The Nigeria Cassava Growers Association (NCGA) has appealed to the Federal Government to encourage flexible agricultural policies to boost cassava production in the country by...
Participants at the 2016 African Economic Conference think there is future for smallholder farmers on the continent. They think African countries can use build upon the...
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) says it has noted concerns raised by the poultry industry on the increase in imports of poultry products. “Government,...
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has identified inadequate funding and bureaucratic bottleneck in the handling of the procurement process as bane to...
Federal Government had allayed the fear in some quarters that the country would experience famine in 2017 and disclosed that it had put in place...
Director General of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nteranya Sanginga, has said that the neglect of agriculture would cost African continent $110 billion...
The Federal Government on Monday said it will train ex-agitators in agriculture who will in turn produce bumper harvest in the next one year. The special...
The United Nations 2016 climate change conference (COP22), meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, presented an historic opportunity to refocus the global community’s attention on the need to...
Federal government has called on all players in the agriculture sector to re-double their efforts to take advantage of the government’s plan to introduce...
The Yobe Livestock Pilot Development Programme said it had introduced new species of exotic grasses for cultivation to boost animal feeds in the state. Dr Mustapha...
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, has said that Nigeria will soon stop the importation of wheat from Russia. . Abba-Ibrahim, represented...
By Donald Ugwu The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, invited Russian farmers to invest in Nigeria, produce and export to Europe to earn foreign...
Ten years ago, a group of 53 African ministers of agriculture met in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss what they referred to as “Africa’s fertiliser crisis”. They...
The estimation that world population will reach 9 billion by 2050 has sent food experts to the drawing board with a warning that current production methods...
The Department of Science and Technology Director General, Dr Phil Mjwara, says biotechnology or genetically modified (GM) crops have had a positive economic impact on South...
By Chimezie Anaso Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra on Friday said the state had secured a N3 billion grant from the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
The National Logistics Committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on Thursday donated relief materials to five Local Government Areas in Adamawa North. The donation of the...
Alhaji Haruna Abubakar, Chairman, Tomato Farmers Association of Nigeria, Sokoto State Chapter, said his members would collaborate with wheat farmers to boost the production...
By Tobi Awodipe The Association of Fast Food and Confectioners of Nigerian (AFFCON), an umbrella body of Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) has revealed that the Nigerian...
Mr Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group, says 98 per cent of all dairy products consumed in the country are imported. Dangote made this assertion in lagos...
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