Despite that Africa has about 17 per cent of the world’s pastures and arable land, the value of premiums for agricultural insurance in Africa represents less than 0.7 per cent of the world’s total.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Agrorite, a premier digital agricultural platform based in Lagos, Toyosi Ayodele says he is determined to achieve food security in Africa beginning from Nigeria by engaging and improving the quality of lives of at least 1 million small holder farmers by the year 2020. Toyosi noted that Agrorite as […]

By David Odama – Lafia Nasarawa  State government has donated over 300 hectares of land in Karu Local Government to the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for the establishment of vocational skills, as well as agricultural training centres. Governor Abdullahi Sule announced the donation during the flagging off of the disbursement of loans to 500 […]

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has called on South-East governors to initiate agricultural policies and programmes that would enhance cashew farming in the zone. The President Emeritus of the association, Mr. Sunday Uzoechi, made the call at the swearing-in ceremony of the NCAN state officers on Tuesday in Enugu. Uzoechi said that the […]

The Lagos State Government has urged farmers not to relent in their efforts at food sufficiency for the nation’s teeming populace. Prince Gbolabo Lawal, the Commissioner for Agriculture, said this on Tuesday in Lagos while commemorating World Food Day, which comes up on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Ejigbo Local Government Council Development Area (LCDA). […]

The Federal Government, in collaboration with Jigawa Government, has commenced aerial spray in some parts of the state to control the invasion of quelea birds. Alhaji Hamza Mohammed, Special Assistant to Gov. Mohammad Badaru on Communities Inclusiveness, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Hadejia on Tuesday. He listed the areas […]

A climate outreach, Urban Tree Revival Team (UTRT), says its newly established tree seedlings nursery in Lagos will boost efforts toward mitigating climate change. The UTRT Convener, Ms. Omobola Eko, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that the idea was to replant the most indigenous endangered species. NAN reports that UTRT […]

 Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) says cassava has the capacity to generate N10 trillion and save Nigeria over N1.2 trillion from import of derivatives such as ethanol, starch and sweetener.

…says no need for bread consumption By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Ahead of the 2019 World Food Day on October 16, 2019, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono, Monday, disclosed that Nigeria is producing enough food and no hunger in the country. Nanono stated this during a media briefing on the forthcoming […]

A snail farmer, Mr. Ukonu Ukonu, on Monday advised Nigerians to embrace snail stress reduction therapy in order to prolong life expectancy. Ukonu, owner of Dynapharm International, a firm that specialises in snail farming, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Citing the daily nerve-wracking stress in […]