The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, has urged the Federal Government to consider a recent World Bank report and create an enabling environment for business to thrive in Nigeria.

The National President, National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, Tola Faseru,  has disclosed that the production of the commodity has increased from  about 90,000 metric tonnes in 2011 to  220,000 metric tonnes at the end of 2017 translating to about $402million.

THE Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development , Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has charged research institutes in the agricultural sector to commercialise their research products to increase Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, in order to sustain their institutes.

Mr Usman Adangara, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Fadama Development Project coordinator, has called on the youth to engage in farming so as to support the government’s efforts towards economic development.

FOLLOWING efforts to boost food security by the Federal Government, the nation’s rice sub-sector will attract N250 billion investment based high paddy rice production and increased milling capacity.

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), says its investment in promoting local farming is yielding results as production of made-in-Nigeria fertiliser has presently hit 2.22 million metric tonnes.

African and European diplomats on Wednesday lauded Nigeria’s agriculture sector for its role in pulling the country out of recession.

Agricultural Development Project, Kogi State KADP, has embarked on intensive training for registered Cassava, Cashew and Maize farmers in the State.

Integrated farming system is basically the Songhai model which forbids throwing away waste, even human waste, in soak away pits

Irrigation farmers in Yobe say the state can provide at least 40 per cent of Nigeria’s food needs, if the partnership between the Yobe government and MardiCorp, a Malaysian firm, is properly executed.

THE International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, -sponsored Value Chain Development Programme has created1504 new jobs for both men and women in Anambra State.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has advised farmers in the North to plant early maturing and drought-resistant varieties of seeds so as to avoid yield loss in 2018.

The Federal Government says it will exploit potential in the cotton sector by empowering producers to enhance their productivity.

The Federal Government has released about N43.92 billion (122 million dollars) to 300,000 rice farmers to increase Nigeria’s rice production by additional two million tonnes in 2018.

GOVERNORS of the South East geopolitical zone of the country, yesterday, called on the Federal Government and other development partners including USAID, UK Aid, IFAD, FADAMA to increase allocation of agricultural facilities to farmers within the region.