Nigeria fights to save N1.4trn agro exports
...Exporters say they are 80% ready…FG struggles with its role By Cynthia Alo Nigeria risks losing over $1 billion, about N1.4 trillion, in annual earnings from agro exports if it fails to meet the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation, EUDR, deadline of December 30, 2026. The EUDR requires that commodities entering the EU market, including cocoa, […]
Food Security: Women suffering deep-rooted marginalization says Josefa Sacko
Rural women constitute one-fourth of the world’s population and they play a critical role in the rural and national economies of most of the African countries
Olam out with N300m wheat seed production enterprise
A N300m investment to set up community seed enterprises to increase wheat production in Nigeria was yesterday, announced by Olam, and its subsidiary Crown Flour Mill Limited (CFM).
FG set to scale up contribution of livestock to GDP ― Minister
The Federal Government says it will soon scale up the contributions of the livestock sub-sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, made the disclosure in Benin on Tuesday, at the 57th Annual Congress of the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA). Abubakar, represented by Dr […]
TELA Maize’ll save farmers N268bn spent annually on insecticide ― IAR
As farmers continue to face challenges in food production, the Institute for Agricultural Research, IAR, Samaru, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Monday, assured that the newly approved TELA Maize will save farmers N268 billion annually spent on insecticide
We’re set to revolutionalise farming calendar ― Cross River Basin Devt Authority
The Cross River Basin Development Authority has said its dry season farming programme is an attempt to revolutionaries the farming calendar for an all-year-round engagement of farmers in the catchment. The Managing Director of the Authority ENGR. Bassey Nkposong made the disclosure recently in Ogoja, Cross River State while flagging off the 2021 dry season […]
