By Arc Kabir Ibrahim It is 1999 and Umaru Musa Yar’adua is elected the Executive Governor of Katsina State and Kebram Associates, our Architectural Consulting firm, is apprehensive of continued patronage from the PDP Government because the Principal Partner did not participate in the politics of the time. The need to diversify from consulting to […]

By Festus Ahon, Asaba Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau, has flagged off the 2020/2021 Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme, YAGEP, cycle with an orientation workshop for 158 crop farmers. Addressing the beneficiaries, the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer of the State, Prof Eric Eboh, Tuesday, said YAGEP was aimed at creating jobs and […]

By Dapo Akinrefon Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Nanono, on Wednesday, promised Federal Government’s intervention in Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency of Cross River State in the execution of projects to boost agriculture revolution in the area. The commitment came after the lawmaker representing the Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dr Alex Egbona paid […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria continues to fashion out ways to improve on food production and be self-sufficient along various value chains, The Building an Economically Sustainable and Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase II (BASICS-II) project, Tuesday, held the first Cassava Seed Business Summit 2021. The Summit’s objective to bring attention to the […]

Says contravenes constitution on projection of any religion over another By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigerians remain in doubt of the award of N30 million contract to construct mosque in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Borno State by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, […]

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria’s organic agricultural industry can generate N150 billion in the next five years

…FCT is to host NOABS 2021 …Local Organising Committee inaugurated By Gabriel Ewepu THE Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria’s organic agricultural industry can generate N150 billion in the next five years. This was made known by the Chief Executive Officer, NEPC, Olusegun Awolowo, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Products […]

As the Buhari-led administration harps on diversifying the economy through agriculture, the National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, has maintained that Plant Variety Protection Law remains critical to food security.

About 2,000 farmers in Osun State will benefit from the partnership of the state government, AFEX Exchange Limited and the Central Bank of Nigeria for the 2021 Cocoa Planting season. The farmers, drawn from the local government areas of the state, will derive from the improved seedlings, access to credit facilities, regular training on how […]

  Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Farmers in Osun State have called on the state government to assist them with the provision of farm input during this rainy season to ensure food security. Speaking through the Chairperson, All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Ife East Local Government, Mrs. Teniade Aderemi at Governor’s Family Meeting organized […]

Set to engage 3,000 Ebonyi youths Says fingerlings, chicks’ production to feed South East, South-South By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja With focus and effort to achieve self-sufficiency along the agricultural value chains, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, Monday, disclosed moves to galvanize food production with 104 hectares of Integrated Farm Estate in Ebonyi […]

Lagos State Government, through its World Bank-assisted Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support, APPEALS, Project, said out of identified and verified 9,942 farmers and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs,  8,156 of them had received series of training in relevant areas of agribusiness with a view to enhancing their agricultural productivity and improving value addition

…says will protect plant breeders, researchers By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, has thrown weight behind the Plant Variety Protection, PVP, Bill following the bid to give protection to Nigerian plant breeders and researchers. Speaking on the issue and why AFAN is supporting the passage of the Bill, the National […]

The agricultural industry has in the last few years, witnessed a boost, with increased investment from corporate entities and individuals alike. Rice farming, in recent times, became the focus of investment for many agricultural investors with the ban on foreign importation of the produce. Corporate entities, individuals, even state governments partnered on rice production to […]

As Nigeria’s agricultural sector continues to grapple with several challenges to boost food production and attain self-sufficiency along various value chains, the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Izegbuwa Farms Limited, Chief Patrick Eholor, weekend, accused commercial banks as a major frustration to farmers’ productivity