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After pushing farmers into jatropha farming ahead of plans to establish biofuel refinery, the government backing out and farmers are caught in shock. Jatropha farmers in Katsina say they have been neglected despite being pushed into the business by government ahead of the proposed establishment of a Bio-fuel refinery in Kogi state. The chairman of […]
In Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), banana is one of the cheapest commodities one can find. They are on roadside selling points, in shops and highbrow supermarkets. Traders say the increased production from banana plantations-from modern mechanised and medium to subsistence and barn yard producers-is glutting the market. Banana can be grown anywhere, and […]
How to Access Anchor Borrowers Fund: In order to increase funding for the agricultural sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in line with its developmental function, established the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), which was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. The broad objective of the ABP is to create economic linkage between smallholder […]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has urged the over 5,000 beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) agricultural loan in the state to pay up. The governor made the appeal at an interactive meeting with some of the farmers at Kadawa, Garun-Mallam Local Government Area of the state. He […]
Oyo State Government has promised to inaugurate the first automated silo in Nigeria soon, as part of efforts to enhance the diversification of its economy through agriculture. Gov. Abiola Ajimobi made the disclosure in Oyo during the inspection of the Oyo State Integrated Silo Complex located along Oyo-Awe road on Tuesday. The News Agency of […]
Irish potato farmers in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State are at present entertaining fears over poor market price of the produce in the area. Consequently, they are gearing up to harvest the produce and put them for sale before the price worsens. The farmers, it was gathered, have suffered high cost of seeds […]
An expert in Soil Physics at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Professor Johnson Adesodun, has lamented that Nigeria down graded the relevance of soil to life and has, therefore, not been adequately managing its soils for sustainable development. Prof. Adesodun, who was discussing his recent research into options to organic fertiliser in farming and […]
…Says market potential in US, Europe great The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has earmarked the sum of N86.5 million for the promotion and cultivation of ‘ogbono’, a local ingredient for ‘draw’ soup in many parts of Nigeria. Ogbono (irvingia gabonensis) is a household name in many Nigerian kitchens. It is one of the most expensive […]
The Farmers Empowerment Association, a coalition of FCT Farmers’ Cooperative Societies has commended President Buhari’s administration for shortlisting FCT as one of the benefiting state of the Anchor Borrow’s Programme. The President of the Association, Obaje O.D. in a press statement, lauded the present administration for the gesture, adding that it signals a dawn of […]
The Olofa of Offa, in Kwara State, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Okikiola, Esuwoye II, is a poultry farmer, in this interview, he speaks on the challenges presently facing the sector. You are a king, and also a poultry farmer, what led you into it? From year 2002, before I became Olofa, I woke up one day […]
A three-day Plantain Plantation seminar was organized by the Standard Impact Team at Ihunbor, Customs Check Point, near MeritChoice Agric City, Ihunbor in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State recently. According to Mr. David Segbenu, one of the organizers of the event, the seminar, cum mini tour and visit to the Plantain Plantation […]
Not many people outside its immediate neighbouring communities know of its existence. The community lags behind its peers inform of development. Though clothed in neglect and underdevelopment, it has enviable history; one so rich and glorious. The story of the old South-west region and its lofty achievements and feats including the first television station in […]
Delta Government has registered over 30,000 farmers across the selected enterprises of Cassava, Oil Palm, Rice and Fisheries for the CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Austin Chikezie, who disclosed this in Asaba, said that the aim was to boost the production of Fisheries, Cassava, Oil Palm and […]
Following Kano State government’s renewed interest in agriculture, rice produced by farmers in the state rose from 692, 481 tonnes in 2015 to 1, 551, 720 tonnes in 2016. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who stated this during an Interactive Session on loan recovery with Farmers on the Central Bank of Nigeria/Bank of Agriculture/Kano state Rice’s […]
The Harare City Council on Wednesday issued a 48-hour ultimatum for all illegal food vendors in the city to stop operations on a typhoid outbreak that has claimed two lives so far. The move by the local authority follows a typhoid outbreak that has been raging since late December 2016, with more than 300 suspected […]