Category: Agriculture

Maize Cultivation: Association to engage 500,000 farmers in 2018
January 2, 2018 No Responses

Maize Cultivation: Association to engage 500,000 farmers in 2018

The National President, Maize Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Bello Abubakar-Annur has disclosed that the union is planning to engage 500, 000 farmers in maize cultivation in the 2018 farming season across the country. Abubakar-Annur told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Ogun begins mass production of ofada Rice
December 17, 2017 No Responses

Ogun begins mass production of ofada Rice

The Ogun State Government mass produced Ofada rice  is to be ready for sale to the public this Christmas season in all the Local Government and Local Council Development Areas of the state.   The MITROS Ofada Rice, which is...
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Researchers, policymakers to discuss cassava agronomy
December 14, 2017 No Responses

Researchers, policymakers to discuss cassava agronomy

Scientists across Africa and their colleagues in other parts of the world are meeting with policymakers in Tanzania under the auspices of the African Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) to discuss the progress made in the last two years in providing clues...
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Celebrated Georgia farmer, John McCormick to receive Nigerian Agribusiness delegates
October 29, 2017 No Responses

Celebrated Georgia farmer, John McCormick to receive Nigerian Agribusiness delegates

The US-Nigeria Trade Council USA is pleased to announce that Mr. John McCormick, the eminent “2016 Georgia Farmer of the Year “will be attending and making a presentation at the forthcoming US-Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Summit & Expo, November 16...
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British experts to train Nigerian yam exporters
October 27, 2017 No Responses

British experts to train Nigerian yam exporters

 The Federal Government says it will invite British experts to train exporters on best export packaging requirements to reduce cases of yam rejection at the international markets.  Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said thi...
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Yam exporters refute report as minister implores National Assembly on 1989 law
October 25, 2017 No Responses

Yam exporters refute report as minister implores National Assembly on 1989 law

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com –     Nigerian yam exporters have refuted news report which alleged rejection of their consignments in the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA).  In a statement on Tuesday, the exporters explained that...
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5,400 farmers, agro-dealers benefit from $3m USAID agric scheme
October 22, 2017 No Responses

5,400 farmers, agro-dealers benefit from $3m USAID agric scheme

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says 5,400 agro-inputs dealers and farmers have benefitted from its three million dollars Feed the Future Nigeria Agro-Inputs Activity. The Nigeria Mission Director of USAID, Stephen Haykin, said...
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Cassava farmers in Ogun adopts improved weed management practices, records 27tons/ha
October 5, 2017 No Responses

Cassava farmers in Ogun adopts improved weed management practices, records 27tons/ha

On-farm demonstrations in Ogun state, Nigeria under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) managed Cassava Weed Management Project (CWMP) have produced average yields of 27 tons per hectare surpassing the national average of about 8 tons/ha...
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FG: Farmers to get four million fertilizers before end of the year
September 11, 2017 No Responses

FG: Farmers to get four million fertilizers before end of the year

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) will deliver 4 million bags of 50kg Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilizer to farmers, at an affordable price, before the end of the year.  Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publi...
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Obaseki in Indonesia, explains commercial oil palm production agenda
September 6, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki in Indonesia, explains commercial oil palm production agenda

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is currently in Indonesia to “deepen his administration’s partnership with the Asian country, in a bid to revamp the agricultural sector and reposition the state as the oil palm capital of Nigeria”....
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IITA-CWMP signs agreements with 136 farmers
August 22, 2017 No Responses

IITA-CWMP signs agreements with 136 farmers

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture led Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) has commenced signing of agreements for the setting up of 136 demonstration plots with farmers across four states in Nigeria.   The  for states are Abia, Ben...
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Researchers deploy SAH technology to speed up multiplication of cassava planting materials
August 9, 2017 No Responses

Researchers deploy SAH technology to speed up multiplication of cassava planting materials

Scientists working on cassava breeding are now using the Semi-Autotrophic Hydroponics (SAH) technology to rev up the propagation of clean cassava planting materials.  The SAH involves the use of modified soil which holds plant roots in planting pots with litt...
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Sovereign Wealth Fund Resuscitates 11 Fertilizer Blending Firms
August 8, 2017 No Responses

Sovereign Wealth Fund Resuscitates 11 Fertilizer Blending Firms

The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), also known as the Sovereign Wealth Fund, has resuscitated 11 fertilizer blending plants across the country, which substantially brought down the price of fertilizer, ended fertilizer subsidy and ensured th...
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FG explores new areas of collaboration with IITA
July 13, 2017 No Responses

FG explores new areas of collaboration with IITA

Research being conducted by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in seed yam multiplication holds promise and could help Nigeria to quadruple yam production, says Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe...
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