FG targets $500m import savings with new palm oil estates
The Federal Government has unveiled a coordinated plan to revive Nigeria’s palm oil industry, aiming to cut import bills by up to $500 million annually through a public-private investment model built on large-scale estates and downstream processing.
FG partners AFAN, Chinese investors on irrigation farming to enhance rice production
The Federal Government says it has endorsed a partnership between the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), investors linked to the Chinese government, as well as Brains and Hammers private firm to boost irrigation farming This was contained in a statement by issued by Mrs Juliet Okeh, an Information Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, […]
Food security: Tackle challenges facing Smallholder Women Farmers, Group urges Umahi
Representatives of Ebonyi State Public Financing for Agriculture, PFA Budget Committee, Participatory Development Alternatives (PDA), and the Small-Scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria, SWOFON, weekend called on Ebonyi State Government to immediately address the challenges facing smallholder Women farmers in the 2022 budgetary allocation or through a supplementary budget in 2021
IITA calls for synergy with private sectors to boost agriculture
The project Manager, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof. Lateef Sanni has called for a synergy between the institute and private organizations in agricultural value chain for them to tap into result of its various researches for the development of the nation’s agriculture sector
Agric research institutes, extension services remain FG’s priority — Shehur
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon Mustapha Shehuri, on Friday, maintained that agricultural research institutes and extension services remain Federal Government’s priority in enhancing food production, nutrition, profitability, and security
FG expresses confidence in Bayelsa’s agricultural potential to diversify economy
The Federal Government, Wednesday, expressed confidence in Bayelsa State’s agricultural potential to diversify the economy despite the terrain
