WOFAN begins distribution of rice threshers, reapers to farmers
To mark the World Food Day, the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) at the weekend kicked off the distribution of 120 rice threshers and reapers to its members spread across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Benue, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa and Adamawa states. According
Learn MoreReviving the bleak future of cocoa, palm oil production
Pre-discovery of oil in Nigeria, cocoa and palm oil production was an important part of the economy of Nigeria. Cocoa used to be the leading agricultural export of Nigeria being a major foreign exchange earner. In the 1950s, 1960s and in 1970 the country was the
Learn MoreFAO calls on private sector to get more involved in agriculture
The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (UN-FAO) has called on the private sector to get more involved in agriculture in Nigeria. Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri on Friday during the assessment of UN-FAO interventions in Borno State, the new Country Representative of the
Learn MoreFG embarks on tsetse fly survey in Gombe
The Federal Government has embarked on a tsetse survey to improve livestock health and boost production in Gombe State, an official of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed. Duchi Dang, the ministry’s Chief Tsetse fly Control Officer, Pest Control Division, Jos office,
Learn MoreBuhari directs Agric Ministers to map out grazing routes
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said he has directed the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development to map out grazing routes and reserves across the country. For several years, the absence of such routes and reserves have been blamed for the regular farmers and herders clashes
Learn MoreHow To Invest In Agricultural Mechanisation
Mechanisation is a multi-dimensional concept and widely used in agricultural industry. There is, however, a major difference between the application of mechanisation in developed and developing countries. The developing countries tend to design their own strategies in food security given the challenges they face in all
Learn MoreExperts advise optimization of seed production to boost agribusiness
Experts in the agricultural sector have emphasized the need for optimization of local seed production to boost agricultural productivity in the country. Speaking at a virtual pre-NES26 event themed ‘Optimal Productivity in Nigeria’s Agribusiness: Achieving the Goal of Seed Security’, Mustapha Shehuri, minister of state for
Learn MoreHow agric research institutions can boost food production — Ijewere
With the impact of novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, on food production including climate change, the Vice President, Nigeria Agribusiness Group, NABG, Emmanuel Ijewere, has stated how agricultural research institutions can boost food production in the country. Speaking on a telephone chat with Vanguard, Ijewere also asserted
Learn MoreYouths get gadgets, farm implements, monthly stipend to boost agric production
Now fewer than 30 students drawn from five northern states have been trained, kitted with tablets, tricycles to boost agric-business and exportation in the Country. An agric firm, Office Chérifien des Phosphates, (OCP Africa) in partnership with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi under its programme
Learn MoreIITA signs MoU with Nigerian cassava growers
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Tuesday in Abuja, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) for the second phase of BASICS-II project to improve seeds of cassava varieties. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Building
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