By Emma Una, Calabar Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has described the 21st-century agricultural activity as a megabucks venture which should be embraced by youths to get them gainfully employed. The governor made the assertion on Tuesday, during a one-day agro industrialisation summit held in Ikom to sensitise youths and farmers in the […]

In this interview, the Italian Trade Agency, ITA, E-Lab Innova, ICE Faculty Trainer, Enrico Turoni, urged Nigerian farmers to key into meeting the high demand for organic farm produces in Europe while speaking on the essence of training Nigerian farmers in the modern agricultural technology from Italy

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, has inaugurated a Cassava Plant at Afam in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers. Mr Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the Chief Information Officer in the ministry, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The minister during the inauguration on Thursday said the processing plant […]

As Nigeria’s food production continues to face challenges coupled with skyrocketing food prices across the country, the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Thursday, alleged neglect of farmers’ plight by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

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