The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority, has called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to adopt technology-driven solutions to ensure food sufficiency. According to a statement on Sunday, the call was made during a pre-season training for the stakeholders at the Women’s Development Centre, Agege, Lagos. The training READ MORE
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Agbekoya urges community policing, food security
The Agbekoya Society of Nigeria has urged the implementation of community policing to address the rising security challenges in some parts of the country. The society’s President, Mr Okikiola Kamorudeen, made the call in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday. Agbekoya is a Yoruba farmers and hunters association committed to protecting rural READ MORE
Nigeria govt demands priority for livestock in development plans
Nigeria’s Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, has urged all stakeholders to prioritise the livestock value chain in both national and regional strategies in order to fully harness the sector’s potential. Making the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing inception meeting of the newly inaugurated Agricultural Sector Working Group (ASWG), Maiha highlighted READ MORE
FG Targets Increased income For Farmers As NASENI Kicks-off Irrigate Nigeria Project in Bauchi State
…Governor Bala Mohammed Applauds President Tinubu On Good Governance The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has disclosed that the Federal Government’s Irrigate Nigeria Project, amongst other things, targets increase in income of Nigeria’s farmers nationwide, even as the formal READ MORE
Nigeria: NiMet partners varsities to boost farmers’ access to weather data
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Charles Anosike has announced that the agency’s partnerships with universities and other institutions of higher learning in Nigeria would benefit farmers. In a statement signed by the agency on Thursday, Anosike said, “NiMet’s network of university partners is increasing. This adds to READ MORE
Lagos’ poultry farmers project drop in egg prices with N500m govt subsidy
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State chapter, has projected a drop in the price of eggs with the sustenance of the state farmers’ feed subsidy. The Chairman Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday READ MORE
Senator Barau to raise 558 young farmer millionaires in N/West
In an effort to revive the agriculture sector in the seven North West States, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator (Dr) Barau I. Jibrin, CFR, has announced his plans to raise 558 young farmer millionaires this farming season this year. Under a program tagged: Barau Initiative for Agricultural Revolution in the North West READ MORE
Nigeria govt offers to support about 400,000 rice farmers to cultivate 200,000 hectares during dry season
The Federal Government has concluded plans to support not less than 400,000 farmers to cultivate 200,000 hectares for dry season rice farming in its phase two of support for farmers toward increased harvests and food security for Nigerians. Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, said this while briefing State House correspondents READ MORE
Investment in livestock development to transform tragedy into economic opportunity, says President Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has stated that his administration’s renewed focus in driving international and local investments into livestock sector of the agricultural value-chain will end the crisis of farmer-herder clashes, eradicate hunger and poverty in Nigeria as well as promote economic prosperity. President Tinubu said this Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the READ MORE
Nigeria govt secures $134m AfDB loan facility for agricultural growth
The Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully secured a $134m loan facility from the African Development Bank aimed at boosting agricultural production, particularly in the seeds and grains sector. This funding was disclosed in a statement released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security on Thursday. The Chief Information Officer at the READ MORE
AfDB, partners to fast-track Special Agro Industrial Processing Zones program in Nigeria
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has reached an agreement with participating Nigerian state governments to speed up implementation of a program designed to develop eight new agro-industrial zones in the country. The agreement emerged from a two-day meeting in Abuja, on 7 – 8 October, attended by senior government and bank officials and representatives READ MORE
Nigeria’s RMRDC explains moves to diversify, boost productions, exports
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) says it is set to diversify the economy, strengthen international competitiveness, reduce import dependency and boost Nigeria’s productions and exports. Director-General of the Council, Prof. Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, revealed this on Wednesday in Abuja on the sidelines of events to commemorate his 100 days in office. He expressed READ MORE
Gov Abiodun flags off distribution of fertilizers, promises to address food scarcity
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday flagged off the first phase of the distribution of fertilizers to different categories of farmers with a promise to aggressively tackle food scarcity in the state. About 7,000 out of 12,000 farmers earnmaked for the scheme, will benefit from the first phase, im which a total of READ MORE
President Tinubu Inaugurates Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to Address Obstacles to Agricultural Productivity
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity and open up new opportunities which benefit farmers, herders, processors, and distributors in the livestock-farming value chain. The President appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, as READ MORE
AfDB to partner Ogun on Special Agro Industrial Processing Zone
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has described Ogun State as a powerful ally in its development programmes and project implementation. The Special Adviser to the President of the Bank on Industrialization, Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, made the assertion in an interview at the weekend, after a meeting with Governor Dapo Abiodun at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, READ MORE