By Nneka Nwogwugwu The Federal government and stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for private sector investment in the development of Nigeria’s agricultural sector. The stakeholders made this call at the end of the 44th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development (NCARD) on Thursday in Abuja. Declaring the event […]
By Nneka Nwogwugwu The federal government has projected agricultural practices that will help in Sesame and Soybean production in Nigeria. These practices were released to stakeholders by the Regional Director, North Central, of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. S. B. Baye, at a workshop held on Monday, March 1, in Minna, […]
By Mutiat Alli As the world continues to embrace technology as the driver of human development, one sector that has been earmarked for transformation in Nigeria is the agricultural sector as stakeholders across public sector and private establishments have already begun taking steps to the effect. At an interactive session which brought together key players […]
Philip Clement – Abuja The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed on Monday said the agricultural, manufacturing, Informational and Communication Technology (ICT) sectors will be the key focus of the forthcoming Nigeria Economic Summit (NES). Ahmed made the disclosure at a press briefing ahead of the 25th Nigeria Economic Summit which […]
The Edo State Government in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has initiated a N500 million Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme, CACS, to de-risk investments in agriculture in the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie. The statement […]
Uchechi Emmanuel Agricultural development is considered to hold the key to economic development for most Sub-Saharan countries including Nigeria.In Nigeria,there are several sectors that contribute to the total output of the economy. Agriculture are grouped into four major sectors,namely agricultural,manufacturing,oil /petroleum and service.The agricultural sector is further grouped into crop production,livestock,forestry and fishing.Over the past […]
The Director General, National Agricultural Seeds Council, Dr. P. O Ojo, has warned that the Federal Government would henceforth arrest and prosecute any persons, agent or distribution company found to be in the business of supplying low quality seeds in the country. Ojo made this known on Monday in Kano during the inauguration and training […]
