AS the blue economy now becomes a major focus globally, African countries under the auspices of the Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African States bordering the Atlantic Ocean, COMHAFAT/ATLAFCO, have lamented poor interest in fisheries governance as a major foreign exchange revenue earner.

An expert in the field of Animal Breeding and Genetics, and Agricultural Business, Dr.Olaiwola Ogunpaimo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to give agriculture, particularly crop and livestock production, fisheries and forestry a topmost priority to reduce the rate of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate 2023 World Hunger Day at the weekend, stakeholders including National Biotechnology Development Agency, NABDA, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, OFAB, and others, asked the Federal Government to declare ‘National Farmers Day’.

THE National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, weekend, trained over 60 seed producers and stakeholders on high technical skills to produce quality seeds.

The President of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, Dr Agnes Kalibata, has said that Climate change is quickly becoming the most significant challenge facing our planet.

Some tomato traders and consumers have lamented the recent scarcity and hike in the price of the produce in the country.

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 […]