Farmers Archives — Page 8 of 8

May 25, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Tasks Farmers On Food Production

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian farmers on the need to embark on massive productive agricultural activities this farming season as Nigeria has no money for food importation. The president gave the challenge shortly after observing this year’s Eid prayer...

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 9, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Lament 40% Drop In Resources

Poultry farmers across the country have lost between 35 and 40 per cent of their resources due to restriction of movement as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) President, Mr Ezekiel Ibrahim, has said In a...

April 19, 2020 No Responses

Ondo To Empower 15,000 Cassava Farmers

A firm, Klick Konnect Network International Limited, has partnered Ondo State government to empower 15,000 cassava famers and 300 women across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the firm, which began operation in 2006 as a...

April 18, 2020 No Responses

US Unveils $19b Relief Package For Farmers

U.S. President, Donald Trump on Friday announced $19billion aid package for U.S. farmers, in a bid to shore up the food supply chain. “The programme will include direct payments to farmers as well as mass purchases of dairy, meat and...

April 12, 2020 No Responses

Lockdown: Farmer Lauds Lagos Govt Over Unhindered Access To Farms

A poultry farmer, Mr Emmanuel Iregbeyen, has commended the Lagos State Government for ensuring unhindered access of farmers to their farms during the ongoing lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread. Iregbeyen, the Chief Executive Officer of Emiraz Farms located in...

April 4, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Seek Fertiliser Subsidy

The President, Etche Farmers’ Cooperative Union, Mr Godwin Akandu has pleaded with the Federal Government to subsidise fertilisers and other agro inputs to enhance agricultural activities in the 2020 farming season. According to Akandu, subsidising fer...

March 21, 2020 No Responses

Women Farmers Seek Land Use Act Review

Women farmers under the auspices of Smallholder Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria(SWOFON) have called for review of the Land Use Act as part of measures to adequately protect their rights to own and control land. The President of the association,...

February 2, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Proposes 10, 000 Tractors For Farmers

The Federal Government has concluded plans to distribute over 10, 000 tractors and inputs to farmers in the 774 Local Government Areas. The Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir...

December 13, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Empowers 1,750 Agric Value Chain Farmers

Governor . Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of Lagos State on Thursday provided 1,750 farmers in various agricultural value chains with agricultural productive assets and inputs to boost food production in the state. Sanwo-Olu made the presentation at the flag-off ceremony...

December 5, 2019 No Responses

Stakeholders Seeks Effective Implementation Of Agric Policies

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for effective implementation of agricultural policies for national development. The stakeholders made the call in a communiqué issued on Wednesday in Ilorin at the close of the two-day programme tagged “Fa...

November 14, 2019 No Responses

Ondo Dissolves Task Force On Farmers Registration

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Wednesday dissolved the Task Force on Farmers Registration with immediate effect. Mr Olusegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement in Akure, advised members of the dissolved Task Force t...

November 3, 2019 No Responses

Border Closure: Nigeria Reassures Farmers Of Support

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, on Saturday reassured farmers on accessibility of better farming equipment and government support. Shehuri gave the assurance when he visited the Livestock House of the Federa...