Agriculture Archives — Page 17 of 31

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...

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...

May 28, 2020 No Responses

SMEs Development, Agriculture, Others Take Centre Stage At UBA Africa Day Conversations

Development of homegrown solutions and adequate investment in human capacity building and agricultural expansion are key steps that will help to rebuild Africa and put the continent on a stronger footing post Covid-19. Various experts and leaders who mad...

May 25, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Tasks Farmers On Food Production

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 ...

May 23, 2020 No Responses

Women Farmers In Kogi Seeks Review Of 2020 Budget To Accommodate Credit

Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), has urged the Kogi Government to review its 2020 budgetary allocation to the agriculture sector, to accommodate credit and loan facilities to farmers. Hajia Safiya Yahaya, Coordinator of SWOFON ...

May 19, 2020 No Responses

Nasarawa Begins Sales Of Fertilizer To Farmers

Nasarawa State Government on Tuesday began the sale of 18,600 bags of NPK fertilizer to farmers for the 2020 farming season. Speaking at the inauguration in Lafia, Governor Abdullahi Sule, said that the commodity would be sold at a subsidised...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Seeks $1.2b Loan For Agric Mechanisation

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a loan facility of €1.2 billion to finance the mechanisation of agriculture in Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Sabo Nanono, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefi...

May 12, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Association Seeks Establishment Of Modular Hatcheries Across Nigeria

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has called on both Federal and State Governments to encourage big hatcheries to set up modular ones across the country. President of the association, Mr Ezekiel Ibrahim, made the call in an interview with...

May 11, 2020 No Responses

Farmer Laments Egg Glut, Seeks Improved Value-Chain

A local poultry farmer, Mr Joel Oduware, has decried the growing level of egg glut in the country, attributing it to the novel coronavirus pandemic currently ravaging the world. Oduware, who is also an egg processor, raised the alarm in...

May 11, 2020 No Responses

Monarch Seeks Support For Cocoa, Coffee, Kolanuts Farmers

The Gangwari Ganye of Ganye Chiefdom, Adamawa State, Alhaji Umaru Sanda, has urged the Federal and Adamawa Governments to provide subsidy for Cocoa, Coffee, Kolanuts and other agricultural produce farmers in his domain. The first class traditional ...

May 2, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Orders Release Of 17,500mt Of Grains From Food Reserve

The Federal Government has directed the release of about 17,500 metric tonnes of assorted grains from Yola National Food Reserve site for distribution as palliatives to Nigerians.Mr Haruna Sulaiman, Director, National Food and Strategic Reserve said this while...

April 25, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Inaugurates Task Team For Movement Of Agricultural Products

The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated a seven-man Joint Technical Task Team on Emergency Response to COVID-19 to ensure unrestricted movement of agricultural products across the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nan...

April 23, 2020 No Responses

Palm Oil Production: Group Seeks More Investment In Nigeria

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Solidaridad West Africa has urged all tiers of government and the private sector to invest more on palm oil production to increase contribution of the agriculture sector to Nigeria’s GDP growth.A statement issued ...