AGRICULTURE

As bill to establish National Livestock Bureau scales second reading in Senate President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the development of the livestock industry in Nigeria is critical to the diversification and growth of economy. Lawan made this known on Tuesday in his remark after a bill...

  7 States, FCT set for phase 1 rollout Osinbajo commends progress so far As part of the Buhari administration’s efforts to transform agricultural productivity in the country, the Federal Government in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other stakeholders is set to roll out a Special-Agro Industrial...

  Lagos State Government says it will inaugurate a Five-year Agricultural Development Roadmap in line with its THEMES developmental agenda on April 22.Announcing the programme for the inauguration on Wednesday in Lagos, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya said that the roadmap would help the state to achieve...

Rice Farmers under the aegis of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) have commended Unity Bank Plc for the pivotal role it played in facilitating credit to farmers under the CBN's Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). The association specially commended the Managing Director of Unity Bank, Mrs. Tomi Somefun for her...

Over 642,860 smallholder farmers across 35 states of the federation have received support from Unity Bank Plc under the CBN’s Anchor Borrower’s Programme, ABP to boost food production and attain self-sufficiency in rice production in Nigeria. Giving the assessment at the flag-off of the 2020 wet season harvest aggregation in...

   The Lagos State Government (LASG) has called for private sector partnership in its efforts to  establish feedlots for livestock rearing and fattening. The move is part of the reforms and sanitise the red meat production goals for 2021, said the  State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Absiola Olusanya, on Wednesday ...

The Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to scale up interventions in agricilture sector to stem the rising inflation figure. ACMAN President, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, while...

 Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has urged farmers to ensure proper biosecurity in their poultry farms to guide against transmission of Avian Influenza popularly known as Bird Flu to their farms. The President of the association, Mr Ezekiel Mam, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency...

  Lagos State government said no fewer than 879 farmers and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) across poultry, aquaculture and rice value chains have directly benefited from the Lagos Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project in the last three years. It also said that another set...

  The Federal Government and the South-West Governors have been urged to urgently adopt irrigation farming to overcome the projected food shortage this year. The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji,  and two traditional worshippers in Oyo State,  Dr Biodun Agboola and Dr Fayemi Fakayode, made the call at the installation ceremony...