Oyo to partner farmers, others to celebrate ‘Amala’ Fiesta
Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, has restated the commitment of the state government to partner research institutes, farmers, agricultural cooperatives...
View ArticleStakeholders rally to improve farmers’ welfare
Stakeholders, including academia, research experts, financial institutions, soil scientists and credit providers, Wednesday held a consultative meeting to improve the livelihood of farmers in the...
View ArticleFG reassures on food security for all
The Federal Government has allayed fears in some quarters that the country would experience famine in 2017, saying that it has put in place sufficient mechanisms to achieve food security in the...
View ArticleNigerian farmers need no external financial aid –LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has said that the farmers in Nigeria needed no external financial support to grow their farming businesses. However, the OPS’ group pointed out that...
View ArticleAdamawa state recruits 500 agric officers
Adamawa state Government said on Thursday that it had recruited and trained 500 agricultural extension officers to boost farming activities in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr...
View ArticleFG trains farmers on tomato disease control
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with Fadama III Programme has organized a capacity building workshop on strategies for management and containment of Tuta...
View ArticleNASS assures on agric institutes’ adequate funding
The National Assembly has assured of its commitment to continually appropriate enough fund to agricultural institutes in the country so that they would help in the diversification of the country’s...
View ArticleFG urges Nigerians on balance diet consumption
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has called on Nigerians to make conscious efforts at eating balance diets, saying it would reduce the rate of illness and diseases in...
View ArticleTanzania to export 100,000 tons of maize to Zimbabwe
Tanzania recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zimbabwe for the export of 100,000t of maize in 2016–2017 at USD345 per ton. Zimbabwe used to import maize from Zambia; however, the...
View ArticleFG mulls amendment of Land Use Act for food security
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has canvassed the urgent need for amendment of the Land Use Act as a strategic option for improving agricultural productivity and by...
View ArticleFG to distribute 900m palm seedlings to farmers
The Federal Government is set to distribute 900 million seedlings of high yielding palms to farmers in the coming weeks to boost palm oil production in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and...
View ArticleNigeria’s livestock market value to hit N2trn
….Lagos consumes N1.8bn worth of livestock daily Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has projected its current efforts to create a structured market for the...
View ArticleBOI, NIRSAL partner to boost agricultural lending
As part of effort to provide support to the growth of agricultural sector in the country, Bank of Industry, BOI, and the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, NIRSAL,...
View ArticleFG targets $8bn savings from food storage facilities
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said that the Federal Government would save over $8 billion through the Nigerian Stored Products Research...
View ArticleAttaining SDG2: GODAN calls for an end to hunger through open data
Franka Osakwe Today, nearly 800 million people worldwide are extremely hungry and malnourished, with majority living in Sub-Saharan Africa- a place with vast arable lands. Experts have shown that the...
View ArticleAgribusiness key to Africa’s economic growth – AfDB
The African Development Bank has said there was the need for collaboration to transform Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness in order to achieve long-term wealth creation and prosperity in the...
View ArticleFG sustains SG2000 programme to enhance small-scale farming
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has promised to build on the foundation of the Sasakawa-Global 2000 (SG2000) programme to further develop agriculture as a key component of...
View ArticleFarmers bemoan fertilizers’ price hike
Farmers under the umbrella of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, have decried the hike in the price of fertilisers by suppliers and other middlemen in the distribution chain. The apex...
View ArticleJigawa to partner NARICT on fertilizer, tomato processing
Jigawa State Government is set to partner with National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, NARICT, Zaria, in the areas of fertilizer and tomato processing. The State Governor, Muhammad Badaru...
View ArticleFG to extend RUFIN scheme for farmers
The Federal Government has declared to continue the Rural Finance Institution Building Programme, RUFIN, to empower more local farmers in all the 12 participating states across the country. This was...
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