.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 […]

Stakeholders in the agricultural space have urged the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to adopt policies and invest in mechanisation and inputs that will boost the nation’s food system. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos while setting agenda for the incoming government. The farmers also urged the […]

Africa’s drive to transform its agriculture and become a foodbasket continues to receive strong global support, with development partners agreeing to commit more than $50 billion to the plan, barely two months after its launch. Development partners have agreed to commit more than 50 billion dollars to Africa’s drive to transform its agricultural sector and […]

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja AS Nigerians remain overstretched by skyrocketing food prices, farmers have lamented over the high cost of fertilizers limiting food production amid the dry season farming with no support in sight to feed over 200 million mouths. Speaking with Vanguard, weekend, an agribusiness expert and Chief Executive Officer, EA Daniels Farm, Engr […]

Dr Femi Oke, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter and South-West Zone, has expressed optimism about friendly policies and climate conditions in 2023 to increase food production.

AS food production and security remain paramount to sustain Nigeria and Nigerians, the Farm Inputs Support Services Department of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural, Tuesday, vowed to severely punish fertilizer adulterators with 10 years imprisonment.

Maigari described the aid from the US government as good news, said this support is needed by Africa without any suspicion.

President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria’s agricultural revolution had led to the creation of over 13 million direct and indirect jobs in the last seven and half years.

THE Federal Government and stakeholders, Tuesday, resolved to resuscitate yam exportation amidst challenges facing the commodity.

By Jimoh Babatunde President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that it is inexcusable  for Africa with 65% of the world’s most arable land and abundant water resources to suffer from food insecurity. Ahead of the 2023 Africa Food Summit to be hosted by President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-27 […]

By Victoria Ojeme The Chinese government has donated an agriculture demonstration centre worth N2.8 billion to the Nigerian government aimed at replicating the successes of the country in lifting 700 million people out of poverty through farming in Nigeria. At the event held at the China-Nigeria Agricultural Demonstration Centre located in Bwari, Abuja, the Chinese […]