Archive For January 2018

The Lift Above Poverty Organisation said on Tuesday it had empowered 108,367 farmers in Nigeria with loans amounting to N5.7bn for economic...

The Federal government has revealed it would no longer impose creation of cattle colonies on states across the country. According to a re...

ACCORDING to the Food And Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the Summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethio...

COCOA farmers under the aegis of the National Association of Cocoa Farmers have called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to, as a matter of u...

Let me declare at the outset that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, is my friend. I also want to acknowl...

2018/2019 OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME UNDER PTDF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH GERMANY, FRANCE & CHINA The Petroleum Techn...

The Federal Government has approved the construction of an irrigation dam at Ijegwu community in Yala Local Government Area of Cross Riv...

Start-ups are using digital platforms to change the face of agriculture and help the farming community. DANIEL ESSIET reports. The Group ...

The Federal Government has announced its readiness to partner an indigenous firm, Oluarowolo Nigeria Limited, for the production of cocoa p...

Three federal institutions are currently working on a collaborative effort aimed at enhancing growth in the agricultural value chain in the...

Drip irrigation is a system whereby you give water or fertiliser directly to the root zone of plants, eliminating runoff, evaporation, and ...

Mr Elvis Choji harvests strawberry in his farm in Chaha, Jos. Increased strawberry farming on the plateau has dispelled previously held ...

The President of the poultry farmers association of Nigeria, Mr. Ezekiel Ibrahim Wednesday, announced that 1.3 tonnes of poultry meat was ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Anchor Borrowers’ Programme initiated on November 17, 2015 to boost the production of key agricultural co...

It depends on the type of farm settlements being considered. However, what I think is, it is important for the government to get an expanse...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday sought a phased ban on the importation of fish into the country in a bid to boost local productio...

SIR: On December 21, 2017, Ogun State government held a celebratory homage to our agricultural initiative and progress just in time for the...

The government of Kogi State has said its proposed Agricultural summit is aimed at showcasing the state as the hub of agricultural investmen...

The Sokoto State Cattle Breeding Project, the largest of its kind in the West African sub-region, will be inaugurated in May this year, Com...

Agriculture, trade, other services, manufacturing and professional, scientific and technical services dominated economic activities in the ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has maintained that the federal government will not forcibly take land...

The proposed agro-rangers which the Federal Government said would lead herdsmen to move their animals from one cattle colony to another can...

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