Agriculture Archives — Page 9 of 30

August 26, 2021 No Responses

FG Reiterates Support For Oil Palm Farmers

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), on Wednesday rounded up a two-day capacity building for members of the Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN), in Enugu. The theme of the two-day capacity building,...

August 18, 2021 No Responses

Osun Empowers 100 Livestock Farmers

The Osun government on Tuesday distributed day-old chicks to 100 livestock farmers to boost poultry farming in the state. Each of the farmers was given 2,000 chicks. At the distribution in Ede, Mr. Dayo Adewole, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

’Nigeria Can Earn $20b Annually From Oil Palm’

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the need for Nigeria to diversify its economy from crude oil, noting that the nation can earn $20billion annually from the cultivation and production of oil palm. Addressing Journalists in...

July 30, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Empowers 3,000 Agric Entrepreneurs

As part of measures to boost production, the Lagos State Government has empowered over 3,000 women, youths and vulnerable residents in the agriculture enterprise. Speaking on Thursday at the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains E...

July 26, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Empowers 3,000 Fisheries, Others

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, has said that no fewer than 3,000 agripreneurs in artisanal fisheries, poultry and piggery value chains would be empowered at the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation Programme ...

July 25, 2021 No Responses

FG Hands Over 200 Hectares Farmland To Jigawa Farmers

The Federal Government on Saturday handed over additional 200 hectares of farmland to farmers under its Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS), a N9 billion rehabilitation project in Auyo, Jigawa. The modern irrigation farmland, which was designed for r...

July 15, 2021 No Responses

Ministry, Japan Empower 150 Farmers With Rice Seeds, Inputs In Edo

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday empowered 150 rice farmers with improved rice seeds and farm inputs in Edo. Distributing the farm inputs ...

July 14, 2021 No Responses

NCoS Secures ICRC Certificate To Produce Rice, Palm Kernel In Edo

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has issued an Outlined Business Case (OBC) Certificate to Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in respect of the Ozalla farm, Edo state for production of rice and Palm kernel. Speaking on Tue...

July 1, 2021 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Distributes 100,000 Oil Palm Seedlings To Farmers

The Akwa – Ibom Government has distributed 100,000 oil palm seedlings to farmers in the state to boost oil palm production for the 2021 first planting season. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet, inaugurated the distribution at the nu...

June 30, 2021 No Responses

Edo To Distribute 25,000 Oil Palm Seedlings

Edo State Government has concluded plans to distribute more than 25, 000 oil palm seedlings to small holders oil palm farmers in the state. Gov. Godwin Obaseki announced this during the inauguration of 2021 oil palm planting season organised by...

June 23, 2021 No Responses

27 Years After, Okitipupa Oil Palm Shareholders Get 25kobo Dividend

The Okitipupa Oil Palm Plc has resolved to pay its shareholders 25k dividends for the year ended December 31, 2020, 27 years after it last paid. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Mobolaji Osomo, made the disclosure at the 31st...

June 19, 2021 No Responses

Bayelsa Seeks South Korea’s Partnership On Agric, Maritime, Others

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has sought the partnership and support of South Korea in areas of agricultural, maritime and infrastructure development of the state. At a meeting with the South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, in Abuja on...

June 15, 2021 No Responses

Fertilizer Markets Boom On Mixed Fundamentals

By Julia Meehan, Managing Editor, Fertilizers, ICIS — International fertilizer markets are currently experiencing an unseasonal boost in prices and demand, with some prices hitting historical highs. The major question now for producers, traders, co-ope...

June 14, 2021 No Responses

‘Dangote Fertiliser Delivers 120 Trucks Daily’

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Dangote urea fertiliser currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country to meet local demands and exports. Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Develop...