By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Thursday, decried poor execution of projects by contractors in the agricultural sector with substandard materials. This was contained in the opening speech of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Abdulkadri Mua’zu, during an interactive meeting with the 2019 Department of Rural […]

Poultry farmers under the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s agripreneur programme have continued to count their gains, as poultry processors in the state have purchased a total of 125,000 birds from 11 farm clusters in the state’s broiler breeding scheme. The new figures are an improvement from the earlier reports that the off-takers bought off 60,000 […]

By Gabriel Ewepu- Abuja The African Agricultural Technology Foundation, AATF, has emphasized that hope for Africa’s agricultural development lies deeply in sustainable technology and innovation. This was contained in the Foundation’s programme overview, where it stated that the potential of growth in the sector is enormous based on World Bank’s estimate that indicated more than […]

In efforts to boost rice production, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), in collaboration with the Gombe State Government, has embarked on sensitisation of farmers on dry season farming

A greenhouse farming expert, Mr Chuba Chukwuka, has reiterated the benefits of greenhouse farming in the protection of crops from ultraviolet sun rays and pests. Chukwuka made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. The expert said the benefits of the greenhouse farming system was the […]

Ecobank Nigeria Ltd is partnering with the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) and other developmental partners to double the amount of credit it provides to the agricultural sector over the next two/three years.
 

The Federal Government is to site a specialised agricultural produce and international fish market in Ijebu –Jesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun. Mr Adedayo Adewole, Osun Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, said this at a meeting of the Project Implementation Committee(PIC) in Osogbo. He said the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, […]

Farmers’ participation in dry season planting in Akwa Ibom state has scaled up tremendously in the last four years. The rave in engagement in the dry season farming by both full-time farmers and individuals who engage in farming as a past-time at subsistent scale is attributable to the concerted policy by the Udom Emmanuel administration which seeks to move farmers in the state away from the traditional one season planting to three planting seasons.

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Nigeria and the United States of America, USA, on Wednesday, disclosed moving to boost food production and job creation across various value chains in the agricultural sector. The move was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Sabo Nanono, during courtesy visit of United States Agency for […]

Stakeholders in the nation’s agricultural sector have commended the various transformation programmes, initiated by the Akwa Ibom State government to reposition the sector in the state.