THE Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Atiku Bagudu, yesterday, commended the renewed passion and commitment of Nigerians towards agriculture across various value chains.

THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has assured farmers of government’s support with 10, 000 tractors from John Deere in the next five years to boost mechanized farming across the country.

The Federal Government is to procure 10,000 tractors from the U.S.-based John Deere Agriculture and Farming Equipment Company within the next five years.

Some unscrupulous fish farmers are using additives and fertilisers as feeds to boost catfish production in Nigeria, a fish farmer, Mr Phillip Ogunnaike, has revealed.

Kogi Agricultural Development Project (ADP) has launched its Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Agriculture Training Centre.

No fewer than 3,000 farmers have joined the ongoing massive sorghum production programme in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State.

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