Farmers Archives — Page 5 of 8

April 6, 2021 No Responses

Obaseki: N100b Oil Palm Investment‘ll Strengthen Smallholder Farmers’ Scheme In Edo

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the N100bn investment in the state’s oil palm sector by seven oil palm investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP) Investors Group, will further strengthen the smallholder farmers’...

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 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 28, 2021 No Responses

CBN Disburses N554b To Two Million Farmers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed N554.61 billion to 2, 849,490 farmers to boost food security under its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) beginning from 2015. In a communique issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN...

January 27, 2021 No Responses

Cocoa Farmers In Edo Seek Financial Support From Govt

Cocoa farmers in Edo State on Tuesday urged the State Government to support the sector financially for the produce to attract foreign exchange. Mr Thomas Ekpenriebe, the state Chairman, Cocoa Farmers Association, who said this at a news con...

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 5, 2021 No Responses

LAPO Empowers 129,637 Farmers With N10.9b Loans

The Rural Development Initiative (RDI), a subsidiary of Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) Group in 2019 supported 129,637 rural farmers with N10.9 billion soft loans. Head Advocacy and Communication, LAPO, Mr Wisdom Abhulimen&nb...

December 21, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Releases 18 High Yielding Crop Varieties For Farmers

The National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC) has released 18 high yielding crop varieties to boost Nigerian agricultural productivity in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s 9-point agenda. The release of the new crop varieties was announced by NVRC cha...

December 12, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Seek Planting Season Incentives

Commercial farmers in Badagry area of Lagos State have appealed to the State Government to provide agricultural incentives such as inputs and tractors for land clearing ahead the 2021 planting season. The farmers, under the aegis of Nigeria Commercial Fa...

December 9, 2020 No Responses

NEPAD Earmarks $2b For Nigerian Farmers

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has earmarked $2billion to empower smallholder farmers in Nigeria, National Coordinator, Princess Gloria Akobundu, disclosed on Tuesday. According to Akobundu, the money will help boost food sufficiency in Nig...

December 7, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Registers Five Million Farmers For Fertilizer Subsidy

No fewer than five million farmers have registered for fertilizer subsidy in Nigeria, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has revealed Nanono disclosed the development at a Consultative Meeting on Restructuring of P...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

Ondo To Benefit From $200m Livestock Support Grant

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that Ondo State will benefit from the 200 million dollars World Bank Livestock Productivity and Resilience Project (L- PRES).The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanon...

December 2, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Seek Adoption Of IITA Toolkit For Cassava Transformation

Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management and best planting practices toolkit. Toolkit was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for th...