Agriculture

The Lagos State Government has urged secondary students in the state to embrace agriculture as a means of livelihood and for income generation. ...

Nigeria is likely to witness tomato scarcity as over 500 farmers lose 300-hectare farm valued at N1.5 billion to tomato Ebola known as ...

The Federal Government has called on Nigerian farmers to look for alternative source of feeds for their animals to enable the country attain ...

Mrs Juiiana Ibitoye, Chairperson, Erokorodo Poultry Farm Estate, Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, has appealed to the federal and state governments to set ...

As part of efforts to ensure food security in the state and country, the Kwara state government on Tuesday supported four thousand farmers ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday in Senegal, lauded the provision of $538.05m by the African Development Bank, the Islamic ...

The Government of Ukraine has expressed its readiness to establish grain hubs in Nigeria and other African countries. Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy ...

The Abia State Project Coordinating Office of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises for Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), has commenced the distribution of farm inputs ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the administration has continued to invest in agriculture and agribusiness to fight hunger and boost the ...

Vice -President Yemi Osinbajo has tasked the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS) to plan, interpret and predict trends on food security, ...

The Kwara State Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has distributed 1,200 bags of Fertilizers to farmers and flood victims ...

Federal Government says it is committed to boosting food production with limited resources and the challenges of the post-Covid-19 era and natural disasters. ...

The Federal Government has promised food security in Nigeria despite the devastating floods in recent time. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad ...

Nigeria and Africa can easily break the shackles of poverty through proper investments that lead to food security as well as various safety ...

The Ondo state government has called on all agricultural loan defaulters across the 18 local government areas to pay all their outstanding debts ...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, United States, that the Federal Government under his ...

Nation’s experts in agriculture and agricultural value addition have lamented government’s poor attitude to fish farming/production, saying that Nigeria still imports fish for ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has inaugurated the regional offices and hostels for Agricultural and Rural Management Training ...

Nigeria and Poland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU on Agriculture. Both countries also pledged their willingness to enlarge the fields of ...

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, says the value chain generated about fourteen billion naira as revenue for exporting the produce in ...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar has formally inaugurated the National Council on Animal Welfare, NCAW, with a charge ...

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday toured 10 farmlands in the outskirts of four local governments: Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Mafa ...

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Thursday commissioned a 600 million naira poultry farm project at the University ...

All is now set for the official commissioning of the UNILORIN GGMAX Integrated Poultry Farm located at Amoyo in Ifelodun Local Government Area ...

The Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) is to partner with the Aisha Buhari Foundation (ABF) to provide technical support for women in ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appealed to farmers who defaulted in paying back the loans obtained under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme ...

The Kwara Agriculture Network has reinstated its commitment to promoting the Sustainable Development Goal 2 in line with the United Nations mandate to ...

Access Bank Plc has partnered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to roll out a loan scheme for poor ...

The National Agricultural Lands Development Authority, NALDA, on Wednesday, said 200 young farmers would be going to Israel and Morocco for capacity building ...

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated five National Steering Committees for donor-funded projects implemented by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and ...

Nigeria’s foremost indigenous agricultural technology promoter, Agrichainx Innovative Technology, has charged Nigerian youth to emulate former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, whom it described ...

The federal government has called on the teeming unemployed youth in the country to take advantage of the various youth initiatives and programmes ...

An agricultural expert, Mrs. Amina Abdulmalik has disclosed that Nigeria was at a time rated very high in the international market in terms ...

The University of Ilorin has secured a loan of N600, 000, 000 from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish and run ...

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has called on Youth in the country to take advantage of the present ...

National Environmental Standard and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), on Thursday, seized a lion (cub) and arrested two men for alleged illegal trading in ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has pledged Federal Government’s assistance to the fishery value chain to boost production. ...

The Kwara State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Saba Gideon, has claimed that the state is on the verge of becoming ...

Two billion, Nine hundred and five million, one hundred and eighty thousand, eight hundred and seventy-five Naira (N2,905,180,875) only, was voted by the ...

The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has queried the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for allegedly spending a total sum of N3.809bn ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged universities of agriculture in the country to bridge the gap of food insecurity and address the nation’s dependence ...

Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin has organized a free two-day workshop for major stakeholders and practitioners in agricultural produce exportation ...

The Kwara Agriculture Network (KAN) has reinstated its commitment to boosting food security and safety through youth involvement, women empowerment, and poverty alleviation ...

The executive director of Agriculture and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Dr Olufemi Oladunni has tasked Nigerians to embark on farming as a ...

Poultry farmers association of Nigeria, Kwara state branch has called on government at all levels to assist the association by ensuring reduction in ...

Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reiterated his administration’s focus on making Kwara a food basket of the nation and creating jobs for ...

The Kwara State Government has reiterated its resolve to improve the state’s economy through investment partnership drive, especially as partnership forms the bedrock ...

Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin has flagged off training on value chain development in agriculture for key stakeholders across the ...

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has flagged-off the sales of fertilizer and distribution of high yield seeds to farmers in the State ...

Kwara State Government on Monday identified farmers’ census through digitisation of agricultural value chain as a key parameter to ensure the success of ...