A former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and a number of other stakeholders have called for the resolution of herders/...
Banks Should give Low-interest Loans to farmers — ICAN
The Chairperson of the Lagos Mainland and District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Mrs. Blessing Osakwe, says...
Nigeria Grain Production Fluctuates – FAO
A recently released quarterly report on crop prospects and food situation of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) re...
6,536 Farmers Benefitted From IFAD Programme In Ogun —Coordinator
What is the essence of the programme? The essence of the programme going on today is a mid-term review. The programme is a six-year progr...
Agric Commissioners Declare Weeds As Major Productivity Drawback In Cassava Farming
Commissioners of agriculture in Nigeria’s cassava growing belt have declared weeds as major drivers of low yield in cassava and the main co...
Adesina Calls For Japanese Investments In Africa’s Agric Sector
world food prizePresident of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for Japanese investment in the agribusiness sector ...
Scientists Inaugurate Second Phase Of NextGen Cassava Project Nigerian Farmers To Access It Next Year
Scientists and officials from Cornell University and the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture officially inaugurated the second phase of a pro...
AfDB to Boost SMEs in Nigeria’s Agric Sector, Others
African Development Bank, AfDB, is set to support Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, in the agricultural sector in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, E...
Govt to Empower 10,000 Rice, Cassava Farmers with N2.5bn
The Federal Government has entered into an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to commit a total of $8.06m (N2.45bn) to...
Stakeholders Commit $8.06m for Rice and Cassava Farming
The sum of $8.06m has been committed to improve agricultural output along the rice and cassava value chain through a partnership between th...
NSIA Okays N1.8b for Agric
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has approved about $5million (N1.8 billion) for Doreo Partners to train 50,000 farmers in...
Farming in Nigeria and Danger of Snake Attacks
The recent recession that ravaged our economy has opened a new vista for many Nigerians to consider taking opportunities in the agricultura...
Fish production’ll Reduce Malnutrition, FG Assures
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development- Senator Haineken Lokpobiri, has said that the current administration is collaborat...
Ogun key to Nigeria’s Food Sufficiency
Ogun State government says it has put policies and programmes in place to make the state key to Nigeria’s food sufficiency . Commissioner...
NEXIM Bank Partners Ondo to Scale up Cocoa Export
The Executive Director, Business Development of Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Mrs Stella Okotete, has revealed that the bank is seek...
Moringa? It’s big Money for Farmers, Investors
Moringa farming has continued flourishing and creating enormous benefits for mankind. It is a plant said to have huge potential to boost f...
Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists with Michigan State University, & The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Second National Conference of the Feed the Future.
Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists in conjunction with Michigan State University (MSU), the International Food Policy Rese...
Local Farmers Have a Lot to Benefit from Rubber Cultivation, Production – Awolowo
Efforts of the Edo State Government to grow her rubber stock and boost her non-oil receipts with the 2,500-hectare rubber plantation in Urh...
Agric Expo Holds
Aviana Nigeria International Expo 2018, an exhibition on business agriculture, will hold between April 25 and 26 at the International Confe...
Farmers’ Group to Tackle Unemployment
A group, African Farmers and Cultural Organisation (AFCO), has mapped out strategies to reduce unemployment among youths through agricultu...
Boosting Sugar Cane Farming to Create Jobs
Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Mokwa, Niger State is poised to change the narrative in sugarcane farming.The estate comprises 17,000 hectares...
Cattle breeders’ Body Seeks Collaboration to Reinvent Self
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on security agencies to work with the body to fish out the cri...
Stop Exporting Raw Materials, Agric Experts advise Farmers
Agricultural experts have advised farmers to stop exporting raw materials, but rather add value to the products to generate higher revenue....
Why Nigeria’s Cocoa Can’t Compete in Global Market –NEPC
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The...
FG Targets 17 million Rice Farmers This Year
The number of rice farmers in Nigeria is currently being increased by five million people in order to enhance rice cultivation across the c...
IITA, Harvestfield to Produce, Distribute Aflasafe
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, developers of Aflasafe, has signed a Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreement with Harve...
DBN, NIRSAL Sign MoU to Promote Agric Lending
Hopes of easier access to loans were bolstered on Wednesday when the Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN) and the Nigeria Incentive-based ...
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Sokoto is noted for booming donkey business with an international border market at Ilela, a depot in the state capital as well as village ma... -
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday called for increased collaborations between Universities of Agriculture(UAs) ...
