Agriculture

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 ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday 5th of May, 2021 launched an agricultural input subsidy scheme that would give at least 10,000 ...

Kwara State Government on Wednesday 21st of April, 2021 launched a pilot scheme of 500-hectare Farm Kwara in Ifelodun local government to create ...

The kwara state government on Monday released a press statement to intimate the interested farmers about prerequisite to benefit from its subsidized farm ...

No fewer than 6000 farmers will benefit from the Kwara State Government farm inputs, such as fertilizers, seedlings, and herbicides for the 2021 ...

As part of efforts to boost food production in kwara and Nigeria, a serving member of the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. ...

By Admin A non-governmental organisation, (NGO) operating under the aegis of Save Sahara Network was on Wednesday 3rd of February flagged off its ...

By Admin The current disorderliness some states in Nigeria are passing through as result of alleged destroying of farms, killing of innocent people, ...

By Admin  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was on Friday 15th of January, 2021 unveiled a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan, which is designed ...

By Admin The Kwara State Government in collaboration with the World Bank was on Wednesday 13th of January, 2020  flagged off the construction ...

By Admin Farmers in Asa and Ifelodun Local Government Areas of Kwara State have expressed concerned over deplorable condition of roads leading to ...

By Admin The Lagos State Government was on Thursday 3 of December revealed its plan to increase fish production by at least 60,000 metric ...

By Admin Northern elders have attributed the high cost of foodstuffs to the worsening insecurity which makes it difficult for farmers and transporters ...

By Admin The lockdown, occasioned by the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, has led to an increase in demand for food items. Thus, experts in ...

By Admin Deputy Comptroller General of Custom, Talatu Isa has disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has approved importation of maize ...

By Admin The Secretary, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Lagos State chapter, Mrs Abimbola Fagoyinbo-Francis, was on Friday called on the Federal ...