FG 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleOyo 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...
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