdsmen declared missing last week were reportedly discovered at a bush around Ossissa community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, by police. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, told Vanguard that the corpses were found on Saturday, three days after they were declared […]

Jan 31, 2017 Read more

Dizengoff Nigeria Partners Case IH On Agric Equipment

Dizengoff Nigeria, leading agricultural solution provider, has announced an international partnership with CASE IH, a global leader in agricultural equipment manufacturing. The CEO/Country Manager of Dizengoff Nigeria, Mr. Antti Ritvonen, who made the announcement at a press conference in Lagos, said, “we are very excited to be partnering Case IH in the area of providing […]

Jan 30, 2017 Read more

Agric Fared Well In 2016 –Ogbeh

Although agriculture was up against diverse obstacles in 2016, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has expressed its determination to ride out the storm in 2017 by embarking on many ambitious projects. This viewpoint was made known by the Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh, at the inauguration of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) […]

Jan 30, 2017 Read more

Herdsmen Threaten South-west Food Security, Warns Afenifere

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) at the weekend decried the ruinous activities of Fulani herdsmen in the South-west of the country, warning that except the federal government reined in the nomadic cattle rearers, the food security of the region would be undermined. While stating that the zone’s farmers were no longer able to work at […]

Jan 30, 2017 Read more

A Modern Abattoir For Ondo

The over 33-year-old dream of Ondo State to have a modern abattoir became a reality recently with the inauguration of a N528 million semi-mechanised facility in Akure. It is an established fact that meat is a disease conveying agent and consumption of meat processed under unhygienic condition is responsible for certain diseases being suffered by […]

Jan 30, 2017 Read more