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Olam Nigeria wins LCCI’s Award
Olam Nigeria Olam in Nigeria has won an award for the most impactful investment in Agriculture at the annual Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industries’ (LCCI) Awards 2016, held at Muson Centre, Lagos...
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Cross River partners NYSC on agric, tourism development
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade Plans are afoot for the deployment of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Cross River State to agriculture, infrastructure and tourism sectors in...
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Abia bemoans inadequate land for agriculture
Ikpeazu Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu has bemoaned the lack of arable land for agriculture in the state, which he said also applies to the entire South East geopolitical zone. He said the little...
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Genetically modified crops designed to enhance productivity, farm efficiency...
PHOTO: google.com/search The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says genetically modified crops are meant to have a positive impact on farm income due to enhanced production and...
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Ooni of Ife’s 100 acres cashew plantation excites NCAN
< Previous 1 of 10 Next > Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Cashew-Farm The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) says it is excited about Oba Enitan Ogunwusi,...
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Safer food, feed maize as aflasafe treated harvest thrives
Three years on, consumers in Nigeria are well on the way to eating better quality maize in which there is lower level of aflatoxin, a potential carcinogen from the fungus, Aspergillus flavus. In the...
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Association inaugurates agric project to empower women, youths
University of Ibadan Dr Eyiwumi Olayinka, the President, University of Ibadan Women Society, on Sunday said the association had inaugurated agricultural project, Ag Impact, to create jobs for women and...
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Millers, farmers agree on wheat price
Millers Association of Nigeria and wheat farmers have fixed the Guaranteed Minimum Price for wheat produced in the country at N140,000 per ton. At the formal signing of the Memorandum of Understanding...
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NSPRI develops plant-based fumigants for crop storage
Agribusiness As Nigeria battles to get residue levels properly in grains and pulses to be fit for local consumption, especially export, the Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has...
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NIOMR holds conference on sustainable food security
To galvanise efforts of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and its State counterparts, the private sector, donor agencies and other agriculture stakeholders are working towards...
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Taking drudgery off, bringing mechanisation to boost agriculture
PHOTO: www.worldbank.org • Dizengoff commits to farm support Increasingly, food supply in Nigeria is under pressure, and prices are galloping. The old regime of agricultural production, where manual...
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FIIRO: Unveiling research results to create more jobs
DG and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), Dr. Gloria Elemo (left), and Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, inspecting agricultural...
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Food Security: How paucity of fertilizer threatens harvest in states
Accessibility of fertilizer for farmers remains a challenge The 2016 farming season, for crop farmers, has been one like no other in recent years. It has been fraught with late rains and paucity of...
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Stakeholders canvass removal of fertilizer subsidy
Fertilizer Stakeholders have canvassed the need for government to review Nigeria’s Agricultural input sector policy, with a view of fashioning out an exit strategy for fertilizer subsidy. They argued...
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Boli, roasted plantain, going out of reach
Boli The increase in the price of many farm produce has not only affected tomatoes, but plantain, also. Hardly will one find roasted plantain, also known as, ‘Boli’ on the street of Lagos, and pack of...
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BATNF: Enhancing wealth creation across the cassava value chain in rural...
BATNF Agriculture has been described as critical to economic development and employment, especially in developing countries and Nigeria is currently regarded as the largest producer of cassava in the...
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Candel company launches CleanFarm project
In a bid to bring smiles to face of the farmers and users of Candel products, Candel Company Limited has launched a programme, tagged CleanFarm Project, which is the first of its kind in Nigeria and...
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Finance ministry handling payment of GES input suppliers, says Ogbeh
The Minister of agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), has refuted an online publication, which accused the Minister, Audu...
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Tomato post-harvest losses worrisome - FUNAAB Don
A Professor of Horticulture, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor ‘Goke Bodunde, has expressed concern over the high...
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Nigeria can’t succeed without reviving agriculture - Boya
Barrister Aliyu Boya, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship candidate for Fufore local government in Adamawa State, has said Nigeria cannot achieve its economic goals by depending only on...
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