Agriculture

FIIRO automates two plants for Kunu, Zobo drinks

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2018 0

The Director General of the institute, Prof. Gloria Elemo, announced this yesterday, at the ongoing Technology and Innovation Expo, 2018 in Abuja. Prof. Elemo said the initiative, which is already waiting for commercialization by investors was in partnership between FIIRO and an indigenous

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Kebbi farmers begin massive sugarcane planting for ethanol

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2018 0

Farmers in Kebbi State have began massive planting of sugarcane at Tungan Amadu and Tungan Mai Ramu areas of Shanga and Koko Besse areas for the production of ethanol. It would be recalled that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kebbi State Government, last year, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the […]

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Agric revolution real – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2018 0

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said the present administration’s agricultural revolution is not a mere propaganda but a reality with evidence to show. The Minister stated this at a banquet held in his honor in Birnin Kebbi by the Kebbi State Government while on a tour of rice farms and other […]

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We are self sufficient in rice production – Kebbi Govt.

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2018 0

The Kebbi State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Garba Muhammed Dandiga has disclosed that the State has attained self-sufficiency in rice production. The Commissioner disclosed yesterday to a team of journalists, who accompanied the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed while on a visit to Suru rice farm believed to be the largest […]

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Sokoto doubles incentive for wheat, garlic, sesame farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

Sokoto state government said it has introduced additional incentives to farmers to in bid boost cultivation of wheat, sesame, garlic and onion in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this when he inspected a wheat farm at Taloka, Goronyo LGA. The 43 hectre farm is supported by the state government and is in partnership […]

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Zimbabwe won’t return land to white farmers – Emmerson Mnangagwa

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday said the country will not return land seized from former white commercial farmers almost two decades ago. “It will never happen,” Mnangagwa said in a speech to his ZANU-PF party supporters in central Zimbabwe, broadcast on television. His statement comes two months after white farmer Robert Smart got his […]

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LASG procures, gives 12 coconut processing equipment to councils

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

The Lagos State Government, through its Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA), has distributed coconut-processing equipment to processors in 12 Local Councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), as part of its empowerment programme in the coconut value chain. Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security, Mr. Okanlawon Sanni , who distributed the processing

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FG to train 100 rice farmers in Kebbi

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says the Federal Government will train 100 rice farmers in Kebbi, as part of efforts to boost rice production in the country. The minister said this on Monday in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, when he declared open the two-day Farmers Forum and Exhibition, jointly […]

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Food security: Expert urges Nigerians To prioritise cassava production

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2018 0

Expert has urged Nigerians to accord cassava cultivation greater attention to boost for production. The expert at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), who said this would reduce poverty and enhance food security. The centre’s Regional Director, Dr Debisi Araba, gave the advice in Abuja on Monday. Araba said that aside that cassava had […]

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Oxfam highlights roles of Right to Food Campaign

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2018 0

An international non-governmental organisation, Oxfam has highlighted the critical role of Right to Food campaign and access of land in solving inequality in Nigeria. The organisation, which launched and implemented its strategic partnership programme in 25 countries in 2015, has three basic theories for change: Right to food, conflict and fragility and financing for

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CBN revises guidelines for agric scheme

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2018 0

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it has revised the guidelines for Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme, CACS, to include Non-Interest Financial Institutions, NIFIs. CBN stated this in a circular dated February 16, posted on its website on Wednesday. The circular said that the review was part of efforts to deepen access to finance and […]

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Delta fish farmers receive N1.2bn loan

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2018 0

Fish farmers in Delta State have received N1.2 billion loan under the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Anchor Borrowers Programme, ABP. The Loan Officer, Bank of Agriculture, BOA, Asaba, Ambrose Nwabuzor, disclosed this in Asaba on Sunday. Nwabuzor said that the BOA secured the release of N1.2 bn to the fish farmers under the private […]

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Buhari signs 8 bills into law

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed eight bills earlier passed by the National Assembly into law. The brief signing ceremony was held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing the State House correspondents after the event, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Mr Ita Enang, said the president gave assent to […]

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Agriculture set to revolutionise African economy- Report

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

With a huge potential in agricultural resources, including food and export crops such as cassava, coco yam; cocoa, palm oil, cashew, among others, Africa’s future will depend on how it harnesses those potential for future development. With a focus on SMEs and smallholder farmers creating the high productivity jobs and sustainable economic growth that failed […]

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Agric sector needs regulatory body – Chamber

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

The President of the Chamber of Agribusiness, Anthony Morrison, has argued about the need for a regulatory body to supervise activities of the agriculture sector as it is with other sectors of the economy. Morrison believes the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has become too huge to take on all the country’s growing agricultural demands […]

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Farmers seek support for UN’s Zero hunger programme in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

Farmers in Nigeria under the Zero Hunger Commodity Associations, has urged government at all levels to support the Zero Hunger Nigeria Programme to achieve its targets and objectives particularly through farmers friendly programmes. The association, a subsidiary of the United Nations Committee – Zero Hunger Nigeria Forum – made the appeal in a communique issued […]

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Revealed: Nigerian farmers earned N123bn from cashew export in 2017

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

.Decry foreign encroaching on cashew farms .Ogun prepares ground for increased rice farming The ongoing economic diversification policy of President Muhammadu Buhari may have paid off as there has been significant increase in cash export across the country, going by the figures reeled out by cashew farmers. Consequently, the National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN)

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Kogi Gov harps on agric as revenue earner in 2018 *State now produces ‘Confluence Rice’

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

Governor of Kogi State Alhaji. Yahaya Bello, on Monday, said the state’s agricultural sector, through its Agricultural Revolution Programme (ARP), would generate about 15 per cent of the state’s internally generated revenue(IGR) in 2018. Kogi’s three Senatorial Zones- West, East and Central have high agricultural potential including cocoa/ coffee, cassava, yam, palm oil,

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We produced 15 million metric tonnes of rice this year – Nigerian rice farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2017 0

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Sunday said that it produced 15 million metric tonnes of rice this year. RIFAN Deputy National Vice President, Segun Atho, said that the association’s rice production in 2017 was in excess of Nigeria’s population rice requirement of seven million metric tonnes annually. The RIFAN executive spoke at […]

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Trader in court over alleged N24m rice fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

A 37-year-old trader, Ada Obi, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Yaba Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos, for allegedly obtaining 30,000 bags of rice worth N24 million from one Miss Moriamo Dosunmu under false pretenses. The accused, who lives in Ebute-Metta Area of Lagos, is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretenses, […]