We‘re making efforts to ensure food availability in Nigeria, Farmers tell Tinubu
Farmers under the auspices of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Sokoto Chapter, has assured President Bola Tinubu, of ensuring food availability in the...
Ekiti airport: Displaced farmers decry unpaid compensation
No fewer than 100 farmers whose farmlands were affected by the construction of the Ekiti Cargo Airport, on Monday, protested at the Governor’s Office...
Dry season farming: FG targets over 70,000 hectares of wheat
The Federal Government says it is targeting to increase wheat production by over 70, 000 hectares across the wheat production zone of the country.
The...
Food Production: Farmers seek Tinubu’s intervention
As food prices hit the roof, farmers under the Community Allied Farmers Association of Nigeria, COMAFAS, weekend, sought President Bola Tinubu’s intervention ahead of...
FCTA to partner Israel on agriculture, security
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has expressed the willingness of his administration to partner with the State of Israel on...
Akwa Ibom farmers lament impact of oil spills on crop yield
Farmers in Okoro-Utip community in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have lamented the negative impact of oil spills on their crops...
How Nigeria can prevent food scarcity, insecurity — Commissioner
The commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development in Akwa Ibom State, Dr Offiong Offor, has said that Nigerians must go back to farming to...
AfDB commences agro-industrialisation programme
The African Development Bank has said that phase two of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones will revolutionise agricultural practices and shift Nigeria from an...
Ridiculous Economy: Many Nigerians now go for broken pieces of roasted corn
One may not fully comprehend the level of damage the present economic condition has done to the living standard of Nigerians until he comes...
Flood: Delta farmers embark on premature harvests, build elevated storage
Following the anticipated flooding with the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon into the Rivers Niger and Benue, farmers in flood prone Delta...
As Cost Of Living Spikes, Buying Fertilizer Gets Tougher For Farmers
Fertilizer is no longer a popular option for many smallholder farmers, which may have an impact on crop production in many rural areas.
Since the...
Cameroon dam opening: N700bn CBN farmers’ loan under threat in flooded states
As flooding hits some frontlines states following the opening of the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon by the authorities, about 3.04 million Nigerian farmers may...
Ondo denies sale of cocoa plantation as farmers protest
The Ondo State Government on Monday denied selling a cocoa plantation and sending farmers away from their farmlands at Ilua Community in Ondo West...
Cost of living killing us, female farmers beg FG for palliatives
Following the decision of President Bola Tinubu to remove the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, and the unification of the foreign exchange market by...
FG vows to tackle food insecurity
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, on Monday, assumed office and vowed that the Federal Government will ensure that it feeds...
Minister inaugurates committee to stop rejection of Nigeria’s agro-export
Adebayo inaugurated the 10-member committee in Abuja, on Thursday.
In September, 2022, the minister pledged that the government would execute the recommendations of a technical committee set...
Agric budgets hit N874.83bn, food imports gulp N7.81tn
The Federal Government budgeted about N874.83bn for the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2016 to 2021, whereas the imports of agricultural...
Food crisis: Hungry persons in West Africa to reach 38 million by June
A report issued by 11 international organisations working closely with the European Union on food emergency has said that 11 million more persons could...
NEMA Gives Yam Seedlings To 1,754 Lagos Farmers
On Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) began the distribution of yam seedlings to 1,754 farmers in different parts of Lagos.
NEMA’s South-West zonal...
FG implements NLTP to stem diary importation gaps
The Federal Government says the implementation of the National livestock transformation Plan (NLTP), will close the dairy importation gaps and address other challenges to...