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.

An Agribusiness firm, SWEER Global Farms, Tuesday, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, over the commissioning of the first National Agricultural Lands Development Authority’s Integrated Farm Estate in Suduje, Katsina State

Lagos State Government has empowered 190 youths and women in Afowo Community, Badagry, in the fish cage culture system to further drive youth and women empowerment in a bid to help them to make positive changes.

As agribusiness is set in a motion to replace white-collar jobs in other sectors, President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, commissioned National Agricultural Lands, NALDA, maiden Integrated Farm Estate in Suduje, Katsina State, which is worth generating over N1.7 billion in the first year

By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja By year 2039, Nigeria may have lost all its vegetation and experience serious environmental hazard unless urgent steps are taken to reverse the trend. Senior Climate Specialist and County Director of Solidaridad West Africa, a solution-oriented Civil Society Organisations, Dr. Sam Ogallah stated this, weekend, in Lokoja during the inauguration […]

The State Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Lagos, Mrs Olayinka Akeredolu, has urged the federal and state governments to increase coconut production in Nigeria

FishNet Alliance, a network of fishers engaged in and promoting sustainable fishing in line with ecosystem limits, has raised the alarm over the harm being done by unregulated fishing around Africa’s waters due in large part to harmful fishing subsidies.