Nigeria loses $2bn yearly to cocoa value addition gap — FG
…production stuck at 300kg per hectare annually despite improved seedlings — CRINBy Cynthia Alo & Kafayat KokumoThe Federal Government has said that Nigeria loses about $2 billion annually in potential value from cocoa because the country’s processing capacity is largely underutilised.The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated this in Lagos on Wednesday […]
AFAN calls on South-West Governors to convey stakeholders’ meeting
Dr Femi Oke, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in the South-West zone, has called on governors in the zone to convey stakeholders’ meetings toward addressing frequent crises among farmers and herdsmen. Oke, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, said this became imperative in order to avert the […]
Agribusiness: Maize farmers, processors condemn calls for maize importation
say millions of Nigerians risk thrown into poverty, crime Assures production of 25 million metric tonnes by ending of 2021 By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Maize farmers and processors under the auspices of Maize Association of Nigeria, MAAN, Maize Growers, Farmers and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAGFAMAN, on Tuesday, condemned calls for maize importation into […]
Food security: Lagos partners IITA to train 13,548 youths in Agribusiness
Lagos State Government in collaborating with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Africa Projects Development Centre, APDC, has concluded plans to train 13,548 youths in the state in the various agricultural value chains in a five-stage model within the next five years.
Agribusiness: Nanono commissions 50 metric tonnes of yam seed storage facility
Facility to create 200 jobs By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, has commissioned 50 metric tonnes of yam seed storage facility at the faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi-Shabu- Lafia. This was contained in a statement signed by Director, Information, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural […]
AFAN alerts farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by group
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, weekend, alerted farmers over alleged fraudulent activities by a group called AFAN Caretaker Committee to extort them. The alarm was raised in a statement signed by the National President, AFAN, Arc Kabir Ibrahim, saying that the group in question is illegal and allegedly […]
