Category: Agriculture

Cassava: Experts brainstorm on challenges, way forward
March 15, 2017 No Responses

Cassava: Experts brainstorm on challenges, way forward

Still in search of a healing balm, the world’s top cassava experts are in Nigeria to report progress on developing new varieties of cassava with higher yield and nutritional content.      The high level meeting commenced on Tuesday  at...
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FG to open grain reserves
February 19, 2017 No Responses

FG to open grain reserves

If the prices of food stuff continue to escalate across the country, the Federal Government will open the national grain reserves. Speaking after the inauguration of the management of three Federal Unuversities of Agriculture in Abuja, the Minister of Agricult...
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Worm ‘threatens African farmers’ livelihoods’
February 6, 2017 No Responses

Worm ‘threatens African farmers’ livelihoods’

By Helen Briggs, BBC News –  Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops is spreading rapidly across Africa. The fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security and...
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Obaseki inaugurates Agric committee, targets 80,000 jobs
January 20, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates Agric committee, targets 80,000 jobs

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday inaugurated an ad hoc committee under the Agriculture Empowerment Initiative to revamp agriculture in the state. Obaseki, while inaugurating the committee at the Government House in Benin, said that the ad hoc committ...
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Motorised weeders demonstrate imperatives of cassava mechanisation
January 10, 2017 No Responses

Motorised weeders demonstrate imperatives of cassava mechanisation

Gasoline powered simple weeders adapted for weeding in cassava farms hold promise and may take off the burden of weeding faced by small-scale farmers in Africa. Initially acquired as tillers, these simple tools are being modified and adapted as weeders...
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The A, B, Cs of FG’s N220bn Agric anchor borrowers’ scheme
January 8, 2017 No Responses

The A, B, Cs of FG’s N220bn Agric anchor borrowers’ scheme

By  John Mayaki –  For citizens of Edo State who aren’t in the know of the Federal Government’s N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund – agriculture anchor borrowers’ scheme, and how they can benefit, this wil...
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Minister at Olam farms, reiterates FG commitment to enhance rice cultivation, food security
December 20, 2016 No Responses

Minister at Olam farms, reiterates FG commitment to enhance rice cultivation, food security

Inline with the Federal Government’s desire to enhance domestic food security, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has assured Nigerians that adequate measures are being taken to scale up rice cultivation, encourage local prod...
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Ogun State honours IITA, AATF and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for commitment to agriculture
December 4, 2016 No Responses

Ogun State honours IITA, AATF and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for commitment to agriculture

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were  recently honoured by the Ogun State Government for their work on agricultural transformation in Og...
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IITA warns against paying lip service to agriculture
November 28, 2016 No Responses

IITA warns against paying lip service to agriculture

There are negative consequences if Africa continued to pay lip service to agriculture, the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga has warned. Addressing members of the Board of Trustees of IITA and ...
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FG to name exporters of substandard agric products
November 28, 2016 No Responses

FG to name exporters of substandard agric products

Henceforth, the Federal Government will name individuals and agencies behind export of substandard agricultural products. According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, in the spirit of anti-corruption posture, the Federal Go...
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Agric research key to Africa’s transformation, says Sanginga, IITA DG
November 24, 2016 No Responses

Agric research key to Africa’s transformation, says Sanginga, IITA DG

Integrated systems research approach in agriculture is key to sustainable transformation in Africa, Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga has said.  According to Sanginga, the benefits include inc...
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Ministry implore stakeholders on 2016/2017 dry season farming scheme
November 21, 2016 No Responses

Ministry implore stakeholders on 2016/2017 dry season farming scheme

To enhance transparency and accountability in the implementation of the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES), the Federal Government has concluded plans to implement the 2016/2017 dry season intervention scheme.  Speaking at the opening ceremony of the GES Stakeho...
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FG proposes N750B recapitalization agenda for agric bank
November 21, 2016 No Responses

FG proposes N750B recapitalization agenda for agric bank

The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plans to make available N750 Billion for the recapitalisation of the Bank of Agriculture in 2017.    Under the arrangement, the Bank is being repositioned to attract not...
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Experts task FG on threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry
November 2, 2016 No Responses

Experts task FG on threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry

Experts in cassava research have identified low productivity of cassava roots as major threat to Nigeria’s cassava industry.  According to the Researchers, the development if not curtailed could impede gains made in the sector, thereby putting Nigeria at ri...
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