Category: Agriculture

FG Approves N13b For Pest Control In Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Others
June 14, 2020 No Responses

FG Approves N13b For Pest Control In Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Others

As part of measures to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector, the Federal Government has approved N13 billion as intervention fund for pest control in 12 northern states, The 12 states scheduled to benefit from the fund...
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CBN To Support 70, 000 Maize Farmers In 2020
June 11, 2020 No Responses

CBN To Support 70, 000 Maize Farmers In 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to support 70,000 maize farmers under its Anchor Borrowers Programme, during the 2020 wet farming season. Head, Development Finance Office, CBN, Mr Nuhu Muazu, reiterated the development on Thursday  in Abuja duri...
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Kwara Flags-Off Distribution Of Tractors To Farmers
June 10, 2020 No Responses

Kwara Flags-Off Distribution Of Tractors To Farmers

The Kwara State Government has flagged-off the distribution of tractors to farmers at subsidised rates as part of strategies to strengthen large scale farming in the state. Mr AbdulQowiy Olododo, the Technical Assistant to the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Ag...
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FG Supports 6, 457 South-West Maize Farmers With N1b Inputs
June 8, 2020 No Responses

FG Supports 6, 457 South-West Maize Farmers With N1b Inputs

No fewer than  6,457 members of South-West Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) are to receive inputs worth N1 billion from the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) of the Federal Government.  Already, some of the inputs were distributed to farmers in Ibadan,....
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Obasanjo Seeks Increased Food Production
June 8, 2020 No Responses

Obasanjo Seeks Increased Food Production

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African leaders to intensify efforts at improving agriculture in their respective countries in order to meet the challenges of post COVID-19 looming food crisis. Obasanjo gave the advice at the flag-off of his fi...
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IITA: Cassava Seed System Profitable For Players In Value Chain
June 8, 2020 No Responses

IITA: Cassava Seed System Profitable For Players In Value Chain

The cassava seed system is profitable across the value chain, the International Institutes of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has said. In a statement issued on Sunday, IITA Project Director, Dr Hemant Nitturkar explained that the Building and Economically Su...
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Niger Inaugurates 2020 Farming Season, Subsidizes Inputs
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Niger Inaugurates 2020 Farming Season, Subsidizes Inputs

The Niger State government on Thursday inaugurated the 2020 farming season and announced subsidies for essential farming inputs to farmers in the state. At the event, Gov. Abubakar Bello explained that the administration would provide fertilizers to farmers fo...
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Tomato Price To Drop As Farmers Approach Surplus Period
June 2, 2020 No Responses

Tomato Price To Drop As Farmers Approach Surplus Period

South-West Tomato Growers Association of Nigeria on Monday assured the nation that high cost of the commodity would soon be over as the farmers are approaching the glut period. The group’s president, Mr Bamidele Ajani said this in an interview...
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Nigeria To Empower 77,400 Young Farmers
June 1, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Empower 77,400 Young Farmers

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has announced plans to empower 77,400 young farmers in agricultural business across Nigeria. Addressing Journalists on Monday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of NALDA,Mr Paul Ikonne, explained that the...
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LCCI Seeks Regional Collaboration On Agriculture
May 31, 2020 No Responses

LCCI Seeks Regional Collaboration On Agriculture

Collaboration by South-West states, with a renewed focus at unveiling viable and sustainable investment opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, is critical to national economic diversification and self-reliance, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industr...
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Rice Production In Nigeria Hits 35m Bags Per Annum
May 29, 2020 No Responses

Rice Production In Nigeria Hits 35m Bags Per Annum

With over 34 integrated rice mills and clusters, Nigeria currently produces 150,000 bags of rice daily and about 35 million bags per annum. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Friday in Abuja  at a...
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10,000 Farmers To Benefit From World Bank Projects In Lagos
May 29, 2020 No Responses

10,000 Farmers To Benefit From World Bank Projects In Lagos

Not less than 10,000 farmers are to benefit from the World Bank-assisted Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) in Lagos State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal stated this during...
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Buhari Tasks Farmers On Food Production
May 25, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Tasks Farmers On Food Production

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Poultry Farmers Seek Review Of Security At Checkpoints
May 23, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Seek Review Of Security At Checkpoints

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has appealed to the Federal and State Governments to urgently reconstitute security operatives manning various checkpoints in the country. This, they said, would ensure smooth and effective implementation of directives ...
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