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FG has accessesed a $67m World Bank loan to develop Hadejia Valley Dam in Jigawa The Chairman, Senate Committee on Water Resources,Senator Ubale Shittu, on Sunday said that the Federal Government has accessed a $67 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate Hadejia Valley Dam in Jigawa. Shittu in an interview in Dutse said that $60 […]
The former Registrar, Veterinary Council of Nigeria, VCN, Dr Markus Avong, has called on the Federal Government to licence animal vaccine importers over possible inflow of fake and adulterated products into the livestock industry. Avong said the livestock industry remains strategic in diversifying the economy. According to him some unscrupulous persons may be involved in […]
President, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba has said that political farmers are main benefactors of different Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) interventions to support rural farmers. The labour president raised the allegation at a meeting organised by ActionAid Nigeria in Abuja as part of activities to mark 2017 Global Week of Action to Fight […]
The National Horticultural Research Institute, in fulfilling its drive to develop horticultural produce and products for local and export markets with attendant health, industrial raw materials and employment generation benefits, organised a two-day training workshop for more than 200 people in Ibadan, Oyo State, toward increased income and prosperity. The training workshop, which covered theoretical […]
An industrialist, Chief Chamberlin Okechukwu Adiaso, has given a N100million loan to farmers in Abia State. Adiaso, Mayfair Project Ltd Managing Director, said the loan was disbursed through the Nma Abia Co-operative Society. He spoke during opening of an hospital in honour of his mother Mercy Adiaso in Obieketa autonomous community in Isiala Ngwa South […]
Farmers and scientists are worried over the growing threat of pets and diseases to food security. Globally, biological threats caused by pests and diseases in plants account for about 40 per cent loss in global production. Experts say the problem may get worse. A World Bank consultant , Prof Abel Ogunwale, said pests and diseases […]
Bird Flu Government, Stakeholders Strategise To Combat Disease. This doesn’t appear to be the best of time for poultry farmers, with the array of challenges plaguing the industry.From the soaring price of livestock feeds, which led to drastic drop in the profit margin; low patronage as a result of recession, forcing many to fold up; […]
The Chief Whip of House of Representatives, Alhaji Alhassan Ado Doguwa has described the federal government’s E-Wallet Agricultural programme as the best way of enhancing commercial farming in the country. Doguwa, who disclosed this in Kano during an oversight function visit to Warawa local government area of Kano state, called on Nigerian farmers to support […]
The oldest cocoa producing community in Nigeria, Eti-Oni in Atakunmosa East local government area of Osun State has designed developmental goals to modernise the ancient community, better the lives of the cocoa farmers and curtail the mass rural to urban migration. Speaking at the post Cocoa Festival conference held at the Oloni’s Palace Gureje Square […]
Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday inaugurated a nine-man committee headed by Chief Osaro Idah, to kick-start his administration’s agricultural empowerment programme. This came as he started strategising with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to boost the economy of the state, assuring of his administration’s continued economic revolution to guarantee youth empowerment. The […]
An Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, sentenced a 96-year-old man, Bayode Ojo, and his son, Ade, to two months imprisonment over alleged malicious damage of crops valued at N500,000. According to the prosecution, the convicts and others at large committed the offence at Awule village in Akure Magisterial District on December 27, 2014. The charge […]
The Federal Government has constituted a 21-man steering committee to restructure and recapitalize the Bank of Agriculture (BoA). Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, inaugurating the committee in Abuja on Monday, urged it to work within time to achieve its purpose. He said the restructuring was aimed at revitalizing the bank’s operations to make it more responsive […]
A specialist in bees, Mr. Johnson Oluwaseun, says the establishment of apiaries or bee farms would lead to bumper harvests in Nigeria. Oluwaseun, a consultant with USAID Market 2 in beekeeping training, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Owerri. According to the entomologist, establishing more apiaries would increase the number of […]
An industrialist, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, has enjoined the Federal Government to initiate a cocoa production policy that would enable Nigeria to regain its lost leadership in cocoa production globally. He made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday. Ezeemo also urged the government to position farmers […]
The Managing Director, Jekon Integrated Farms Nig. Ltd., Uyo, Mr. Godswealth Henry, on Tuesday urged the Federal and State Governments to establish oil palm industrial parks in the country. Henry told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Lagos that the parks would provide a sustainable solution to the scarcity and high […]