JDPC laments N60bn agric budget deficit in Ondo
The Justice, Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Ondo State chapter, has decried the low budgets to the agricultural sector in the state. JDPC chairman, Public Finance in Agriculture for Budget...
View ArticleVillage maps out farmland for production of food, cash crops
The agrarian community of Oloko, in Ikwuano local government area of Abia State has mapped out a parcel of land for food cultivation to address escalating rate of unemployment among its people, propel...
View ArticleCollege empowers 200 Nigerians with poultry kits, capacity building
Two hundred Nigerians have been trained in the art and rudiments of poultry production as part of what the Federal Government calls green revolution agenda to decelerate the unemployment rate and...
View ArticleOver 600,000 plantation workers to lose jobs as palm producers allege sabotage
Indications have emerged that over 600,000 workers employed in over 200,000 hectares of palm plantations across the Nigeria may lose their jobs on accounts of threats posed to the industry by smuggling...
View ArticleFG partners with farms on cattle breeding, livestock market
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kiyasa Farm Ltd on cattle breeding improvement, and...
View Article‘We have empowered more youths, women in fish production’
The Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos, has trained about 150 youths and women in fish production and value addition. Provost of the college, Dr Abiodun Sule, who spoke at the...
View ArticleGovernment earns N1.3b on concession of 19 silos, firms
The Federal Government earned about N1.3 billion from concession of about 19 Grain Reserves Silo Complex to the private sector. Besides, it would also earn about N10.4 billion from the concessionaires,...
View ArticleWays farmers can successfully market cassava roots
Intermittently, cassava producers in Nigeria express frustration and lamentation over inability to sell their fresh cassava roots. Head, Agro-Economy, FEMI IBIROGBA writes on ways the farmers can sell...
View ArticleGinger farmers lament neglect by government, rip-off by marketers
Nigeria ranks third largest exporter of Ginger after China and India globally, accounting for between 500 to 1,000 tonnes yearly. Ginger is produced in six states of the federation namely-Kaduna,...
View ArticleNigeria partners Malaysia on agric value chain development
Poised to rebuild the nation’s economy and create job opportunities for her teeming population, Nigeria has entered a strategic partnership... The post Nigeria partners Malaysia on agric value chain...
View ArticleCollege trains 200 in fishery production, marketing
Two hundred youths and women selected across geo-political zones have been trained in fishery breeding, production and value addition... The post College trains 200 in fishery production, marketing...
View ArticleFG re-appoints agric seeds council DG
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed the Director-General of the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Dr Philip Olusegun Ojo, for outstanding performance. The post FG re-appoints agric...
View Article‘Organic foods are healthier for human consumption’
Mr Patrick Ugwumba, Chief Executive Officer of Farmkash, an outfit that specialises in helping people in farming organically... The post ‘Organic foods are healthier for human consumption’ appeared...
View ArticleObasanjo, Ajimobi inaugurate agric development projects at IITA
Nigeria’s former President and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State... The post Obasanjo, Ajimobi inaugurate agric...
View ArticleKidnapping, insurgency to cause food crisis, loss of 10m jobs by 2020
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has raised the alarm that food scarcity looms by 2020 and over 10 million jobs will be lost in the crop production... The post Kidnapping, insurgency to cause...
View ArticlePorous borders, unending rice smuggling weighs on local production
Notwithstanding all efforts to promote local production of rice in the country, the protracted smuggling of the commodity appears to have grown to the extent of dominating the market, just as it suck...
View ArticlePower failure, price fluctuation, conflicts still mar agric sector
Indications have emerged that unresolved power failure, fluctuating prices of agricultural products, unhealthy competition and scarcity... The post Power failure, price fluctuation, conflicts still mar...
View ArticleOCP partners BoA, Novus Agro on Agribooster initiative
The OCP Africa has signed a cooperation agreement with the Bank of Agriculture and Novus Agro on its Agribooster initiative to support... The post OCP partners BoA, Novus Agro on Agribooster initiative...
View ArticleInflux of fake Titus fish troubles farmers, marketers
Consumers and other stakeholders in the fish industry are worried by influx of ‘counterfeit’ Mackerel fish, popularly called Titus fish into the Nigerian market. The post Influx of fake Titus fish...
View ArticlePIND set to revive cocoa plantations, productivity in five years
Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has fashioned a five-year plan to revitalise cocoa productivity by rejuvenating existing plantations in the country so as to increase...
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