Agriculture Archives — Page 12 of 31

February 27, 2021 No Responses

Okomu Oil Spends N20m On Whistleblowers In 2020

The Management of Okomu Oil Palm Plc has disclosed that over N20million was paid to whistle blowers in 2020 as part of measures to save the company from losses. The company’s Managing Director, Dr Graham Hefer, made the disclosure at...

February 23, 2021 No Responses

IITA Partners SANO Foods On Improved Cassava Varieties

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with SANO Foods Limited, on Monday commenced a public-private sector initiative to promote the cultivation of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria. The partnership under the Bui...

February 21, 2021 No Responses

Bird Flu: Lagos Advises Poultry Owners To Adopt Biosecurity Measures

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has advised poultry farmers to put in place biosecurity measures in their poultry to prevent any outbreak of avian influenza (Bird flu) in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola O...

February 17, 2021 No Responses

Inflation: Expert Tasks CBN On Agric Interventions

The Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to scale up interventions in agricilture sector to stem the rising inflation figure. ACMAN President, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, said this in an interview...

February 17, 2021 No Responses

Cross River Engages 10,000 Youths In Cocoa Farming

The Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade on Cocoa development, Dr Oscar Ofuka, on Tuesday said since 2018 the Cross River Government has engaged about 10,000 youths in cocoa farming. Ofuka said this in Calabar when he received Peace Ambassado...

February 16, 2021 No Responses

NCAN: Nigeria Produces 120,000tonnes Of Cashew Annually

Nigeria produces 120,000 tonnes of cashew annually, Mr Ojo Ajanaku, the National President, National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), said on Monday. Speaking on Monday at a workshop on cashew apple processing held in Auchi, Edo State, Ajamaku s...

February 12, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria, U.S. Sign MoU To Boost Cashew Production

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) West Africa Pro- Cashew Project, to increase cashew productivity. The project aimed to improve the ...

February 6, 2021 No Responses

FG Empowers 100 Poultry Farmers

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has distributed galvanised battery cages, point-of -lay birds and feeds to 100 small holder poultry farmers in Abia State. The items were distributed to the farmers in Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Const...

January 31, 2021 No Responses

Ban Export Of Maize, Poultry Association Urges FG

The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State (PANLAG), Badagry chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban export of maize as part of measures to have sufficient feeds for chicken. Chairman of PANLAG, Dr Olusegun Adedayo, made the appea...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

Rabbit Farming Booms In Plateau State

The Secretary, Plateau State Rabbit Breeders Association, Mr Pam Gyang, on Tuesday, disclosed that rabbit farming has become popular in the state with many residents engaging in it. Gyang who said this in an interview with the News Agency o...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Nasarawa Unveils Fertilizer Sales For 2021 Dry Season Farming

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has launched fertilizer sales, at subsidized rate, to boost farmers’ efforts at dry season farming for improved agricultural production. Speaking in Lafia, on Tuesday, at the distribution ceremony for 20...

January 18, 2021 No Responses

Institute Implores FG On Dry Season Farming

The Institute for Agricultural Research at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State, has called on the Federal Government and various tiers of Governments to boost dry season farming. Director of the Institute, Prof. Mohammed Ishiyaku, in a chat...

January 11, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Oil Palm Growers Condemn Illegal Importation

The Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) has condemned what it described as the continued illegal importation of Oil Palm into the country, According to the group, the oil palm industry in Nigeria also deserves more a...

January 6, 2021 No Responses

AFAN Seeks all-Year-Round Farming

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), has called for the adoption of policies that would support all-year-round farming to mitigate hunger and malnutrition in the country. AFAN’s National President, Mr Kabri Ibrahim, made the call in an interview wi...