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[ad_1] The number of countries planting biotech crops on the continent has grown from three in 2018 to six in 2019. Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Malawi are now part of the African countries planting Genetically Modified (GM) crops, alongside South Africa, Sudan and Swaziland, according to a report by the International Service for the Acquisition of […]

[ad_1] The Presidential Fertiliser Initiative aims to increase the access of Nigerian farmers to NPK fertiliser The federal government on Monday announced that it has registered five million farmers and their farms for fertiliser subsidy through the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI). The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, disclosed it at a meeting […]

[ad_1] ABUJA- Food Growers Association of Nigeria (FOGAN) on Monday announced that it would embark on the construction of silo complexes in 774 Local Government Areas as part of measures to preserve the farm produce of its members across the country. National President of FOGAN, Mr. Joseph Owolabi, who announced this in Abuja at the […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) said it would engage about 400 youths in its 300 hectares of farmland in Gombe State under its National Young Farmers Scheme. Prince Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary of NALDA, who announced this at the weekend in Gombe State during his visit to the farmland, said […]

[ad_1] STATES in the South have not been proactive in terms of food production, which is evident in their collective neglect of agriculture. This was one of the fallouts of our general dependence on the monthly federal allocations from Abuja since the rise of our crude oil-dependent economy. While Northern states continued to strengthen their […]

[ad_1] The National President of the Association of United Farm Products, Traders and Livestock Dealers of Nigeria, Stephen Akombo, weekend, attributed the shortage of food production in the country to attacks on farmers across the nation by bandits and herdsmen. Akombo warned that the nation would be plunged into acute famine if the Federal Government […]

[ad_1] As Federal Government plans to employ 774,000 artisans and unskilled workers across the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria for three months, about five million poultry jobs are on the line. In the last seven months, about two million poultry jobs have reportedly been lost due to acute scarcity of maize and soya beans, […]

[ad_1] The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has offered to provide technical support to three states of Nasarawa, Benue, and Plateau states ravaged by the farmers/ Herders conflict in the Northcentral region of the country. Principal programme officer of CDD, Mr. Yusuf Shamsudeen at a two-day strategic stakeholders’ meeting in Lafia, said that the […]

[ad_1] The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono, has urged soil scientists to assist in educating agricultural extension officers on soil fertility management. Nanono gave the advice on Saturday in Abuja, at the “Experts dialogue”, in commemoration of World Soil Day (WSD) marked on Dec. 5, every year. The dialogue, organised by the […]

[ad_1] Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Catfish farmers in the country on Saturday met to brainstorm and strategize for better productivity in the industry. The farmers, under the aegis of the Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) met with the former President, who is a founding member of the body at the boardroom of […]

[ad_1] Binta Mukhtar, who can only crop part of her 73 hectares farm, says “farming is a very expensive venture” Binta Mukhtar, 58, a mother of six, cultivates a variety of crops in Kano. In this fourth part of our new interview series on women in agriculture, Ms Muktar shares her experience with PREMIUM TIMES. […]

[ad_1] By Imam Murtadha Gusau In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Grantor of Mercy All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad (Peace be upon him), is His Servant and Messenger. Dear brothers and sisters, unfortunately […]

[ad_1] The Lagos State Government has said that it had upscaled the Maputo Declaration benchmark of 10 percent budget for agriculture by member-countries from one percent to two percent. The state government also disclosed plans to increase its fish production by at least 60,000 metric tonnes in 2021 to bridge the huge deficit in the […]