‘Addressing Herders/Farmers Clashes’ll boost National Food Security’

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 ...

Emefiele Reiterates CBN’s Commitment to Development of Agriculture

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has said that the apex bank remains committed to development of agriculture an...

Agric Programme Creates 1,504 Jobs in Anambra

The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD-sponsored value chain development programme has created1,504 new jobs for both men...

Farmers can Raise Guinea Pigs for Health, Wealth

The demand for animal products presents many income opportunities. This is critical because livestock production will become the biggest co...