Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has reiterated the significance of extension services to the growth of agriculture in the country.

The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) project has stepped up efforts in cultivating and fostering the right partnerships in its cardinal aim of reducing the cassava yield gap in Africa.

The Minister of of Agriculture & Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has said that inability to meet domestic food requirements and inability to export at quality levels required for market success are two major gaps in the country’s agriculture today.

The National Vice President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Chris Onwuka , has condemned those campaigning against biotechnology in the country as he asked them to come up with scientific evidence to back their stance.

Notable Nigerians joined in the call for the banning of imported tomato paste into the country as over 75 per cent of tomatoes harvested in the country are wasted in the hands of farmers while Nigeria remains the largest importer of tomato paste in the world.

Dorcas Olubunmi Ibitoye, from National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), one of the seven students who just graduated from the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) at the University of Ghana with PhDs in Plant Breeding, has promised to develop resistant tomato varieties to mitigate the adverse impact of ‘tomato ebola’ and increase the productivity of tomato in Nigeria.

THE Chairman , Tuns Farms Nigeria, Asiwaju Olatunde Badmus, has disclosed that the proposed one million jobs expected to be created through the National Egg Production Scheme (NEGPRO) can be doubled if extended to meat production.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Monday, launched a two-million dollars government’s agricultural and private sector strategy to promote the development of Nigeria’s agriculture sector.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Monday, launched a two-million dollars government’s agricultural and private sector strategy to promote the development of Nigeria’s agriculture sector.

GLOBALLY, one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, the equivalent of 1.3 billion tons of food per year.