Agriculture Archives — Page 27 of 29

May 17, 2017 No Responses

Nine ministers present mid-term report as Audu Ogbeh blames high cost of local rice on interest rate

Not less than nine Ministers attended a special edition of the Federal Government’s town hall meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. They are Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh; Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Minister of...

May 11, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria intensifies partnership with Brazil on sustainable growth in Agriculture, targets 960,000 tractors in eight years

Inline with ongoing measures to revamp Agriculture across the country, the Federal Government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has signed the Protocol of Intention for Nigeria to access Agricultural mechanization ...

April 10, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki inaugurates 1000ha maize field in Edo

Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, last weekend, inaugurated 1000 hectares of cleared field in Sobe farm Settlement of Owan West Local Government Area in the state for maize production. Speaking during the inauguration, the governor said the maize cult...

April 9, 2017 No Responses

Critical role of agriculture takes centre stage as Ogbeh, FAO delegation visit Borno

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has challenged Nigerians to rally support, improve the lives and well-being of rural communities in the interest of the larger economy. Ogbeh spoke on Friday in Maiduguri, Borno State at...

April 5, 2017 No Responses

FG to boost agriculture with $4.5b Chinese loan

Inline with the resolve of the Federal Government to diversify the economy especially through agriculture, President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to work out technic...

March 30, 2017 No Responses

Edo to unveil agric initiative

The Edo State Government has fixed Wednesday, 5th of April this year for the official opening ceremony of its agricultural empowerment initiative code-named ‘Edo State Agripreneurs Development Project’ in Sobe, Owan West Local Government Area. The st...

March 28, 2017 No Responses

Researchers to unveil techniques for controlling weeds in cassava

Researchers working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture led Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) will this week share findings and recommendations on how to tackle weeds in cassava farming systems. The sharing of research findings ...

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...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

How Africa can benefit from $12tri global economic development target, by LADOL, world business leaders

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL) has joined notable world business promoters in mapping out strategies to actualize how Africa could effectively reap a whopping $1 trillion from a projected $12 trillion new market value in an emerging global...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

Dangote seeks unhindered movement for trucks with perishable items, special seaport for export

By Moses Ebosele – The Vice President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Sani Dangote on Monday in Lagos implored relevant Government agencies within and outside the Seaports to facilitate unhindered movement for all trucks conveying perishable items. Speak...

February 28, 2017 No Responses

FG flags off presidential initiative on fertilizer, targets 100,000 jobs

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative of the Federal Government produced more than 4,000 metric tonnes of locally-blended fertilizer in the first week of operation. The Initiative was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016, to achieve t...

February 14, 2017 No Responses

Dangote to launch 25,000 hectares of rice scheme in Sokoto

Come Wednesday this week, Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is to launch in Sokoto state it’s multi-million naira 25, 000 hectares of rice Outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousand of employment opportunities for the rural...

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...

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...