…Pledges to support 7,000 farmers from Cross River, Akwa-Ibom and Eboniyi By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of El-kanis and Partners, Mr Richard Ajah says the ongoing Russia and Ukraine conflict has negatively impacted on many African countries including Nigeria. Mr. Ajah noted...
Agriculture
Miss Agriculture Nigeria, Miss Eucharia Odida, has said that if 60 per cent of youths in the country venture into agriculture, the unemployment challenge in the country would be reduced drastically. Odida, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Calabar, said...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday toured about 10 farmlands in the outskirts of 4 LGAs of the state which include – Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Jere, Mafa and Dikwa LGCs to monitor farming activities. During the separate unscheduled visits, Governor Zulum, who...
Some maize farmers in Kano State have resorted to planting sorghum due to the high cost of fertilizer, instead of maize and other crops. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers use manure obtained from animals dung and waste for the crops, with little fertilizers. The...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has warned that states may no longer pay their basic bills if they don’t move away from FAAC-based revenue to agriculture driven economy. Soludo, an erudite economist, said this at a parley in Awka on the occasion of his 100 days in office. He...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has identified agriculture as the fattest means of addressing unemployment in Nigeria. He disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, during the vice chancellors round table on the implementation of Agricultural Research and Innovation...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National Institute of Soil Science, North-East Zone, has donated no fewer than 150 soil testing kits to states in the zone to enhance crop production. The Zonal Coordinator of the Institute, Prof. Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday during a training and capacity...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu was on Wednesday led by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on a tour of 3,000-hectare rice farm in Damasak, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area.of Borno State. The mega farm is one of Zulum’s ongoing programmes in agriculture. The location...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is ready to help Nigeria return to the electronic wallet system of input distribution to farmers to boost agricultural production. The President of AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this on Monday, at a meeting with newsmen ahead of the Bank’s 2022 Annual...
Mrs Mary Afan, the President, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) says Nigeria may not end hunger by 2025, if it does not invest massively in boosting agricultural production. Afan made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja on the sidelines...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – All Progressive Congress National Leader and leading presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, met the party’s delegates from Gombe on May 10 in the state capital, where he emphasized the pivotal role farmers play in providing food security for our nation. The friendly and productive...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the 2022 Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS) for 38 participants alongside orientation of loans to be disbursed to the 2021 trainees of the scheme in Sokoto. Speaking at the event, the State Coordinator of NDE,...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has appealed to the people of the state to get involved in agriculture, to reduce hunger and prices of food stuff. Governor El-Rufai gave the advice when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Malam Ahmad Bamalli, on the traditional Hawan...
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have jointly pledged $200 million toward agriculture, climate resilience and economic development projects in Africa. The pledge was made on Monday through a new strategic partnership (Nanmo) to support smallholder farmers on drylands on the African continent....
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has secured N600 million loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria to establish a commercial poultry farm to boost eggs and chicken production. Prof. Mikhail Buhari, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Technology and Innovation, stated this on Monday while speaking with newsmen. Buhari said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Bultmann has said her country plans to partner Borno State Government on the development of agriculture, education, and the resettlement of IDPs. Amb. Bultmann announced this on Wednesday when she paid a courtesy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum...
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Federal Government would allocate $200 million for the creation of 780 Agricultural Service Centres to serve as catalysts for training and equipment sharing, under the Nigeria-Brazil bilateral development programme. The Vice president, who was represented of the Federation, Mr Boss...
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the offer by the United Arab Emirate (UAE) to partner with Nigeria in the areas of renewable energy, agriculture, infrastructure logistics. The partnership also include provision of vaccines to further control the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement, said...
An agro–industry and value chain expert, Dr Chijioke Osuji, has said Nigeria cannot attain food sufficiency by still engaging in roadside drying of agricultural produce such as grains. Dr. Osuji stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. The expert said that such...
Nigeria produces about two million metric tonnes of Onions annually, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Muhammad Abubakar, has told the 4th Regional Onion annual conference and general meeting holding in Kano. The event was organised by Regional observatory on Onions for West and Central Africa, in...