More controversy trails GMO adoption in Nigeria’s agro food system
· Nigeria’s soil damaged by GMOs – MOMEF boss · Farmers demand proper labelling of GMO seeds · Weak regulatory safeguards is key – GIFSEP By Gabriel Ewepu As controversy continues in Nigeria’s agriculture sector over Genetically Modified (GM) crops and farm inputs more stakeholders are coming up with divergent narratives and counter-narratives on the […]
Senate approves establishment of National Agricultural Development Fund
According to the Senate, the Fund will help in the provision of finance to support strategic aspects of agricultural development of Nigeria
Agric Minister commends IFAD for portfolio worth $360m in Nigeria
The Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Muhammed Nanono has commended the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for over 360 million dollars grant towards agricultural development in Nigeria
Ondo distributes agricultural inputs, machineries, to 1,000 farmers
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday in Akure distributed agricultural inputs and machinery to over 1,000 farmers across the 18 local government areas of the state
Agribusiness: NALDA graduates 269 soil doctors, agric extension workers in Borno
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja With the bid to improve farmers’ techniques in agribusiness, especially crop farming, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, Monday, graduated 269 soil doctors and agricultural extension workers in Borno State. The Executive Director, NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, said the trainees went through two weeks of intensive training under NALDA, […]
Over 100 farmers trained by NALDA on irrigation rice farming in Niger
Flags off dry season farming on 417 hectares of land By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, weekend, trained over 100 farmers on irrigation rice farming in Niger State ahead of 2021 dry season farming. This was made known by the Coordinator, NALDA, Niger State, Aminu Umaru, while speaking with […]
