Niger governor urges workers to embrace self-sufficiency programmes
Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has urged civil servants to embrace programmes that would make them self sufficient and prepare them for early retirement.
In...
Nigeria’s current food system weak, vulnerable to shocks, says minister
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, has described the country’s food system as weak and vulnerable to shocks.
Shehuri disclosed...
We are working to revamp agricultural, economic sectors – Gov. Mutfwang
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State on Monday said his administration is working to revamp the energy, agricultura and economic sectors in the state...
Cooperative signs MoU with U.S. based Mushroom Farms to enhance market
Grassroot Agricultural Cooperative Society on Friday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mbeng Adio Mushroom Farms Global LCC, Deleware, USA , for enhanced...
WFP pleads for $6bn in urgent assistance as 41m face starvation worldwide
The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that famine was already present in four countries but millions of more people are at risk, underscoring...
CBN committed to supporting farmers for improved yield – Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, says the apex bank will support small holder farmers to boost food...
4,390 Anambra farmers get input
Emma Elekwa, Onitsha
Over 4,390 farmers in Anambra State have benefited from farm input donated by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Comprising seeds/seedlings, knapsack sprayers and agrochemicals,...
Resolving tractor issue key to mechanisation – Propcom
By Sylvester Thompson
Pro com Mai-Karfi (PM), a market development programme funded by UkAid says Nigeria can fast track agricultural mechanization and ensure food security...
AFCFTA: Stakeholders seek massive investment in agric sector
By Sylvester Thompson
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector say the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) by President Muhammadu Buhari calls for...
Ondo distributes 20,000 cocoa seedlings to farmers in Isua-Akoko
No fewer than 100 cocoa farmers in Isua-Akoko, on Monday, benefitted from the 20,000 free hybrid cocoa seedlings, donated by the Ondo State government.
Newsmen...
Italy ready to invest in Nigeria’s agric sector
By Edith Ike-Eboh
Mr Alessandro Gerbino, Trade Commissioner, Italian Trade Agency (ITA), said the Italian government was ready to invest in Nigeria’s agricultural sector.
Gerbino said...
FAO to help Nigeria tackle soil erosion, environmental degradation
By Felicia Imohimi
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), says it is committed to providing technical assistance towards controlling soil erosion and environmental degradation in...
Border closure opens opportunities for poultry farmers – Exhibition coordinator
By Uchenna Eletuo
The closure of the Nigeria’s land borders has opened a vista of opportunities for poultry farmers, the Coordinator of the 2019 Nigeria...
NAIC: our aim is to protect farmers
The provision of subsidy for agricultural insurance premium is aimed at protecting farmers and complementing the efforts of the Federal Government on financial inclusion,...
Better seeds could help African farmers grow far more
An air of Malthusian gloom hangs over smallhold farmers in Sironko, in eastern Uganda. In the old days, they say, their parents reaped plentiful...
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...
Saving agric from extinction
Some farmers have lost their income to coronavirus (COVID-19) that disrupted the food supply chain. To solve the problem, experts have suggested ways to...
Minister decries lack of improved cocoa seedlings
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has attributed Nigeria’s loss of cocoa powder in the global market to a lack...
‘23 technology incubation to boost food production’
The Presidential Amnesty Programme is partnering the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) to improve the quality and certification of agricultural products.
The products to...
Don canvasses adoption, more researches in GMO crops
A don, Prof Kolawole Adeboye, has called for the adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) crops in Nigeria and calls for more researches into...