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[ad_1] Lagos— Housewives in Lagos State, on Wednesday, called for improvement in irrigation farming to reduce the price of food items in the country. The housewives, who spoke with newsmen, said that the high cost of food items had inflicted untold hardship on most households. Josephine, a journalist and a mother of three, told NAN […]

[ad_1] The federal government has advised all states across the federation to use agriculture as leverage for the revival of the nation’s economy post-COVID-19. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Ikanade Agba spoke Wednesday, at a Community of Practice, CoP, meeting, for all state Commissioners for budget and economic planning in […]

[ad_1] Following enormous pressure caused by climate change and the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic on the global food system, affecting poor countries most, the Food and Land Use Coalition, Wednesday, called for $350 billion annually to eradicate global hunger and poverty by 2030. This was contained in a statement issued by the International Fund for […]

[ad_1] Despite its huge coconut consumption record, Nigeria buys the bulk of its coconuts from Ghana and Ivory Coast, and ranks 19th on the list of producers in the world. Nigeria’s expenditure on coconut importation annually cannot be described as anything short of outrageous, as shown by data from the United Nations Statistical Office. The […]

[ad_1] Banks have guaranteed 26,830 loans worth N3.6 billion to farmers under the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) in ten months (January to October) 2020. Meanwhile, the  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  has just rolled out guidelines for private sector in agriculture to access loans on the federal government’s Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (AADS). […]

[ad_1] Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the retrieval of all farm settlements under the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA). The farms will henceforth be reorganized to enable thousands of young men and women to be engaged in farming activities. He gave the directive while making remarks at the launch of National Young […]

[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja urged agencies involved in agriculture to further streamline their priorities in the inclusion of youth in driving modern methods of farming while assuring all those interested that an enabling environment will be created for full participation. In his remark at the launch of National Young Farmers Scheme, designed […]

[ad_1] Nigerian leaders have failed to allocate enough funds to the agricultural sector, the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, said on Monday. Mr Bwacha made the call at the National Assembly when the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, appeared before the Senate committee on agriculture to defend the ministry’s 2021 budget. […]

[ad_1] A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and Director General, Voice of Nigeria VON, Mr Osita Okechukwu has appealed to Nigerians, particularly leaders of the APC to key into the agricultural blueprint of President Muhammadu Buhari which he said is the surest way of meeting the presidential mandate to lift 100 million […]

[ad_1] The federal government would also acquire 100,000 hectares of land in each state for food production The Nigerian government has announced it plans to obtain a $1.2 billion (N459 billion) loan from Brazil. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known on Wednesday at the House of Representatives. She […]

[ad_1] The leaders of the community have asked the company to vacate their land in the interest of peace, alleging that it was illegally acquired. Indigenes of Illushi community in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State are at loggerheads with a rice farming company, Skaff International Agro Farms Limited, over the acquisition […]