Association seeks authorization for 100,000 hectares rubber plantation in C/River
The National Rubber Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPMAN), Cross River Chapter, has sought the approval of the...
Agriculture
Potato farmers protest exclusion from FG’s 5-year plan on Irish potatoes
Potato Farmers Association of Nigeria (POFAN) has faulted the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development over its exclusion in...
Agrofair: LCCI seeks agreement to agribusiness entrepreneurship, tolerable agro practices
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for an enabling environment to encourage sustainable agricultural practices, support...
Abia Govt. set to revive its moribund farm estates
The Commissioner for Agriculture in Abia, Mrs Monica Ironkwe, has said that the State Government is intensifying plans to revitalise...
Innoson boss touts Soludo’s agricultural reform
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Innoson Motors, Dr Innocent Chukwuma, on Wednesday, lauded Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra for...
USADF starts application for grant financing of $250,000 to agricultural cooperatives, others
The US African Development Foundation (USADF) is inviting applications from registered agricultural cooperatives, producer groups, processors, and enterprises in certain...
YESS Begins Distribution of Coconut, Oil Palm Seedlings To Members
By Valentine Mbadugha Youth Earnestly Seek Solution (Soludo), YESS has commenced the distribution of coconut and oil palm seedlings to...
Enugu denounces inadequate agric extension workers
Mr Boniface Eze, Programme Manager, Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP), has decried inadequate number of agriculture extension workers in...
Enugu govt. to commit 100,000 hectares of land for cassava production
Enugu State Government says it will earmark over 100,000 hectares of land to boost cassava production for export. This is...
FG to commence regional sensitisation on cassava bioethanol project
The Federal Government says plans are ongoing to commence regional awareness and sensitisation workshop on strategic implementation of Cassava Bioethanol...
Soludo vows to make Anambra farmers employers of labour
The governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has announced that his government is striving to make farmers in the...
Farmers get agricultural enhancement equipment in Anambra
The Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme Phase-One (ATASP-1) has presented agricultural enhancement equipment to farmers’ cooperative groups in Anambra State....
Idemili South Commences Second Phase on Distribution of Coconut, Palm Seedlings
..TC Chairman, others task Umu Idemili to embrace agriculture By Uzo Ugwunze The Idemili South Local Government Area (ISLGA) Chairman,...
IFAD, FG flag off wet season farming in Enugu
The International Fund for Agricultural Development -Value Chain Development Programme (IFAD-VCDP), on Friday flagged off wet season farming in Enugu...
Towards food sufficiency: Stakeholders brainstorm on solution to food crisis in Nigeria
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The need to strengthen food production systems across the Southern region of Nigeria was what informed a...
Farming season is here, do you consider your health seriously?
Ubaoji Kingsley Ikechukwu As a Professor of Nutritional and Environmental Biochemistry, the President of UNIZIK Farmers Association and an ex-seminarian...
German foundation earmarks €5m to agriculture intervention in Nigeria
The AFOS Foundation, a Germany-based autonomous and charitable organisation, says it is investing about 5.5 million euros as Intervention in...
FG to fund University of Agriculture with farm equipment
The Federal Government has vowed to support Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo, with farm equipment, accessories,...
Cashless policy: Egg farmers laments loss of over N30B revenue
The Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria, PFAN, disclosed its members had forfeited more than N30 billion eggs due to the...
Nigeria to net $500m incomes from cashew exports in 2023 — Minister
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, says cashew nuts export from Nigeria generated over 250 million...
