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China’s plan to get rid of its massive corn stockpile by using it as raw material for its fledgling biogradeable plastics industry could be a game changer for Changchun Shengda Biomaterial and other private factories in China’s corn belt. After buying corn for years to support farmers, Beijing must find a way to work off […]
Governor Rauf Aregbesola has led a delegation to Germany in search of new insights on modern agriculture in order to further realise the dream of making Osun the food basket of the South West. This, the administration believes will help empower citizens and improve the quality of life for residents in the state. On Saturday, […]
Excitement filled the hearts of 50 youths in Ebonyi State last week as the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institution, Rt. Honourable Linus Okorie, facilitated the training of youths in fish production. Okorie said, that if the state could become a fish producing state coupled with the already existing food production […]
The Federal Polytechnic Bida will start full scale commercial farming to boost the revenue base of the institution. This was made known by the Rector, Dr Abubakar Abdul Dzukogi during an inspection of a poultry farm which was managed by the Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Technology Department recently. Dr Dzukogi said that the management has approved […]
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have agreed to conduct a national public enlightenment programme on the operations of the exchange. The Managing Director/CEO of NCX, Mrs Zaheera Baba-Ari, who visited the NOA headquarters in Abuja, said the core objective of the exchange hinged on the provision of an efficient […]
With the constant call for diversification into agriculture by the federal government, irrigation farming remains a key component for achieving self-sufficiency in food production. Most advanced countries hold unto irrigation farming, which forms an integral part of achieving sustainable food security and consequently, food sovereignty of their people. However, the ability of the government to […]
Hope rises for Nigerian farmers as the first ship of phosphate-a major component for NPK fertiliser, from Morocco will arrive the Lagos Port tomorrow. The intervention, which was initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari and his Moroccan counterpart, King Mohammed VI, during a visit of the latter to Nigeria, is to make available one Million Metric […]
The recent news about the arrival in markets around Lagos state of Lake Rice, a harvest of an agricultural business relationship between Lagos and Kebbi states is indeed heart-warming. The “Lake” bit in the brand name “Lake Rice” is said to be an acronym derived from an amalgamation of the first two letters in the […]
A rice farmer at Ezinator- Ohofia, Oduma in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, Mr Simon Chukwu, has relived his ugly experiences in the hands of Fulani herdsmen during the last Christmas season, explaining that he escaped death through the skin of the teeth. Chukwu said he was harvesting rice in his farm when […]
The Federal Government says it will slash the price of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK) fertiliser to N5,000 per bag to encourage farmers to boost agricultural production in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a bag of NPK is currently being sold between N7, 500 and N9, 000 in the open […]
The Northern Governor’s Forum, NGF, says it has resolved to work with relevant stakeholders to secure Nigeria’s borders and register Fulani immigrants entering into the country to rear cattle. The Chairman of the Forum, Kashim Shettima of Borno, disclosed this to journalists at the end of the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, on Tuesday According to […]
The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has tasked officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Youth Engagement as well as Agric/Extension workers across the State to improve on Agricultural productivity and take advantage of the 10% provided by Lagos market to boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the state […]
Soil scientists around Nigeria, on Tuesday, converged on the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) with an agenda to finding a lasting solution to the problems of prevailing soil degradation in the various geographical zones in the country. In his opening address, the Executive Director, IAR&T, Professor James Adediran, gave a solid background to […]
An unidentified policemen, Monday, sustained gunshot injuries during a gun battle between some herdsmen and a team of policemen from the Ughelli Area Command, Delta State. Also the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, yesterday, said its troops have killed two notorious militants in a shootout along the Obama Flow […]
Agriculture Solution Nigeria Economy, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take seriously the diversification efforts of his government from oil to agriculture with a view of bailing the country out of its current economic downturn. Apart from the government, Obasanjo also charged all […]