AGRICULTURE

  The Federal Government and TUNS Farms Nigeria Limited, Osogbo, Osun State,  have  signed a N25 billion agreement on the National Egg Production Scheme (NEGPRO ). According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development , Chief Audu Ogbeh,  the pact has become necessary because the Federal Government was about...

The Federal Government has declared that it would soon make a declaration on the complaints by Nigerians on the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the country. ‎ The GMO is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering ‎techniques to achieve a certain result. Genetic...

The President of National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), Tola Faseru, has said that cashew export generated N50.4billion (about $253 million) in foreign exchange for the country in 2015. He revealed this on Monday, during the cashew planting season flag-off and roll out of Cashew Expansion Programme of the Federal...

The ban by the European Union (EU) on importation of dried beans from Nigeria has been extended by three years. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Coordinating Director of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service,Mr Vincent Isegbe. According to him, the ban was extended by the EU because Nigeria was...

The Nigerian government set up a panel on Tuesday made up of agriculture sector leaders and politicians as part of its attempt to increase rice and wheat production, the vice president's office said. Nigeria is the world's second largest importer of rice and among the biggest buyers of U.S. wheat....

By our Correspondent Dean, School of Agriculture and Industrial Technology, Babcock University, Ogun State Nigeria, Professor Akintunde Akinsoyinu, has advised the Federal Government to support ruminant block research for Fulani herdsmen , so that  the incessant attack allegedly carried out on innocent Nigerians by them would be a thing of...

Nigeria is to grow about 53 million new cashew trees to take its place in the world of cashew production chart. Also about 2, 000 jobs are needed in the farming to meet the three million tons. The huge global demand for cashew nuts could make millionaires of Nigerian farmers...