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At a time when the Federal Government is focusing on agriculture, in its diversification programme, former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that Nigeria could overcome recession and food shortage and experience economic boom if it is fully committed to the growth of agriculture as an alternative to oil. In a […]
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Shehu Ahmed has inaugurated the SERVICOM Committee of the Ministry. Inaugurating the committee, the Permanent Secretary expressed satisfaction with the Reform Coordination and Service Improvement department of the Ministry for taking its rightful place in the Ministry to drive, coordinate, monitor, report and troubleshoot […]
Our turn-around story — MD In a twist of events Nigeria’s indigenous multinational, Dangote Group, bought back a subsidiary it had built and sold off. In this interview, the Managing Director of one of the foremost flour, noodles and pasta producer, Dangote Flour Mills, Alh. Ahmed Yakassai, explained what happened, the results and impacts. By […]
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations […]
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information, Senator Emmanuel Onwe has justified the banning of the sale and consumption of foreign rice as part of the state government’s moves to uphold the health and well-being of the populace. The commissioner also clarified issues concerning the purchase price of the locally produced rice even as touted agriculture […]
*No famine in 2017—Ogbeh *FG working to end recession —Osinbajo The African Development Bank, AfDB, is to invest $24 billion in agriculture and agribusiness on the continent in the next 10 years. This came on a day the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, assured that there would be […]
As part of efforts to boost maize and groundnut production in Nigeria, significantly lower aflatoxin contamination in food and feed, boost profitability for the poultry industry and ensure healthier families and better income for farmers, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has launched a biocontrol product, aflasafe, which drastically reduces aflatoxin contamination in crops. […]
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) Lagos, a multidisciplinary marine research institute and Nigeria’s prime institute for Marine Sciences, is building the capacity of fish farmers under the aegis of West Africa Aquaculture Productivity Initiative (WAAPI)-an innovative platform in the aquaculture industry which deals with the entire value chain. The capacity building is […]
The increasing population in Africa and particularly the Nigerian environment has a huge market and therefore is no doubt the best global investment destination for a profitable returns and serious prospective investor in Agriculture. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri made this assertion when a team of Japanese investors visited him in […]
Despite the challenges facing the livestock and poultry industries as a result of high cost of feeds and others, the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, has said poultry production has always been profitably sustainable and will always do if adequate training is given to farmers, capable of lifting the economy out […]
A Brazilian company, seeking a share of the Nigerian market, is targeting the country’s farmers with its tools. Agriculture is an important industry in Brazil, just as it is in Nigeria and other Africa countries, Funbi Sowande, the company’s Marketing and Sales Manager in Nigeria said, drawing similarities between the two countries and explaining, at […]
Rice farmers have urged state governments to follow the footstep of Ebonyi and ban the sale of foreign rice as a means of boosting local production. Mr Aminu Goronyo, the National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on […]
As the government is striving to make agriculture the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, fertilizer which is a critical input in agriculture has attracted an investment worth $4.5 billion. This investment was majorly done by Notore and Indoramma, who have been the major players in the fertiliser subsector in the recent past. It was also […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has emphasised the need to amend the Procurement Act and remove Agriculture from the tedious procurement process in order to fast track the procurement process in the Agricultural sector which is known to be time- bound. The Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture, Mohammed Monguno made the call when […]
Farmers in Ondo state have called on the Governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to accord agriculture a rightful position in the incoming administration as it is the only way to ensure food security. The Chairman of the Ondo State Agricultural Commodities Association (OSACA), Pastor Akin Olotu who made the call […]