An audacious agricultural growth plan that will enhance food sufficiency in Lagos State has been unveiled by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The five-year food security road map will see a sustained public and private sectors’ investment in agricultural value chains to give Read more
When he assumed office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari made a passionate appeal to youth to engage in agriculture as a means of job and wealth creation as well as economic diversification. His administration then introduced various initiatives to achieve Read more
Players in the Agric sector have commended Cellulant Corporation for deploying solutions that have helped to reduce inefficiency and wastages in Nigeria and Africa’s Agric value-chain. The agri-tech firm operational in Nigeria and 19 other African countries recently unveiled its Read more
The Yobe State Government says it has procured 1,000 hectares of land and loaned it out along with other farm inputs to civil servants to enable them engage in farming activities. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Mustapha Gajerima, made Read more
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed on Monday flagged-off the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in the State. The governor said the flag off was a demonstration of his administration’s resolve to pursue an agricultural policy that is Read more
he Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Read more
The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, his agriculture counterpart, Audu Ogbe, are presently holding a security meeting with the governors of Kaduna, Benue, Niger, Nasarawa and Taraba states over the violent attacks and herdsmen killings in their states. The meeting, Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has formed strategic partnerships with agricultural commodity associations in the country in its effort to expand the implementation of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, Read more
Farmers under the Kwara State Offtakers Demand Driven Agriculture (ODDA) scheme have commenced seed planting in Estate farms across the state. The State Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr Bamidele Adegoke revealed this on Monday while inspecting the 400 hectare Oke-oyi Estate Read more
Nigeria’s Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has said the country will formally start exporting yam to Europe today. Chief Ogbeh said, in the first phase, 72 tonnes of yam will be exported to the United Kingdom. Addressing a press conference in Read more