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[ad_1] In this interview, the Chief Executive Officer, AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited, Ayodeji Balogun, disclosed efforts made by his company in creating wealthy farmers in Nigeria and boosting investments along various value chains in the last five years, as he speaks on other salient issues in the agricultural sector. Excerpts: Can you give a brief […]

[ad_1] THAT the slain Borno farmers did not get military clearance is an inconvenient truth, but the real error of judgement was taking the government at its word. In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military chiefs – the same military chiefs there today – to relocate to the […]

[ad_1]  Border Re-Opening And Nigerian Rice Revolution  Rice is one of the most consumed staples in Nigeria, with consumption per capita of 32kg.  In the past decade, consumption has increased 4.7%, almost four times the global consumption growth, and reached 6.4 million tonnes in 2017 – accounting for c.20% of Africa’s consumption.  As at 2011, […]

[ad_1] LAGOS  – It came as a cheering news to many, especially the youths when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), authorised each commercial bank to give up to N2 billion maximum loan to youths interested in going into agriculture, under the Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (AADS), at five per cent interest rate yearly.  The […]

[ad_1] LAGOS – Lagos State Government has affirmed that it will increase its fish production by nothing less than 60,000 metric tonnes in 2021 to bridge the huge deficit in order to meet the state’s demand for fish. Abisola Olusanya, Commissioner for Agriculture in the State, dropped this hint on Thursday while addressing newsmen on […]

[ad_1] The Global Food Prices Index has registered a sharp rise in November to its highest level in nearly six years, led by vegetable oil, sugar, cereals, dairy and meat the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has said. Details of this were highlighted in the FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) report released […]

[ad_1] As Borno State and Nigerians mourn slain 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday, Civil Society Orgsanisations, CSOs, Thursday, expressed sadness and demanded for sack of Service Chiefs and new security approach to protect lives and property across the country. Speaking on the horror unleashed on innocent rice farmers on their field […]

[ad_1] The authority would make available the rabbits, cage, vaccine and training for the youths free. The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Paul Ikonne, has said that the authority has commenced a programme to train 17,000 youth on rabbit farming in the southern part of the country. Mr Ikonne disclosed […]

[ad_1] ABUJA – Kabir Ibrahim, National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has once again warned that the unending insecurity in the country which would result in food crisis may threaten the stability of the country. A statement on Wednesday by Ibrahim, appealed to the government, to as a matter of urgency, sit […]

[ad_1] ABUJA-National Agricultural Land Development Authority(NALDA) on Wednesday announced that it has begun the recruitment of 17,000 youths who would be empowered to engage in rabbits rearing. Prince Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary of NALDA, who revealed this in Abuja at a media parley, said already the Authority had started the pilot programme in four States […]

[ad_1] A Civil Society OrganisCivil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Monday, blasted the Senior Special Assistant, Media, and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, over comments made on the killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno on Saturday, in an interview with the BBC on Monday. Reacting to the alleged comment made by Shehu, […]

[ad_1] The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Monday, expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of 43 rice farmers in Borno State on Saturday while on their farms by Boko Haram insurgents. This was contained in a statement made available to Vanguard, where the National President of AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, said the killing portends […]