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Don wants Govt. to pay more attention to agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

Prof. Ayodele Odofin of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, has called for more attention on agriculture to increase profits, food security, preserve, and enhance the resource base of the nation and its environment. The don made the call when he delivered the 56th Inaugural Lecture of

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513 million tons of additional food production guaranteed- AfDB

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2017 0

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has developed a new initiative called the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative – a knowledge and innovation-based response to the recognized need of scaling up proven technologies across Africa. Already, 25 African countries have written letters to the AfDB confirming their interest and readiness to

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Adesina donates world’s highest recognition for food and agriculture to agripreneurs

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

“I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.” With these words, the Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, officially named President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, on behalf of the […]

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Adesina calls for immediate action over deepening crisis of global malnutrition

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has called for urgent action from stakeholders over the deepening crisis of global malnutrition. Adesina made the call as he joined key nutrition actors, private-sector representatives, policy-makers and thought leaders at the 2017 World Food Prize-Borlaug Dialogue Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, October 18,

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Herdsmen, farmers sign peace pact in Niger

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Herdsmen and farmers in Mashegu Local government Area of Niger have signed a peace agreement to stop clashes among them. Director-General of Nomadic Affairs Agency in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Babayo disclosed this in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna, on Wednesday. Babayo said the aim of the meeting […]

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‘Despite exiting recession, food prices remain high’

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Few months after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced to the delight of Nigerians, prices of food items have continued to hit the rooftops. Consequently, Nigeria’s annual inflation rate marginally slowed for an eighth- month record in September, easing to 15.98 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday, in its […]

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Agency raises alarm over two emerging cassava diseases

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE), the body in charge of addressing diseases of root/tuber crops, on Monday raised alarm over two emerging cassava diseases in Nigeria. Justin Pita, Executive Director of WAVE, at the second Annual General Meeting of stakeholders from the West African sub-region in Abuja, identified the two new diseases as begomovirus and […]

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Anambra and Folio Holdings seal ₦60bn agribusiness deal

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

Anambra State Government Willie Obiano has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Folio Holdings Limited for the establishment of an agricultural project worth ₦60 billion in the state. According to a report by the Anambra Broadcasting Service, the project is to yield products like rice, fish and staple crops for commercial and export purposes as […]

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Cross River launches cocoa nursery in Akamkpa LG

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

The Cross River Government on Monday launched the first phase of the nursery of one million cocoa seedlings in Akim/Osomba communities in Akamkpa Local Government Area. Gov. Ben Ayade, who was represented at the ceremony by his Special Adviser on Cocoa Development, Mr Oscar Ofuka, said that the project was part of his administration’s efforts […]

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Fadama 111 empowers 525 farmers in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

Edo Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Monday Osaigbovo, said on Tuesday that the Fadama 111 programme had empowered more than 525 farmers in the state. Osaigbovo made this known during the presentation of the budget performance of the ministry at the Edo House of Assembly in Benin. He explained that the farmers were […]

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FG won’t relent in yam export initiative – Ogbe

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

The Federal Government says it will not relent in its yam export policy which is aimed at attracting foreign exchange for the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this during a sensitisation walk in commemoration of the World Food Day in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogbeh, who was reacting to […]

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Farmers renew efforts on off-season crop planting

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

Two farmers in Ikorodu, Lagos State, have identified poor scientific research efforts by relevant government institutions as a factor that undermines off-season crop production in Nigeria. The farmers told newsmen on Monday that universities of agriculture were also not doing enough to improve off-season cultivation in the country. They, therefore, called for intensified

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Malnutrition kills 1,150 children daily in Nigeria – Dogara

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

Henry Omunu, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has declared that malnutrition kills 1, 150 children daily in Nigeria. Dogara disclosed this on Tuesday at a two-day national conference on promoting maternal and child nutrition in Nigeria, organised by the House Committee on Healthcare Services in Abuja. The speaker said […]

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Nigeria loses over N2.7 trillion annually to post-harvest losses —NSPRI

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2017 0

Val Okara, Owerri The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) said that Nigeria lose more than $8.9 billion (N2.7 trillion) annually as a result of post-harvest food loses for all the agricultural produces. The Executive Director of NSPRI, Prof. Olufemi Peters, disclosed this at commencement of a two-day capacity building workshop on agricultural products loss

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Agriculture is pillar for Edo’s economic revolution – Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2017 0

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration would take advantage of opportunities in the agricultural sector and provide requisite support to communities that are ready to open up their land for agricultural investment. Obaseki said this while delivering a goodwill message at the 2017 Sobe Day Celebration, held at Uhebe […]

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FG trains, empowers 65 rural women on fishing technologies

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Federal Government under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has trained and empowered no fewer than 65 women on fishing technologies. , the Acting Director of Information in the ministry, Mrs. Lere Adams, who made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Monday, said that the training was in line with […]

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Stakeholder wants FG to stop maize importation

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

The Commercial Manager, AFEX, Mr. Shola Fashedemi, has appealed to the Federal Government to assist in stopping importation of maize with a view to encourage massive maize production and increase farmers’ income. Fashedemi told journalists at the sideline of the ongoing Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) and AGRIKEXPO 2017 Conference in Abuja on Wednesday. AFEX is […]

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Dangote Group to invest $4.6bn in agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2017 0

Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that the company will invest 4.6 billion dollars in nation’s agricultural sector in the next five years. He listed sugar, rice, tomatoes and oil palm as some of the agricultural sectors where the monies would be invested. Dangote said this at the 6th […]

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Agric: Africa’s largest net house nears completion in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2017 0

*Gov Shettima assesses progress A computerized net house, measuring 53,000 square meters, believed to be the largest in sub Saharan Africa is currently at advanced stage courtesy of Governor Kashim Shettima’s drive to reposition Borno’s economic potentials through Agriculture. The plan is part of the Government’s response to destructions of livelihoods by Boko

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Delta Govt. assures affected rice farmers of support over flood menace

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2017 0

The Delta State Government has assured affected rice farmers of its support following the recent flood menace which destroyed their farm crops. Describing it as a big economic loss, the state commissioner for agriculture Mr Augustine Chikezie told journalists in Asaba yesterday that the delta state government would support in collaboration with the Central Bank […]