Farmers in tale of woes over flooding
By Cynthia Alo There are indications that farmers may have suffered huge losses following recent heavy rains that created flooding of farmlands across the country. Vanguard AgroBiz findings reveal that many farmers across the country are now battling with the impact on survival of their farming businesses. The situation may worsen as the Nigeria Hydrological […]
Cocoa farmers decry low productivity, urges more govt support, commitment in 2018
Mr Moses Oladipupo, Chairman of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Osun chapter has decried the poor production of cocoa in the state, attributing it to bad weather.
Nigeria produces 30% of chicken consumed in the country – Gbolade
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has re-iterated that lack of finance, inadequate infrastructure, lack of supply securities, inconsistencies of government policies, regulations, among others are top constraints facing agribusiness investments in Nigeria.
Post-harvest losses claim 50% of food produced in Nigeria— CEFTER
Leader of the Centre for Food Technology and Research, CEFTER, Benue State University, Makurdi, Professor Daniel Adezwa, has revealed that over 50 percent of the food crop produced in the country was lost due to poor handling.
Do not to suck snakebite spots, Health official advises farmers
A U.S.-based Nurse, Alloysius Nlekwa, has advised farmers not to suck the spots where they were bitten by snakes while on their farms.
‘Anyone or company that wants to import or release genetically modified seeds, grains should get permit’
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it will not disrupt the legitimate activities of seeds and grains dealers across the country.
Nigeria lacks capital to actualize its potentials in agriculture – NIRSAL
Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing system for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed has lamented that Nigeria lacks the full capital to actualize its potentials in agriculture.
Agro-industrial Park: Delta state seeks new option for solving food deficits, youth’s unemployment
Delta State government has stated that lack luster approach to national agricultural management remains the bane of our lack of industrial development, adding that the nation’s blessed arable land from the North to South and East to West is grossly underutilized.
Financing smallholder farmers through technology
With focus on agriculture as the next oil of the country’s economy, many Nigerians with money to invest in the sector have developed interest in the sector but being held back by a lack of technical know-how , while the smallholder farmers in the rural area with the knowledge are looking for finance to expand their farms.
FG orders repatriation of imported genetically modified maize
Abuja – The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has, in conjunction with the Nigerian Customs Service, ordered that the genetically modified (GM) maize consignment illegally imported into Nigeria be sent back.
Dickson seeks Agip support to resuscitate moribund rice farms in Bayelsa
-BAYELSA State governor Mr. Seriake Dickson has called on the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, to partner with the state government to resuscitate the moribund rice farms in the state.
