By Agbonkhese Oboh Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, has called on the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, to revoke the permits granted for the reported water-efficient maize for Africa, WEMA, project in Nigeria. HOMEF said their call became necessary “as the maize event (MON87460) has repeatedly proven to be a failure in other countries” […]

In a move to sustain the Agripreneur Scheme designed to boost food security and create wealth for farmers in the state, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expanded the scheme to cover piggery, cassava and oil palm production, in more locations in the state. Obaseki disclosed after attending the annual thanksgiving service of Omega […]

Some consumers in Jos have called on Plateau Government to check the  prevailing re-bagging of local rice by some dealers of the commodity in the city, describing the practice as unpatriotic. The buyers who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, said many of the traders were opening the standard sack of the […]

Prof. Justina Mgbada, Provost, Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi state, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the Federal Government’s numerous supports to the institution. Mgbada, who gave the commendation on Saturday in an interview with newsmen, stressed that the support had made the institution achieve most of its goals. The provost said that the […]

The Niger State chapter of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Saturday said that it had recovered N35 million Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) loan from its members in the state. Alhaji Idris Abini, RIFAN’s state chairman made the dislosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. READ ALSO: […]