Nigeria Agriculture Archives — Page 3 of 3

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 Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI)...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Produces 2.3m Metric Tonnes Of Tomato Annually

Nigerian farmers produce 2.3 million metric tonnes of tomato annually, Executive Director, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Dr Abayomi Olaniyan, has said. Olaniyan disclosed this on Wednesday at the inauguration of a one...

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...

November 29, 2020 No Responses

Farmers Allay Fears Of Cassava Shortage, Explains N19.7b Intervention Funds

Some farmers under the aegis of the Cassava Growers Association of Nigeria (NCGA) have allayed fears of an impending shortage of cassava in 2021, due to inability to access government intervention funds. A member of the association, Yemi Williams told...

September 15, 2020 No Responses

Chevron Invests N4.3b To Boost Agriculture

Chevron Nigeria Limited invested N4.3 billion through its Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) to boost agriculture in the oil rich region in 2019. Chevron in its 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (N...

September 15, 2020 No Responses

Poultry Farmers Task Govt On Security

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), has appealed to the government and other stakeholders to expedite action to restore security for farmers nationwide in order to achieve the nation’s goal of food security and self sufficiency. National Presiden...