Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000),  has assured  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 100 percent funding to enable the institute commence to commence degree programme in agricultural extension services this year. Prof. Sani Miko, the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000), gave the assurance during a news conference/ dinner in Calabar, Cross River on Friday. He […]

Ben Agande – Kaduna The Kaduna State government has inaugurated a committee to address grievances arising from its  Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Projects to address complaints from beneficiaries. The programmed is a collaboration between the state government and the World Bank and is targeted at getting over 60, 000 beneficiaries in […]

The Federal Government is set to partner Gombe State Government on the establishment of modern grazing reserves to harness the livestock potential in the state. Alhaji Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Inuwa Yahaya in Gombe. Nanono said that he was in […]

A snail farmer, Mr. Sunday Ido, on Thursday advised Nigerians to consume snail meat as a better alternative for protein following the ban on imported frozen chicken. Ido, the CEO of Real Snails in Calabar, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said following […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said that its intervention in the agricultural sector would boost rice production in Nigeria. Mrs. Rhoda Dia, the Project Manager for UNDP-Global Environment Facility Integrated Approach Programme (UNDP-GEF-IAP) on Food Security, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Gombe. Dia […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Tuesday, urged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest more in agriculture, particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea, and plantain, which will reduce Africa’s $50 billion annual food import bill. Obasanjo stated this during the official inauguration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Kalambo […]

By Gabriel Ewepu Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Tuesday, urged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest more in agriculture, particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain, which will reduce Africa’s $50 billion annual food import bill. Obasanjo stated this during the official inauguration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Kalambo Research Station […]

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Tuesday, urged the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest more in agriculture, particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea, and plantain, which will reduce Africa’s $50 billion annual food import bill. Obasanjo stated this during the official inauguration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Kalambo Research […]

…as ICERIA 2019 set to address challenges By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja An agricultural stakeholder, Jim Rex-Lawson Moses, Wednesday, clamoured for adequate agricultural research funding to boost food security and for effective economic diversification. Moses who is also publisher of AGROBUSINESS TIMES and organizer of the maiden International Conference & Expo on Research and Innovations […]

The Kebbi Government is partnering the World Fish Programme to boost the fisheries potentials of the State.