Agro exports fall 36% to N803bn in Q2
By Cynthia AloNigeria’s agricultural export earnings fell by 36.09 per cent year-on-year to N802.99 billion in the second quarter of 2026 (Q2’26) from N1.26 trillion in the corresponding period of 2025 (Q2 ’25), latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has shown.The figure also represents a 31.51 per cent decline from the N1.17 […]
Cashew farmers raise alarm over illegal shipment of commodity
Seek inclusion in CBN’s Anchor Borrowers scheme By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Cashew farmers under the auspices of the Association of Cashew Farmers, Aggregators and Processors of Nigeria, ACFAP, Thursday, raised alarm over an illegal shipment of cashew from Nigeria to other neighbouring countries. This was contained in a report titled, ‘Executive Report of Cashew […]
France keeps eyes peeled for ruinous tomato virus
France’s agriculture ministry said Thursday that it was increasing surveillance of fields to stave off a ruinous virus affecting tomatoes that has already been found in neighbouring countries. No French cases have yet been reported of the “tomato brown rugose fruit virus,” known as ToBRFV, which causes the fruit to develop rough discoloured patches on […]
LASG urges youths to embrace agriculture to curb unemployment
Mr Gbolahan Lawal, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, has urged farmers particularly the youth farmers to embrace agriculture as a business to transform it from subsistence to commercial for profitability. Lawal made the call at the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Summit 2020 in Lagos. He said that several opportunities abound in agriculture because […]
Ogun destroys illegal cocoa farms, arrests two
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta In its determination to end the menace of illegal farming in the State forest reserves, the Ogun State government has destroyed several acres of cocoa, cassava and plantain farms in Erinla and Bayesan villages in Area J4, as two illegal farmers were also arrested. The Ogun State Commissioner for Forestry, Eng. […]
Nigeria to stop fish importation by 2022 – FG
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop fish importation in 2020. The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN) led by its National President, Dr Gabriel Ogunsanya in Abuja on Tuesday. Nanono […]
