By Ozioruva Aliu Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has lamented that inadequate storage facilities for farm products were responsible for the loss of 60 per cent of farm produce before consumption. As a way forward, he stressed the need for government at all levels to focus more on the […]

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) said it had planted about two million tree seedlings across the country as part of its afforestation programme. The Chairman, National Executive Council (NCF), Chief Ede Dafinone, made this known at the 19th annual Chief Shafi Edu Memorial Lecture held at Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos on Thursday. The memorial lecture, […]

The Ogun State Government on Wednesday donated 10,000 improved cocoa seedlings to farmers in the state in order to boost their income. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, said this while handing over the seedlings to the farmers at Itele, Ijebu-East. Odedina said the seedlings would be distributed through a Public Private Partner […]

By Adeola Badru – Ibadan The federal and state governments have been called upon to activate relevant policies and laws that will encourage active participation of youths in agriculture in the country.  This was part of the submissions by stakeholders at the 5th annual lecture, organised by Centre for Advocacy, Leadership and Development in Africa […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong is urging farmers in the State to take interest in the cultivation of flowers which is economically viable and in demand at the international market. Governor Lalong who met with some French investors in Jos after their two-day visit to the State said his administration is […]

He said, “I know that Vietnam is doing interesting things in technology and telecoms sectors. I think that we should look for opportunities where young people in Nigeria and Vietnam can interact especially in technology and share ideas, innovation”

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development distributes cassava planting materials to over 300 farmers in Edo and Katsina States that mature early, are resistant to pests and diseases, and are high yielding

As food prices continue to skyrocket across the country, the apex body of farmers in Nigeria, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Friday, hailed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over move to empower graduates who studied agriculture with loans to boost food production

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Niger State has raised alarm over the destruction of maize planted by farmers across the state by corn earworms pest. Alhaji Shehu Galadima, Chairman, AFAN in the state disclosed this on Thursday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. Galadima said that […]

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Wednesday begun the training of 25 graduates on agricultural intervention policies, packaging and digital marketing of agricultural products in Anambra. Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, the NDE Director-General, at the opening ceremony in Awka said the training was under the directorate’s Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS). Fikpo said that […]

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has engaged 50 persons in Ebonyi in its 2021 Post Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS) aimed at enhancing food security

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Federal Government has said it would stamp out poverty from Nigerians through the Sustainable Agricultural Development training programmes. Director General of the National Directorate of Employment, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu- Fikpo, disclosed this while inaugurating the Directorate’s 2021 Post Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme Post- SADTS, in Owerri on Monday. […]

The Nigeria Agribusiness Group, NABG, Monday, urged the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, on partnering with the private sector to sustain an integrated farm estates programme

As Nigeria lost its number one position in oil palm production to Malaysia many years ago, the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria, NPPAN, weekend, disclosed readiness to empower youths and women with free 20 oil palm seedlings

“This is a critical moment to address the inequity of our food systems. Without concrete actions that result in real changes for rural producers, hunger and poverty will only grow, and increased instability and migration will follow”, he said.