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[ad_1] For most Nigerians, beans are a  major source of protein. The egume which is consumed by both rural and urban dwellers has in recent times witnessed an upsurge in its cost price across the country. This phenomenon has made lovers of the delicacy find it more difficult to buy this source of protein in […]

[ad_1] A delegation from the Federal Capital Territory Agricultural Development Programme (FCT-ADP), as well as the Agric and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) has visited Ogun State on a share-learning mission. Leader of the delegation, who is the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, ARDS, Yahaya Hussaini, said the seamless land acquisition process, land management, farm settlement, […]

[ad_1] Considering the importance of Vitamin A and bio-fortified food to the wellbeing of the people of the state, Ogun State Government says it is working with the Federal Government and private sector to promote the consumption of the food, as well as sensitisation on the need to grow nutritious food. The Commissioner for Agriculture, […]

[ad_1] Susan Godwin’s farm was burnt down during a communal crisis and says restoring the farm has been an uphill task since then. Susan Godwin was in Lafia in 2013, helping her daughter nurse her newborn baby, when she received the news that her house and 30-heactare farm back home in Tudun Adebu had been […]

[ad_1] The Ministry of Agriculture says Nigeria spends over $2bn annually on the importation of honey. Ogundele Olubukola, a principal laboratory scientist at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has been selling honey in the last 10 years, harvesting an average of 150 litres of pure bee honey monthly with just 85 hives. With […]

[ad_1] Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, which is designed to ensure food security, generate employment opportunities, and reduce poverty rate. The plan is hinged in six pillars of crop production, finance, livestock, access to market, value chain, and cross-cutting programmes, the Governor said at the launch of […]

[ad_1] The Kwara Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, in Ilorin, launched a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, designed to make Kwara food sufficient  by 2030. “The essence of this document is to ensure food security, attract investments to the sector, create jobs, reduce poverty, and create inclusive growth by giving equal opportunities for women and […]

[ad_1] The Nigeria Agribusiness Register (NAR) said it would partner National Shea Products Association of Nigeria (NASPAN) to trade shea butter as commodity exchange for the Nation’s economic benefit. Its founder, Mr. Roland Oroh, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Friday in Abuja while discussing the benefits of trading […]

[ad_1] Food availability, sufficiency and affordability will continue to be a mirage as long as banditry and attacks on farmers continue, the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology has declared. Its chairman, Mr. Sunday Bamgbose, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that no nation could boast of sufficiency if […]

[ad_1] Food is a necessity because it is necessary for the growth and maintenance of the human body.  The benefits humans receive from food cannot be replicated by nutritional supplements. The proper foods provide calcium to build and strengthen bones, protein and iron for muscle maintenance and other nutrients that allow the optimal functioning of […]

[ad_1]  Cocoa farmers in Nigeria are counting their losses as the price of the commodity continues to plummet due to the second wave of COVID-19, which has been ravaging many consuming countries, especially Europe and America recently.  The farmers lamented that the cost of inputs is going up while the price of cocoa is dropping […]

[ad_1] Nigeria officially banned the importation of rice two years ago, to improve the local production of rice. As Nigeria plans to increase the production of rice, 20 seed companies benefited from rice seed distribution by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural (FMARD) across the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory […]