African Development Bank (AfDB) has resolved to launch $800 million scheme to support the agriculture sector in Nigeria. The Pesident of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said in Abuja on Monday that the support is on the platform of the AfDB’s initiative called Technology for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT). It is part of the efforts to […]
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Prof. Bola Okuneye, an International Consultant, FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF), has said that Nigeria would begin exportation of rice in the next five years. Okuneye spoke on Wednesday at Amanuke, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra, when the FADAMA III AF team visited its rice farmland to ascertain level of progress at the […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has mapped out 15,000 hectares of land in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to encourage youths participation in agriculture. The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, announced this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Ogbeh said the programme, which was a first step toward encouraging youth […]
Continue ReadingDetermined to boost rice production, Nigeria has flagged off the Rice Anchor Borrowers’ Programme in Imo State.The sum of N9 billion has been earmarked to support farmers in the state for the programme. The programme is to provide farmers with credit facility made available by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The programme was launched […]
Continue ReadingFarmers have urged relevant agriculture agencies to improve on the nation’s produce storage facilities to achieve the Federal Government’s objectives of boosting food production. The farmers were reacting to the inauguration of the Presidential Committee/Task Force on Rice and Wheat to facilitate its programme on self-sufficiency in food production. Chief Marcel Eleri, Chairman of Association of Registered […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben Abati One of the major news items in circulation has been the scarcity of tomato. Incidentally, Nigeria is (was) the 14th largest producer of tomato in the world and the second largest producer in Africa, after Egypt, but our country hardly produces enough to meet the local demand of about 2.3 million tonnes, and […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has banned grazing/rearing of cattle in the state, saying those interested in cattle farming should get their own private cattle ranch. Mr. Fayose, who made this known when he visited Oke-Ako in Ikole local government area of the State that was invaded last Friday by Fulani herdsmen that killed […]
Continue ReadingThe Director-General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Nteranya Sanginga, on Sunday said the Federal Government would launch N59.7 billion Youth-In-Agriculture Scheme in September. Mr. Sanginga, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan, said the scheme would be sponsored by the federal government and the African Development Bank, […]
Continue ReadingThe Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that his state government is making efforts to provide an environment that would encourage the mass production of rice, wheat and tomatoes. Fielding questions from State House reporters after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mr. Ganduje said, the state government […]
Continue ReadingIn the face of crashing oil price in the global market, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, during his tour of agricultural projects backed up by Kano State government, called on state governors in the country to emulate Kano State in its efforts at boosting agriculture, food security and providing jobs […]
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