Agriculture

Importance of trainings can never be overemphasized in any profession; hence the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) took time to train agric journalists on policy communications, JOHN OBA reports. Capacity building The importance of capacity building for journalist in the Nigeria agricultural sector is tied to the fact that the media is critical to the development of the sector Read More

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has insisted that it is focused on fertilizer production as a key component of Agriculture EcoSystem in Nigeria. In a statement made available to journalists yesterday in Abuja, the agency disclosed that it has been involved in fertilizer production since 2016. The program involves the provision of the four components as listed above for Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that increase trend of child labour in agriculture threatens the wellbeing of millions of children and undermines efforts to end global hunger and poverty. The organisation yesterday in it report on child labour said after years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent years driven Read More

With it approval as a substantial parastatal, the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has sensitised it’s staff on it operation and procedures to position the Service to meet standard despite several restructuring. Addressing the staff during the sensitization workshop on quarantine that held at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Lagos, the Coordinating Director, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, said with the NAQS becoming Read More

International Consultant / Special Adviser on Investment, Diaspora and Development Partners to the AU ECOSOCC Nigeria, Mrs Chinwe Maduike, in this interview with JOHN OBA, said government needs to engage consultants to find better and creative options of financing the sector What aspect of agriculture are you focusing on? We are concern about every sub-sector in agriculture but we are Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as part of its 2018 rainy season programme in the North East offered 630 farmers free seeds for the planting season The organisation at its first ever seed fair that held in Tikau, a large ward in the Nangere local government area of Yobe State had 400 cereal farmers, 130 Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that continuous use of antimicrobials as growth promoters, especially in livestock and acquaculture could lead to as many as 10 million deaths a year and over $100 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050. FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, who gave the warning at a high-level UN coordination meeting Read More

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) is partnering with the media and other stakeholders in the sector to sensitise farmers on the need to secure quality seeds in order to obtain higher yields, JOHN OBA reports Farmers challenges on improve seeds The federal government’s efforts to ensure that farmers are provided with quality seeds has been on for some times Read More

Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state has said his administration has in the last three years invested in mega projects, including sugar, rice, livestock and poultry where over 30,000 jobs were created. The governor, who stated this while addressing reporters on his stewardship in the last three years in Dutse yesterday, explained that the four projects have impacted enormously Read More

Kogi state government has solicited the assistance of Synergos Nigeria, an international non-governmental organisation in the training of agricultural extension agents to enable farmers under its Anchor Borrowers scheme access best agronomic practices. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Kehinde Oloruntoba, who made the call at the state partnership for agriculture’s Core Delivery Team (CDT) meeting on Friday in Lokoja, Read More

The Director General, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, has stated that the United Nations Security Council Resolution on hunger and conflict underscores the critical role of safeguarding food production and rural livelihoods even under conditions of extreme violence and instability. Da Silva, in a statement said: “We strongly welcome this unprecedented move by the Security Council Read More

Kogi state government has solicited the collaboration of Synergos Nigeria in collating the bio-data of authentic farmers in the state to enable them access credit facilities for enhanced agricultural productivity. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Kehinde Oloruntoba, made the appeal at the State Partnership for Agriculture (SPA) Core Delivery Team meeting on sustainable agriculture in Lokoja. Read More

With poor diets posing a great challenge to global health more than air pollution, alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined, the private sector needs to play a stronger role in encouraging people to eat more nutritious food, according to a new policy brief launched recently. The brief by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition in partnership Read More

The Chief Executive Officer, Filtop Long Yield Network Limited, Mr Femi Popoola has called for more investment in poultry products as local producers find it difficult to meet the demand for poultry products. In an exclusive interview with Blueprint, Popoola insisted that investors should take advantage of the opportunities provided to investors by his company as they are able to Read More

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has established three fuel efficient stove production centres in Borno state to curtail felling of trees in the Sahara desert. It also trained about one hundred persons or workers in the production of fuel efficient stoves for the three centres that it has established in Maiduguri, Konduga and Jere LGAs of Borno state. The FAO Read More