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[ad_1] A market survey by PTCIJ shows that a full bag of onions that sold for N70, 000 now sells for N15, 000. Prices of key food items, including onions, tomatoes and pepper, have fallen after a seasonal price surge late last year, but the farmers’ union warns of a possible repeat without improvement in […]

[ad_1] ABUJA- The Federal Government has said smallholder farmers produce over 80 Percent of food consumed in the country. Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, said the smallholder farmers operate on little but very significant plots of land from which they toil all year round producing basic food and cash […]

[ad_1] Mr Job Akintan, a former lawmaker in Ogun, has appealed to Gov. Dapo Abiodun to implement recommendations of the state 5th Assembly on crisis between farmers and herders in the state. Akintan, a former Minority Leader in the Ogun House of Assembly, made the appeal in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. He said that the […]

[ad_1] LAGOS – As the number of unemployed youths in the country continues to rise, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Mufutau Egberongbe, has urged unemployed graduates in the country to consider going into fish farming. Egberongbe, who is representing Apapa Federal Constituency in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, stated […]

[ad_1] The Presidency says no fewer than 30,000 erstwhile N-Power beneficiaries have been hired as agric enumerators. The N-Power, cash-for-work programme, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 with 500,000 of direct beneficiaries, is spread across the key industries targeted by the programme – Agriculture, Health, Education, and Tax. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to […]

[ad_1] The Presidency says  no fewer than 30,000 erstwhile  N-Power beneficiaries have been hired as agric enumerators. The  N-Power, cash-for-work programme, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016 with 500,000 of direct beneficiaries, is spread across the key industries targeted by the programme – Agriculture, Health, Education, and Tax. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to […]

[ad_1] Farmers and physically challenged persons in Gombe State, have received Federal Government’s irrigation pumps, multipurpose threshers, powered sprayers, and quality seeds ahead of 2021 farming season. The free distribution of inputs to the farmers was done by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon Mustapha Baba Shehuri, and made known in […]

[ad_1] AS the National Assembly resumes today, after 48 days at home following the Christmas and New Year holiday, the Senate declared Monday  that problem of insecurity emanating from  incessant clashes between Herders and farmers across the country, will be thoroughly debated, with a view to coming up with lasting solutions. Answering questions from Journalists […]

[ad_1] AS the National Assembly resumes today, after 48 days at home following the Christmas and New Year holiday, the Senate declared Monday  that problem of insecurity emanating from  incessant clashes between Herders and farmers across the country, will be thoroughly debated, with a view to coming up with lasting solutions. Answering questions from Journalists […]

[ad_1] The Commandant of Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd) has declared Ibarapaland safe and free of killer-herdsmen and kidnappers. The commandant, in a statement made available in Ibadan on Monday, said that he would volunteer to lead anyone who is interested in taking a tour of parts of Ibarapaland […]

[ad_1] Sterling Bank Plc has updated its   agriculture commodities platform operated by   SABEX, an affiliate company. According to the bank, SABEX, first introduced in 2018, is the world’s first fully digitized, end-to-end blockchain commodities trading and financing platform, built by Sterling Bank Plc in collaboration with AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited. MrYemi Odubiyi, Executive […]

[ad_1] The minister says at least 35 per cent of these inputs target women farmers. The Federal Government has distributed free agricultural inputs and quality seeds to smallholder farmers in Gombe State. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The statement by […]

[ad_1] Cocoa warehouse • CBN injects N50b as NCX secures 20 warehouses in six zones•‘Security of farmers must be restored, farm investors, researchers say Some professionals and investors have expressed optimism that the proposed reactivation of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX), which is saddled with the responsibilities of mopping up farm produce, bridging seasonal availability […]