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Abuja Cooperative Foundation (ABCoF) has accused the FCT Secretary Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Nzekwe Stanly Ifeanichukwu, and the Chief Registrar of Cooperatives, Mrs Ango Mohammed of connivance to exhort money from …
Abuja farmers accuse FCT agric scribe, cooperative boss of corruption, extortion Read MoreKatsina state government is doing everything possible to ensure an all- year- round agriculture as it takes deliberate steps to revamp some abandoned dam projects in the state. HAMIDU SABO …
Boosting irrigation in Katsina through refurbished dams Read MoreA concerned indigene of Mmiata Anam in Anambra-west local government area of Anambra state, Chief Mathias Ameke, has raised an alarm over an impending hunger and famine in his council …
Hunger looms in Anambra as herdsmen allegedly destroy houses, Farms produce Read MoreThe Maize Farmers Association of Nigerian (MAAN), National President of the association, Alhaji Bello Abubakar, has stated that the association has recorded significant progress under the current administration adding that the President …
MAAN records progress under this administration’ Read MoreThe Nigerian government has approved for use its first genetically modified crop: the Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea (popularly called beans). This was after it had been genetically modified to resist …
Despite controversy, Nigeria ‘approves’ first GMO crop Read MoreThe federal government will place a final ban on the importation of tomato paste before the end of 2019, the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Audu Ogbeh, has said. …
FG to ban tomato paste before end of 2019 — Audu Ogbeh Read MoreHealth of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and a coalition of CSOs have called on the federal government to focus on biological control as solution to pests invasion and augment it …
Focus on biological control of pest invasion, HOMEF, others urge FG Read MoreThe Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) said it will in the next few weeks begin the distribution of input to farmers in eight states of the …
NIRSAL to distribute farm inputs to farmers in 8 states Read MoreAfrican Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) Nigeria chapter has commenced partnering with the Republic of Indonesia to train Nigeria youths on the production of bio-degradable cassava plastic. …
Cassava plastic production: ECOSOCC woos Indonesia on youth training Read MoreChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen is not present at his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) but, the federal goverment Prosecutor, Aliu Umar on …
Breaking: Onnoghen absent again as FG demands his resignation over alleged false assets declaration Read MoreThe federal government has approved the appointment of Dr. Vincent Isegbe as the pioneer Director General of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS). The appointment which took effect from 13th …
FG appoints Isegbe DG, NAQS Read MoreThe Rural Environmental Empowerment Initiative (T.R.E.E. Initiative) has called on Nigerians to engage in tree planting as part of efforts to mitigate negative consequences of climate change occasioned by massive …
Climate change: Plant trees to mitigate effects, Nigerians urged Read MoreThe Federal Government has budgeted N25 billion, instead of the promised N500 billion for the recapitalisation Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the Bank of Industry (BOI) in the proposed 2019 …
2019: FG budgets N25 billion for recapitalisation of BOA, BOI Read MoreNigerian farmers have raised concerns over lack of insurance coverage for farm operations which create huge challenge resulting in farmers’ loss of produce to some natural disasters. The farmers made …
Nigerian Farmers table demands ahead general polls Read MoreThe managing director, G&G Investment Limited is an indigenous company that takes advantage of fruits across the agricultural value chains to manufactures organic products Skin and Hair care, Mrs Susan Omobude, …
How we grow raw Agric materials in Nigeria – Omobude Read MoreThe Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has lost his rice farm located in Gbajimba in the Guma Local Government Area of the state to fire as suspected armed Fulani herdsmen, …
Herdsmen reportedly invade Benue Gov’s farm, set it ablaze Read MoreThe Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has pledged the commitment of its members to produce about 25 million metric tonnes of the commodity next year, AgroNature has reported.MAAN National President, …
Farmers target 25mmt output in 2019 Read MoreFeed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project, has trained 24 staff of the Federal Ministry of agriculture on Survey, Design and Implementation. The training organised through the International Food Policy Research Institute …
Foundation builds capacity of 24 agric ministry staff Read MoreAs the 2019 elections continue to draw close, the Voices For Food Security (VFS), has resolved to establish appropriate yardsticks for monitoring the performance of public office holders after the 2019 …
2019 election: Group set yardsticks for agric performance in agriculture Read MoreAs President Muhammadu Buhari, presented the 2019 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly, the Nigerian Smallholder Women Farmers has called for inclusiveness and participation of four women …
Women farmers seek inclusion in budget preparation Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commended Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state for improving the economy of his state and the country at large through his agricultural policies Buhari admitted …
Buhari commissions modern fertilizer plant in Ebonyi, hails Gov Umahi Read MoreStakeholders in Agriculture, under the auspices of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have called on federal government to inject N200billion into Bank of Agriculture BOA for food sufficiency in …
Recapitalise BOA, Stakeholders beckon FG Read MoreThe Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that eradicating world hunger can only be achieved if food is safe, nutritious and of good quality. According to the UN Agency, …
Zero hunger not possible without food safety-FAO Read MoreThe smallholder farmers have been advised not to give in to politicians’ empty promises, but to vote based on issues in forthcoming elections. Teaching a select group of farmers’ cooperatives …
Vote base on issues, experts counsel farmers Read MoreAfrican youth International Development Foundation(AFYDEF), in collaboration with African Union, Economic, Social and Cultural Council ( AU ECOSOCC) is set to establish a cassava processing centre in Shere community …
AU partners ECOSOCC, AYIDEF on cassava processing Read More