By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, NFGCS, Saturday, disclosed that the visit by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, to the cooperative’ Farm City at Ga’ate in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has brought about pressure from customers who have place tremendous demand on them, because of endorsement […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerian farmers as they have been “saving us billions of dollars yearly which would have been spent on food importation.’’ Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the President made his feelings known in a special video message on the occasion of the […]

Alhaji Mohammed Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Rural Development, says he is working with the National Assembly on a bill to prohibit the killing and exportation of donkeys or its derivatives. Nanono said such legislation would prevent donkeys from extinction. Nanono said this at the Global inauguration of “Under the Skin” the impact of […]

Worried about the worsening employment and poverty situation across Nigeria, Hill Crest Agro-allied Industries Limited, a leading agricultural produce processing company, has put in place efforts to address the issue with improved investments in agriculture.

Acquires 23,000 hectares of land for oil palm, other production An indigenous business conglomerate, Nosak Group has contributed to the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s industrialisation and job creation drive with its investment in agriculture, including the acquisition of 13,000 hectares for oil palm plantation. The company has also ventured into ethanol production with the acquisition […]

TAK Agro Plc, a major player in Nigeria’s agricultural value chain says it has concluded arrangement to purchase 250 MAN trailer-trucks for its fertiliser production and distribution, as well as grain processing and storage operations in readiness for dry season farming. The Chairman of Tak Agro Plc., Thomas Etuh, said on Wednesday in Abuja that […]

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it has begun practical training of the 50 youth recently inducted into its poultry farm scheme in Delta. The State Coordinator of the agency, Mr. Tony Olu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Asaba. Olu said that the practice […]

The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association(NVMA), on Tuesday, joined the global effort to raise awareness on antimicrobial resistance to public health and livestock. The NVMA made the call in a statement on Tuesday to mark the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, signed by its publicity secretary, Dr. Gloria Daminabo. The association stressed that though antimicrobial is useful […]

An agriculturist, Alhaji Abba Kale, has called for the establishment of mega rice mills to accelerate production and achieve self-sufficiency in the country. Kale made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Maiduguri. Kale, who is one of the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) clients in the Northeast, […]

The Nigerian Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Umar says Nigeria is open to foreign investors willing to invest in agribusiness in line with the present administration’s drive to diversify the economy. Umar in a statement by the Assistant Director, Information in the ministry, Mrs Eno Olotu, on Thursday in Abuja, […]