AGRICULTURE

Legal luminaire and founder Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has said that every Nigerian should embrace farming, irrespective of profession or status. Babalola said this on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, adding that embracing farming is the panacea for the country to make meaningful impact in evolving alternative economic...

as Bank commends Oyo govt Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Friday, maintained that the state government is delighted with the prospects and potential of the African Development Bank's special agro-processing zone project sited in the state. The governor, who made this statement while receiving a team of the AfDB...

  VP commissions Pandagric Novum Farms in Nasarawa commends visionary zeal of Gov. Sule   In furtherance of its objectives on job creation and economic development, the Federal Government will continue to create the enabling environment to encourage more private sector investments in the agriculture sector, according to Vice President...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the cocoa value chain in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the U.S. consulate in a statement where it was revealed that the project was worth approximately $22...

  The Federal Government of Nigeria his partnering agri-business giant, Olams International Limited to boost the production of wheat in the country to develop seed varieties of the grain that are suitable for its climate, which will boost local output and reduce the country’s dependence on importation of the product....

  Heifer International, a nonprofit organisation on a mission to end global hunger and poverty, has introduced the Area Yield Index Insurance (AYII) to Nigerian rice farmers as a solution to mitigate climate change-induced losses and restore investors’ confidence in rice farming. AYII is used globally to ensure farmers get...

  The Federal Government has rolled out plans to strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural sector so as to ensure food security in 2022. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this on Thursday at the launch of a Rural Rubber Resources Centre at Ndioko Izombe and a 1,000 capacity...

  The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has loaned Nigeria $210 million for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, which is expected to boost the agricultural sector. This was contained in a press statement titled ‘African Development Bank loans Nigeria $210 million for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones’ and published on Tuesday...

    In a bid to meet high demand amid poor production capacity of wheat, the Central Bank of Nigeria earmarked a whopping sum of N41billion, which is being disbursed by Heritage Bank Plc to farmers across multiple States for the expansion of wheat production project. The disbursed fund is...

Nigeria loses 50 per cent of its annual crop production to the damages of pests, the Federal Government announced on Monday. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Mahmood, announced this in Abuja at a press conference organised by the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service to mark the International Day of...