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Rice importation: USDA says Nigeria’s demands will rise by 400,000 tons

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2018 0

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has projected that Nigeria will be the world second largest rice buyer in 2019 with an increase of 400, 000 tons. China, according to the report is said to be the world’s largest buyer. In a latest rice outlook released by the USDA, it said:

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ActionAid expresses concern over poor agriculture funding

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2018 0

ActionAid Nigeria has expressed concern about the inability of Nigeria to meet the stipulated 10 percent financial commitment to Agriculture as agreed at Malabu Declaration on Food Sustainability. The African Heads of State in 2014 entered into an agreement to halve the poor indices of hunger by 2052. However, since the declaration, experts have raised […]

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Stop using sniper to preserve beans, Audu Ogbeh tells traders

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has expressed displeasure at the use of chemicals for food preservation and fruit ripening. Ogbeh stated this on Sunday during an interview with journalists in Otukpo, Benue State, adding that the act was detrimental to human health and the environment. He said: “Sniper is very […]

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Agric college revamp: Obaseki inaugurates C’ttee to implement tri-campus structure, other reforms

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2018 0

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the Executive Special Physical Development Committee (ESPDC) on the new state College of Agriculture with a charge to ensure that the college gets accreditation and opens for academic activity as soon as possible. Inaugurating members of the committee at Government House in Benin City, Obaseki said: “We […]

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Obaseki launches agric cluster for 3000 farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2018 0

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has launched the Edo Food and Agriculture Cluster (Edo-FAC), kick-starting a knowledge-driven food sufficiency plan which targets over 3000 farmers in Ehor, with full complement of an agricultural training center at Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at the launch of Edo-FAC, in Ehor, the governor, said […]

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Flood: Nigeria may experience shortage of rice production in 2019 – Ogbeh

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2018 0

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has stated thàt the country may experience shortage of rice production next year due to recent flood in some parts of the country if appropriate measure is not taken to replant after the incident. The Minister made this revealation in Abuja on Thursday at the commissioning […]

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Agric minister supports digitisation in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 4 October 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has expressed the readiness of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support efforts that would digitize and improve agriculture in the country. Ogbeh made this known on Wednesday during the 2018 farmers’ open day forum held in Abuja. The forum was an awareness programme, organised […]

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Poverty And The High Rate Of Insecurity In Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2018 0

Today in Nigeria there is a malaise of poverty which has resulted in the problem of insecurity. The twin problem of illiteracy caused by excessive poverty has bedevilled and hampered the development of our country. According to the statistics and data reported and disclosed by the World Health Organisation, the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are […]

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Indian consortium to invest $100m in Cross River

Ihesiulo Grace 5 July 2018 0

A consortium of Indian firms under the auspices of Associated Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Agriculture and Mines (ASSOCHAM) has expressed its readiness to invest well over USD100million in sectors of the Cross River State economy. Speaking with journalists shortly after inspecting some projects executed by Governor Ben Ayade in Calabar, the group attributed its

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SERAP wins round one to compel Adamu, Ogbeh to account for spending on water

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2018 0

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh to account for the spending of trillion of naira on water projects between 1999 and 2016. Justice Hadiza […]

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Paul Usoro: FG should ‘rigorously pursue’ modernisation of Nigerian agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

Nigerian Bar Association presidential aspirant, Paul Usoro SAN says in order for Nigeria to metamorphose into an agro-industrialised economy, the federal government should at all levels rigorously push for and apply policies channelled towards improving the focus on agro-industries. READ MORE: Paul Usoro: Rethinking the Nigerian Bar Association’s governance structures In a

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Ayade’s Agric revolution excites S/African farmers, partner Cross River on feed mill

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2018 0

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has reiterated his committment to disentangle the state from over dependence on oil-induced federal allocation by investing heavily on agriculture as alternative to oil. The governor spoke at the weekend when he led a team of South African farm experts on irrigation, agronomy, hydro and solar electricity to Ochong […]

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Obaseki sacks entire staff of agric college

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2018 0

In what will be described as 2018 democracy day gift, Edo state government has sacked the entire staff of the state- owned College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi in Ovia North-East local government area. The 37- year old college of Agriculture was established by the civilian administration of late Ambrose Ali in 1981, closed by the military […]

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Performance: Buhari, Obasanjo in war-of-words

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

…President: Obasanjo squandered $16bn on power with nothing to show for it …You are ignorant, lack essential qualities to remain in power, Obasanjo tells Buhari In what can be described as the first direct response to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ceaseless attacks on his performance in government, President Muhammadu Buhari has lashed out at his

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Ebonyi government extends N16b loan to civil servants, farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2018 0

In an apparent move to shore up its capital base through agriculture, the Ebonyi state government Wednesday, said it has set aside a sum of N16billion loan for civil servants and, farmers and others in the state. The Commissioner for Information and state Orientation, Senator Emmanuel Onwe, who stated this in Abakaliki, the state capital […]

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AfDB trains 733 Nigerians on agro technology

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2018 0

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it trained no fewer than 733 people in Nigeria on increased use of technology in agriculture in the country. The bank revealed this in its 2017 Annual Development Effectiveness Review report on Thursday in Abidjan. It said that the training was part of the Feed Africa project (2016-2025) under […]

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President wants youths to maximize opportunity in agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his call on youths in Nigeria to seize opportunities in agriculture, saying that the sector is already proving to be the bedrock of the nation’s new economy. Speaking on Monday at Blair House, Washington DC after his White House engagements with President Donald Trump, the President, at a meeting with […]

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My experience in government makes me best suited as next governor of Ogun State -Kaka

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2018 0

Senator Adegbenga Sefiu Kaka was the deputy governor of Ogun State between 1999 and 2003. He is now aspiring to govern the state come 2019. In this interview in his Ijebu-Igbo country home penultimate Monday he speaks elaborately on his plan for Ogun State among other issues as they affect his party, the APC and […]

Food & Nutrition

How the recession affected the cost of feeding in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2018 0

The trend in the hike of food prices in Nigeria, has made a lot of consumers settle for smaller brands The present pattern demonstrates that as the purchasing power of Nigerians is diminishing, a beam of light is that in spite of the fact that the costs of items they look to buy are ceaselessly […]

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FG to accelerate achievement of food, nutrition security – Lokpobiri

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2018 0

The Federal Government has laid emphasis on accelerating achievement of food and nutrition security in the country with a view to generate employment and create wealth through fishery. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri stated this on Tuesday during the stakeholder’s workshop on the World Fish Nigeria Research Program