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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), has disbursed the sum of N216.6 million as loan to 1, 171 rice farmers in Gombe State. The Branch Manager of BOA in Gombe, Adamu Idris Dula, stated this at the launch of the first phase of CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme for rice […]
The Ogun state government has unveiled its plan for corps members willing to use their service year to farm and venture into other areas of agriculture development. The Governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, made this known during the passing out programme of another set of corps members who have just concluded their three […]
The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, FCT, Mr Abdulahi Galadima on Tuesday distributed fertilisers to farmers in the ten electoral wards at subsidised rate to boost agricultural activities in the area. Galadima said that the gesture was aimed at encouraging farming and to position farming as a business for the development of the agricultural sector […]
Nigeria’s economy has continued to generate increasing growth opportunities as organizations sustain drive to key into opportunities provided by government’s renewed focus on agriculture. Dizengoff Nigeria’s focus on boosting Nigeria’s agriculture economy for rewarding economic growth, received boost recently, as the company rolls out more tractors to enhance mechanized agriculture in the country. The company […]
Mr Chucks Egbueh, Project Coordinator, FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) programme in Anambra, says the programme is executing five irrigation projects across the state. Egbueh, who said this on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, added that the projects were currently at various stages of completion. He said that […]
The African Chicken Genetics Gains (ACGG) has said it intends to transform smallholder chicken production into commercially viable enterprise with active private sector engagement that empowers rural women. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Funso Sonaiya, principal investigator of ACGG, disclosed that the project, which was a product of science and innovation, had produced […]
Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, presented N215million cheques and farm inputs to farmers in the state. The gesture was under the Fadama 3 Additional Financing Project. Akeredolu said in Akure during the ceremony that his administration would not relent in its determination to encourage more people, especially youths, to embrace agriculture as an […]
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has re-energized his desire and determination to make the state a hub for both local and international investors in agricultural value-chain and other areas as he opened linkages at a Business Roundtable organized by African Caribbean Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ACDBC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State. According […]
In its bid to ensure agricultural development and improve healthcare delivery, the Caretaker Management Committee of the Obokun Local Government has distributed cocoa seedlings to farmers and drugs to health centres across all towns in the Local Government Area. The Executive Secretary of the council, Alhaji Oladiran Ashaolu, during the distribution of the materials on […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, will inaugurate a new world-class fertiliser plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertiliser and Chemicals Limited, today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea fertiliser is considered the world’s largest single-train Urea plant. According […]
The federal government has declared its determination to provide all that it would require to ensure that the agricultural intervention project to be pioneered at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife and bankrolled by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the tune of N3bn, is tremendously successful. The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, […]
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state yesterday flagged of the sales of fertilizers to farmers in the state in Jenkwe, Obi local government area of the state. Almakura, while flagging off the sales of the fertilizers, said the his administration had over the past years procured assorted fertilizers and sold to farmers at a […]
The federal government is to compensate Ebonyi State poultry farmers affected by the December 2016 Avian Influenza attack on poultry farms in the state, from July 5. The state’s commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Uchenna Orji, disclosed this yesterday in Abakaliki during a training programme for poultry farmers in the state on ways […]
The federal government said on Sunday that adequate provision has been made for farmers across the country to have enough fertiliser to grow food throughout the year. The chief executive officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Uche Orji, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “Last […]
As part of efforts, led by the Government, to restore livelihoods and combat critical levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in areas affected by Boko Haram violence, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has began the distribution of emergency seeds and fertilisers to over 1million farmers in North-east Nigeria In a statement to […]