Dr Ayobami Omotoso, President, Chartered Institute of Export and Commodity Brokers of Nigeria (CIECOBON), says that Nigeria will feed its citizens and other African countries with the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Federal Government. Omotoso made the assertion during the 2019 Award Presentation Ceremony held at the Institute’s Secretariat in Lagos on Thursday. According […]

The Lagos State Government says the incessant seizure and auctioning of locally produced coconuts by the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) in Agbara area has hindered its production by farmers. Ms. Abisola Olusanya, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Agriculture, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

An agriculturist, Mrs. Bola Adeyemo, has called on more local farmers to embrace the cultivation of Cassava with  Vitamin nutrients to address malnutrition and hunger. Adeyemo, also a food processor, made the call on Thursday in Lagos while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Vitamin A helps form and maintains healthy teeth, skeletal […]

As 90,000 cotton farmers benefit from Anchor Borrower Scheme By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, in collaboration with a seed company, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. (Mahyco), on Tuesday, presented the two Genetically Modified cotton to farmers. The presentation was made during special field day organised for cotton farmers at Sheda, […]

The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), Dr Maria Ayodele, a Plant Pathologist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has said. Ayodele made this known while briefing newsmen on the importance of plant health on Wednesday at IITA, Ibadan. READ ALSO: 40 youths receive N7.5m […]

A farmer, Mrs Stella Iwuagwu has called on Nigerians to grow crops in their immediate environments as doing so will promote agriculture and strengthen efforts at ensuring food security. Iwuagwu who is the Director of a private farm, gave the advice while conducting some journalists round her farm in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, […]

Farmers in Borno have reiterated their call for early distribution of inputs to ease difficulties in accessing commodities and accelerate farming activities in the state. A cross section of the farmers made the call in separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zabalmari and Dusuman plantations in Jere Local Government Area of […]

By Agbonkhese Oboh Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has called on the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, to revoke the permits granted for the reported water-efficient maize for Africa, WEMA, project in Nigeria. HOMEF said their call became necessary “as the maize event (MON87460) has repeatedly proven to be a failure in other countries” […]

In a move to sustain the Agripreneur Scheme designed to boost food security and create wealth for farmers in the state, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expanded the scheme to cover piggery, cassava and oil palm production, in more locations in the state. Obaseki disclosed after attending the annual thanksgiving service of Omega […]

Some consumers in Jos have called on Plateau Government to check the  prevailing re-bagging of local rice by some dealers of the commodity in the city, describing the practice as unpatriotic. The buyers who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said many of the traders were opening the standard sack of the […]

Prof. Justina Mgbada, Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi state, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the Federal Government’s numerous supports to the institution. Mgbada, who gave the commendation on Saturday in an interview with newsmen, stressed that the support had made the institution achieve most of its goals. The provost said that the […]

The Niger State chapter of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Saturday said that it had recovered N35 million Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) loan from its members in the state. Alhaji Idris Abini, RIFAN’s state chairman made the dislosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. READ ALSO: […]

All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has called on Nigerians to exercise patience and understanding for the process involved in local rice production to be perfected. Mr Ibrahim Kabiru, President of AFAN, made this call on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The AFAN was reacting to complaints by […]

No fewer than 40 youths from Oyo and Ekiti states on Friday received farming equipment and cash worth N7.5 million from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and AfricaRice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries are participants who completed the two-week training under the Youth Employment in Agri-business and Sustainable […]

By Dirisu Yakubu The Japanese government has signed a $298,095 partnership contract with the Nasarawa and Kwara state governments to boost rice production. The project, an initiative of the Nasarawa Agricultural Development Program, NADP and the Tabitha Cumi Foundation will be implemented in collaboration with Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Olam Nigeria Limited, under the Japanese […]