By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – THE African Agricultural Technology Foundation, AATF, weekend, explained why former President Goodluck Jonathan was appointed ‘Africa Ambassador for Agricultural Technology’, which was based on the indelible agricultural initiatives he reeled out to take Nigeria’s agricultural sector to an enviable height with various policies, programmes and projects. Speaking in an interactive […]

AS agribusiness takes centre stage in the economy, a Mid Term Review, MTR, on the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in the Niger Delta, LIFE-ND, yesterday, revealed that 14, 155 farmers in six States have benefited from the programme.

An Information Technology expert, Oluseun Onigbinde has called on Nigerian government and other stakeholders in agricultural sector to deploy technology in the sector for efficient production and ensure food security in the country.

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Uniosun, Professor Clement Adebooye has disclosed that achieving food security will be impossible in Nigeria without giving due recognition to women farmers. Speaking at the maiden edition of the University’s Women’s Day on Thursday at the University auditorium in Osogbo, the Professor of Agriculture said […]

The President of the Rotary Club of Abuja Wuse II, Justina Oladotun, has urged rural farmers and internally displaced persons in Wassa district of Abuja, who were beneficiaries of the vocational training for an improved agricultural economy, to make the best use of the technical skills and inputs distributed to them.

.N30bn in first 6 months.signs agreement for sustainable finance.sets end of April for sale of Eko Rice By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has signed an agreement with the Lagos Commodities and Future Exchange (LCFE) and key capital market operators to provide sustainable finance to the commodities ecosystem through the generation of tradable financial […]

Multinational Life Science Company, Bayer Nigeria Limited has announced the 5th edition of the Nigeria Maize Conference scheduled to hold on April 26th, 2023, in Abuja, Nigeria.

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Plateau State government has earmarked over N2bn representing 4.26% of the 2023 budget to the Agriculture and Rural Development sub-sector to ensure the Ministry carries out its programmes in the year. The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dan-Philip Hirkop disclosed this on Thursday in Jos during the 2023 […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The National President of Nigerian Association of Women In Agriculture, NAWIA, Mrs. Ngizan Chahul has disclosed that over 12,100 women have now enrolled into the association to boost food production in the country. She stated that the association is also implementing 12 different projects and programmes in different parts of the […]

The Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) said its members lost more than N30 billion worth of over 15 million crates of eggs to the lingering cash scarcity in the country. In a statement on Friday, Sunday Onallo-Akpa, national president of PFAN, lamented that the poultry industry was on the verge of total collapse and […]