Promises to upscale production Says govt interventions should go beyond border closure By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, NFGCS, yesterday, disclosed acquiring high capacity rice processing equipment to upscale productivity shortly. This was made known by the National Coordinator, NFGCS, Mr Redson Tedheke, while speaking on the opportunities agribusiness […]

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation-Water Enabler Compact (TAAT-WEC) has trained some farmers in Kano on Improved irrigation and water management in wheat and rice production. The National Coordinator of TAAT-WEC, Prof. Henry Igbadun in his remarks at the workshop on Thursday, said the training was aimed at boosting wheat and rice production in Kano and […]

Dr Ayobami Omotoso, President, Chartered Institute of Export and Commodity Brokers of Nigeria (CIECOBON), says that Nigeria will feed its citizens and other African countries with the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Federal Government. Omotoso made the assertion during the 2019 Award Presentation Ceremony held at the Institute’s Secretariat in Lagos on Thursday. According […]

The Lagos State Government says the incessant seizure and auctioning of locally produced coconuts by the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) in Agbara area has hindered its production by farmers. Ms. Abisola Olusanya, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Agriculture, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

An agriculturist, Mrs. Bola Adeyemo, has called on more local farmers to embrace the cultivation of Cassava with  Vitamin nutrients to address malnutrition and hunger. Adeyemo, also a food processor, made the call on Thursday in Lagos while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Vitamin A helps form and maintains healthy teeth, skeletal […]

As 90,000 cotton farmers benefit from Anchor Borrower Scheme By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC, in collaboration with a seed company, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. (Mahyco), on Tuesday, presented the two Genetically Modified cotton to farmers. The presentation was made during special field day organised for cotton farmers at Sheda, […]

The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), Dr Maria Ayodele, a Plant Pathologist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has said. Ayodele made this known while briefing newsmen on the importance of plant health on Wednesday at IITA, Ibadan. READ ALSO: 40 youths receive N7.5m […]

A farmer, Mrs Stella Iwuagwu has called on Nigerians to grow crops in their immediate environments as doing so will promote agriculture and strengthen efforts at ensuring food security. Iwuagwu who is the Director of a private farm, gave the advice while conducting some journalists round her farm in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, […]

Farmers in Borno have reiterated their call for early distribution of inputs to ease difficulties in accessing commodities and accelerate farming activities in the state. A cross section of the farmers made the call in separate interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zabalmari and Dusuman plantations in Jere Local Government Area of […]

By Agbonkhese Oboh Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has called on the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, to revoke the permits granted for the reported water-efficient maize for Africa, WEMA, project in Nigeria. HOMEF said their call became necessary “as the maize event (MON87460) has repeatedly proven to be a failure in other countries” […]