Agriculture

The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Engr (Dr.) Abdul Jimoh Mohammed has recounted how the Institution turned its land of encroachment challenge into ...

Food security remains a top priority for the Kwara government as billions of naira are invested in different agricultural initiatives this year, Governor ...

The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has awarded N6 million to four outstanding graduates from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, ...

Kwara State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for taking various bold steps ...

Efforts of the government to achieve food sufficiency are gaining momentum with free land clearing, distribution of improved seedlings, and fertilizers, among other ...

Minister of State, Ministry Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has flagged off the distribution of farm inputs to Members

The Kwara State Government has assured of its commitment to ensuring improvement in food and nutrition security for the healthy living of residents ...

President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Niger State, emphasizing that his administration remains committed ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday inaugurated a multi-sectoral state working committee on food security, charging them to work with all stakeholders ...

In a significant move towards promoting sustainable agricultural development and fostering agricpreneurship, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) has announced its commitment ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Niger State counterpart Hon. Mohammed Bago on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the ...

The Nigerian Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees (NUAAE) Kwara State chapter has challenged the state government to address food shortage in the ...

In a bid to enhance farming activities in the country, the University of Abuja, UniAbuja Ventures Limited has concluded plans to enroll 100,000 ...

The Federal Government has said it was set and poised to reposition the National Centre for Agriculture Mechanization (NCAM) to improve the agriculture ...

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated the Kwara State Steering Committee for the implementation of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ), a multimillion-dollar project ...

The Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Ilorin has expressed its readiness to partner with the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural ...

By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Acting Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Jimoh Shayk-Luqman has charged graduands of the university to uphold the ...

In line with the federal government’s mandate on building sustainable irrigation farming in the country aimed at forcing down cost of crop production ...

The Chairman, Oyo State Agricultural Credit Corporation of Oyo State, (ACCOS), Sheik Taofik Akeugbagold, has listed the criteria being used to disburse the ...

Nigerian Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees Union (NUAAE) has called for the Inclusion of the Workforce in the Government's

Mr Muhammad Nami, Chairman of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), on Monday, said the Federal Government will soon end taxes on tomatoes and ...

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector on Wednesday decried the high influx of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) into the food system in Nigeria. The ...

Farmers have called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to walk his campaign talk regarding the use of agriculture, specifically maize and ...

Professor Sani Yusuf of the National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS/ABU) Zaria has advised farmers to adopt the use of organic ...

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 ...