“With the down turn in the global prices of oil, we now have to prospect our solid minerals. We have to return to agriculture,” President Buhari to members of the Council of Saudi Arabian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Power supply is our greatest challenge, stable power supply. We don’t want to mention payment of duties because it has been very challenging with the Nigeria Customs

THE Cross River Government says the rice mill project in Ogoja, Ogoja Local Government Area, will be completed before the end of the year. Prof. Anthony Eneji, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, said in Calabar on Wednesday that the project, which also included a rice farm, would serve as production point for Calabar Rice City.

No fewer than 712 farmers in Daura Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State, have received N90,000 each as funding support from the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme.

The Cross River Government says that it has awarded N1.16 billion contract for the commencement of work on a model banana farm project in Akamkpa town of Akamkpa Local Government Area.

THE Federal Government has revealed that N2.98 billion will be needed to fight army worms’ invasion on 700, 000 hectares of farmland in the country.

THE Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Uzo Azubuike, has said that the fertilizer the state acquired for its farmers would be available to them from today.

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is set to boost exports of Nigerian products through the avenue of standardisation.

The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Turkey will host the Turkey-Africa 1st Agriculture Ministers Meeting and Agribusiness Forum in Antalya, Turkey next week .

THE Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged poultry farmers in the country to invest in egg powder production as a way out of the prevailing egg glut in the market. Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma, gave the advise in Kaduna at a training organised by SON for Poultry Farmers Association, Kaduna Chapter and Poultry-allied stakeholders’ in Kaduna

MR Raymos Guanah, a commercial rice farmer in Delta, has urged government to raise its support for farmers to attract more private sector investment in rice production.

The impact of the pilot programme in Kebbi in terms of output per hectare productivity is undeniable

THE cooperative arms of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Apapa, has unveiled its plan to produce 200 millionaire farmers to reduce the burden of unemployment in the country this year.

THE World Bank has approved a 200 million dollars credit facility to further support Nigeria in its efforts to enhance agricultural productivity of small and medium scale farmers.

AWKA- RICE production has received a further boost in Anambra State with the commissioning of JOSAN Integrated Rice Farms and Mills located at Enugwuabo, Ufuma in Orumba North local government area of the state. It is expected to add 90 metric tonnes of rice to the existing 250 metric tonnes currently being produced in the state.