Category: Agriculture

Poultry Farmers Decry Scarcity Of Day-Old Chicks
July 3, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Decry Scarcity Of Day-Old Chicks

Some poultry farmers have lamented the scarcity of day-old chicks required for rearing, a situation they blame on the COVID-19 lockdown period. The farmers made the complaints in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on...
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FG Distributes Cashew Seeds, wheat, cocoa, Others To Kogi Farmers
July 3, 2020 No Responses

FG Distributes Cashew Seeds, wheat, cocoa, Others To Kogi Farmers

The Federal Government has distributed 38,142 kilogramme of improved cashew seeds to Kogi farmers. Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this known at the roll-out of inputs to farmers in Lokoja on Thursday, as part of...
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35,000 Cotton Farmers For 2020 Wet Season Farming In Zamfara
June 30, 2020 No Responses

35,000 Cotton Farmers For 2020 Wet Season Farming In Zamfara

The National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) Zamfara chapter, has said that no fewer than 35,000 cotton farmers will participate in the 2020 wet season farming under the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. NACOTAN’s Chairman in Zamf...
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FG Earmarks N600b For Agric Financing Scheme, Seeks Support For APPEALS Project
June 29, 2020 No Responses

FG Earmarks N600b For Agric Financing Scheme, Seeks Support For APPEALS Project

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono on Monday said the Federal Government has earmarked N600 billion to enhance farmer access to agricultural financing in the country. Nanono said that about 2.4 million farmers were targeted to benef...
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Adamawa Earmarks N550m Fertilizer For 2020 Farming Season
June 24, 2020 No Responses

Adamawa Earmarks N550m Fertilizer For 2020 Farming Season

The Adamawa Government has earmarked the sum of  N550 million  to buy  fertilizer for the 2020 farming season. The  Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Umar Pella, disclosed this shortly after the State Executive Council’s ...
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CBN, Maize Farmers Inaugurate 2020 Inputs Distribution In Anambra
June 23, 2020 No Responses

CBN, Maize Farmers Inaugurate 2020 Inputs Distribution In Anambra

The Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), Anambra chapter, has commenced distribution of inputs for the 2020 wet season framing. The farm inputs distribution was launched under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Bo...
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FG Begins Distribution Of Fertilisers To 70,200 Farmers In Jigawa
June 23, 2020 No Responses

FG Begins Distribution Of Fertilisers To 70,200 Farmers In Jigawa

The Federal Government has commenced distribution of fertilisers to 70,200 farmers affected by flood in Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers were among those affected by flood in 19 Local Government Areas of the state in ...
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Farmers Seek Support For Nasarawa’s N2.5b Fish Dam
June 22, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Seek Support For Nasarawa’s N2.5b Fish Dam

The N2.5 billion fish dam being constructed in Kokona Local Government of Nasarawa State is expected to  boost food production and shore up Nigeria’s tourism potential, the Nigerian Farmers Co-operatives Society has said. National Coordinator of th...
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Keystone Bank Approves N500m For Farmers
June 19, 2020 No Responses

Keystone Bank Approves N500m For Farmers

Keystone Bank has approved N500 million through the Central Bank of Nigeria to support the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS). In a statement on Thursday, the National Coordinator of the group, Mr Retson Tedheke commended the development.. ...
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Wet Season: CBN To Empower 1.1m Farmers With N432b Loans
June 18, 2020 No Responses

Wet Season: CBN To Empower 1.1m Farmers With N432b Loans

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plan to fund the value chains of nine commodities to the tune of N432 billion in the 2020 wet season. Mr Yila Yusuf, the Director, Development Finance Department of the CBN, disclosed...
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Ekiti Farmers Seek Soft Loans, Tractors
June 18, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti Farmers Seek Soft Loans, Tractors

Farmers in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State on Thursday  appealed to the state government to assist them with soft loans and tractors to boost their agricultural production. The Chairman of Ekiti State Farmers Association, Ido-Osi ch...
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Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture

The Delta State Government has granted its approval for the state to access eight billion naira loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to develop agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who made...
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USAID Trains 7,519 Rice Farmers In Delta
June 16, 2020 No Responses

USAID Trains 7,519 Rice Farmers In Delta

Delta Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Chief Silver Ejezie, on Monday said USAID has commenced  training programme for rice farmers in the state. Ejezie, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Asaba, disclosed that...
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Lagos Distributes Maize, Sorghum To 15 Farm Settlements
June 15, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Distributes Maize, Sorghum To 15 Farm Settlements

The Lagos State Government  has commenced  the distribution of maize and sorghum to not less than 15 feed millers, farm settlements and other stakeholders in the livestock industry in the state. The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abis...
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