FG, BOA sign MoU to empower 3 million women farmers
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development and the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) have signed an MoU to provide agricultural support and opportunities for three million women through the Women Agro-Value Expansion (WAVE) Programme.
How biotechnology can optimize agriculture in Nigeria
“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.
Mohaz group builds biggest poultry farm in South-east
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
Cross River to complete Ogoja rice mill before December — Commissioner
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.
712 farmers in Daura LG receive Anchor Borrowers Programme loans
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.
C’River awards N1.16bn banana farm contract
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.
N1.8bn needed to pay farmers’ compensation over bird flu attack
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.
Farmers to access fertilizers from Wednesday – Agric Commissioner
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.
SON boosts export of Nigerians agric products
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is set to boost exports of Nigerian products through the avenue of standardisation.
Turkey-Africa 1st Agriculture ministers meeting holds next week
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 .
Aboloma urges poultry farmers to invest in egg powder
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
