Nigeria fights to save N1.4trn agro exports
...Exporters say they are 80% ready…FG struggles with its role By Cynthia Alo Nigeria risks losing over $1 billion, about N1.4 trillion, in annual earnings from agro exports if it fails to meet the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation, EUDR, deadline of December 30, 2026. The EUDR requires that commodities entering the EU market, including cocoa, […]
Gombe State tomato company re-opens soon —Gov. Yahaya
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, on Thursday in Gombe, said the state government would soon re-open the moribund tomato company in Kumo. Yahaya made this disclosure while declaring open a food and security summit with the theme: “Public-Private-Partnership Inter-State Food Commodity Value Chain’’. Represented by Prof. Abubakar Njodi, Secretary to the State Government, the […]
Climate change major threat to agricultural development – Expert
Mrs Ibironke Olubamise, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), National Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility Programme, says climate change is a major threat to agricultural development. She made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, on Thursday. Olubamise said there was a need for a concerted effort by […]
Climate change: Association tasks govt., stakeholders on tree planting
The President, Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), on Thursday, urged government all levels and relevant stakeholders to embark on effective sensitisation campaign on the importance of tree planting across the country. Mr. Damian Mgbaramuko, gave the advice in Abuja while addressing the staff of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), as the board celebrates […]
TAAT-WEC targets 1000 farmers on new water conservation
Prof. Henry Igbadun, Programme Leader for Irrigation, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), says the institute in collaboration with International Water Management Institute is targeting 1,000 farmers in the newly introduced water conservation technologies. Igbadun made the disclosure on the sideline of a field visit to TAAT-WEC In-situ water harvesting in sorghum demonstration farms at Janfalan […]
CASHEW: Conference to unlock N50b annual investment opportunity
Nigeria is to hold the first national cashew interactive conference aimed at analysing the recent market dynamics and to unlock a N50 billion annual investment opportunity, Mr. Godwin Ochaga, Managing Director, HomeNa Agribusiness Consulting Ltd, has said. Ochaga told newsmen in Abuja that the three-day conference would also examine the role of both public and […]
