As 774 LGAs to get agric service centres soon By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Federal Government woos investors to establish agricultural equipment assemblies in the country to boost mechanization of the agricultural sector towards greater participation in food production across various value chains. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed […]

The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) said on Monday that the country could generate about $420 million (about N151 billion) annually from onion cultivation. OPMAN’s Secretary-General, Mr. Aliyu Maitasamu, said this at the 2019 General Assembly of Regional Observatory of Onion Sector in West and Central Africa, in Sokoto. According to him, […]

By Chinenyeh Ozor The Zoology department of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has been thrown into mournful mood over the death of the only surviving male Chimpanzee (aka Old man) in the Zoo of the university, embalmed and preserved in the museum of the department. READ ALSO: Tiger kills female zookeeper at UK zoo Prof Chris […]

Dangote Farms has flagged off the distribution of hybrid tomato seedlings to tomato farmers under the Central Bank Anchor Borrower Programme. ‎Speaking at the event on Monday at Kadawa, the Managing Director of the company, Abdulkarim Kaita said that they ‎would distribute 6,500 hectares worth of tomato seedlings to farmers before the end of the […]

  Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The National Agricultural Seeds Council, NASC, Catholic Relief Services, CRS, and National Root Crop Research Institute, NRCRI, have commenced training of 18 third party agencies for cassava seeds inspection in Benue : Seeds Council, CRS, and NRCRI commence training of 18 agencies. READ ALSO: Sesame seed can generate over $1bn annually […]

Some rice farmers have appealed to the Federal Government to provide them with affordable loan facilities to boost production to reduce the price of the commodity as they described the border closure as a welcome development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the price of a 50kg bag of local rice, which sold […]

There are only 14, 000 agricultural extension service workers that attend to the needs of the huge number of farmers across the country, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sani Nanono, has said. Nanono disclosed this at a Town Hall Meeting with Farmers Associations and other stakeholders in Kano on Friday. NAN reports […]

The Federal Government has distributed 149 trucks of fertilizer and agricultural inputs to 11,345 victims of the 2018 flood in Kebbi. The Kebbi Governor, who is also the Vice-Chairman of the National Food Security Council, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, flagged-off the distribution of the items in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. He said the distribution was part […]

Retson Tedheke, the ex-militant who became an agriculture entrepreneur has said that the worth of his farm business in Ga’ate, Nasarawa state is more than N1 billion, encouraging more Nigerians to invest in the sector. Mr Tedheke said he was surprised that many Nigerians find it difficult to believe that his 3,500 hectares farm business […]

Alhaji Ramaham Abubakar, the Chairman of Rice Farmers  Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Nasarawa  State,  has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for introducing a collateral-free loan scheme for farmers. Abubakar gave the commendation while speaking at the inauguration of Wet/Dry Season Loan Recovery on Thursday in Keffi. He told farmers that with Buhari’s loan revolving scheme […]

Some tomato farmers in Benue have called on the state government to mop up surplus tomatoes in markets across the state to curb wastage. The farmers made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Makurdi. They said the government could do this by establishing tomato processing industries […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the new College of the Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iguoriakhi at Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state. The College at Iguoriakhi houses the School of Agricultural Technology and Engineering, with two other campuses in Agenebode and Uromi. Speaking at […]

By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Nigeria as a country has been advised to devise policies that will shun it from dependence on other nations for sustenance as the major route to development in all sectors. The call was made on Tuesday in Kano by Liliane Binego of the Coventry University Research Centre For Agroecology, Water […]

The Enugu State Government has urged the people to embrace rice farming, promising to make available farmland for cultivation to improve production. The State’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Matthew Idu, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen on border closure on Tuesday in Enugu. Idu said that the border closure would boost local rice production, […]

The Enugu State Government has urged the people to embrace rice farming, promising to make available farmland for cultivation to improve production.