Expert lists factors driving citizens from agriculture
The challenges of unemployment, urban migration, excessive dependence on oil and poor living standard of Nigerians have been listed as factors responsible for the neglect of agric sector. The post...
View ArticleFMARD, FUNAAB, NASS train youths and women
In order to encourage more youths and women participation in Agriculture, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta .... The post...
View ArticleWhy local wheat production is stunted
Despite Federal Government’s intervention in the wheat sub-sector, to reduce the country’s reliance on importation, it may take the country several years to bridge the huge demand gap. The post Why...
View ArticleFAO begins aquaculture support project to restore livelihoods
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations (FAO) has launched aquaculture support project to restore livelihoods of households in Borno State.The four-year project funded by EU Trust Fund...
View ArticleFarmcrowdy group launches farmgate Africa to assist rural farmers
To bridge gaps between rural farmers and the market place, the Farmcrowdy Group (FCG) has launched a new subsidiary, Farmgate Africa, a technology-driven agro-trading market place for agriculture...
View ArticleAccess Bank woos Nigerian farmers to agric funding facility
Access Bank Plc has urged Nigerians and corporate organisations to leverage the bank’s financial support and solutions to grow their agricultural businesses. The bank’s Head of Agric Desk, Opeyemi...
View ArticleHow to create wealth from mango processing for export, local markets
Head of Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA, writes on how seasonal and highly perishable mangoes could be processed, preserved and used to create wealth for the processors and other value chain players....
View ArticleFG to partner The Netherlands on seed development
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government’s to collaborate with the Government of the Netherlands on improved seeds/seedlings to...
View ArticleFertiliser policy has reduced price from N13,000 to N5,500, VP claims
Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has said fertiliser blending programme in collaboration with Morocco has led to establishment of 11 blending plants with a capacity of 2.1million and a price drop from...
View Article‘Indiscriminate use of herbicides poses danger to ecosystems, human health’
Agricultural scientists and environmentalists have called on the government, farmers’ associations and non-governmental organisations to effectively control the use of herbicides and other dangerous...
View ArticleGroup hails Ondo on agriculture
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has been commended for his interest in agriculture, in both human capital and general development of the state. This was the submission of a group,...
View ArticleLagos promises to boost agric production, marketing
The Lagos State Government has promised to use the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project to increase productivity, processing and marketing of...
View ArticleEdo, CBN partner to boost agripreneur programme
The Edo State Government has partnered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on a synergy between the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) and the state’s Agripreneur initiative. Special Adviser to the State...
View ArticleNIHORT empowers 120 Deltans on mushroom, ginger cultivation
Over 120 people have been trained on mushroom & ginger cultivation and value chains development in Delta State. The training and empowerment facilitated by a legislator representing...
View ArticleFUNAAB gets international accreditation for courses
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has received international accreditation for four of its programmes run by Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable...
View ArticleDon harps on training of agric extension workers on aquaculture
Professor of Agricultural Extension at Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Dr Oji Onu Ekumankama has said that agricultural extension workers... The post Don harps on...
View ArticleNAMEL, Mantrac to open up 500,000 hectares for farming
The Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation and Equipment Leasing (NAMEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mantrac Nigeria to open up an additional... The post NAMEL, Mantrac to open up...
View Article‘Plant biotech, solution to Africa’s socio-economic development challenges’
A professor of Biotechnology at Covenant University, Professor Olawole Obembe, has asserted that plant biotechnology offers Africa and the world significant opportunities... The post ‘Plant biotech,...
View ArticleAgro Park to inaugurate processing zone in July
Agro Park Development Company, a value addition agro-allied company based in Lagos and Ogun states, is set to inaugurate an integrated agro-processing industrial... The post Agro Park to inaugurate...
View ArticleNSPRI advocates agric trust fund to fast-track development
As part of solutions to the challenges in agriculture, and to fast-track agro-economic development and diversify sustainably, a dedicated trust fund to finance agricultural... The post NSPRI advocates...
View Article