Tudunwada(Nasarawa) – Food vendors on Wednesday in Tudunwada(Nasarawa) made brisk gains as farmers and agricultural stakeholders gather from across the country for the 11th Agricultural Show and Exhibition, to mark the 2019 World Food Day. The besides food vendors, hawkers and dealers in wares, electronics and various food items were seen attending to customers. Mrs […]
Farmers of the Internally Displaced Persons have been assured of Federal government intervention to create enabling environment for input in generating production. This assurance was given by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh when he recently inspected the IDPs Beans Market in Auta Ballefi, Nasarawa State, owned by the Internally Displaced […]
The European Union (EU) in collaboration with Oxfam is investing €10 million on Small Scale Farmers, Fishermen, Livestock owners in Commodity Value Chain and Rural Enterprise in Taraba State. The Representative of EU, Ambassador Montserrat Pantaloons Gerald made this known yesterday during the flag off of the European Union Support for Nutrition programme in Jalingo. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives Candidate of Bungudu/Maru Federal constituency, Alhaji Shehu Ahmad has promised to pursue vigorously on the laws that would solve the lingering Farmers/Herdsmen crisis in the country. Sparking to newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara state capital, Ahmad said that, the frequent farmers/herdsmen crisis was very strange, as long ago […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe has revealed that Nigeria is in serious trouble for the use of harmful chemicals by farmers and dealers in preserving agricultural produce. This is as a result of the recent discovery video clip of the deadly poisonous sniper chemical being used by a certain trader […]
The kebbi state chairman, Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Muhammed Bala Dan Ali has said that, the association is working in partnership with the Kebbi state government to end feud between Farmers and Fulani in the state. Dan Ali added that after carefully identifying the root causes of the clashes, the association approached the government […]
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has appealed to commercial banks to reduce their lending rates to farmers to spur the development of agriculture in Nigeria. The minister made the appeal on Tuesday in Abuja at a three-day conference on: “Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project’’ organised by International Food Policy […]
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), in Niger state has expressed optimism for bumper harvest this year following early distribution of inputs and implements by the Federal, State and donor agencies. The Chairman of the Niger Chapter of AFAN, Alhaji Shehu Galadima, made this known in an interview with journalists in Minna. “Based on the […]
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), has cried out to human rights organisations around the world over the ongoing politically masterminded killings in Nigeria. The group, while threatening to drag those behind the bloodletting in the country to the International Criminal Court, ICC, noted that the endless clashes between herders and farmers, which had led […]
The Presidency has attributed the incessant killings by the suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the country to climate change. According to the Presidency, “specifically the drying up of the Chad Basin, has led to more pressure on the population in the North of Nigeria, which further compounded the problem.” It added that the Climate […]
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has revealed that the Herdsmen, Farmers clashes in some parts of the country is distraction to the President. The presidential Spokesman also said that those attacking the President on his fight against corruption are people that have helped to lavish […]
Nigerian Farmers under Zero Hunger Commodity Farmers’ Association of Nigeria have identified late distribution of input to the beneficiaries of the Anchor Borrowers programme to be the major challenge of the scheme. The association in a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja, however, commended the Federal Government for sustaining the programme […]
Nestlé Nigeria Plc says it is helping Nigerian farmers to improve their livelihoods by empowering smallholder farmers on sustainable farming practices. Nestle made the assertion on Tuesday in Lagos as it joined the rest of the world to commemorate the annual World Agriculture Day which was celebrated on Monday. The company said it was carrying […]
The Kogi state chapter of Small Holder Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SHOWFON) has entered into an agreement with the state government and Synergos Nigeria on rice production. The state Coordinator of SHOWFON, Hajiya Safiya Yahaya, who disclosed this in an interaction with journalists on Friday in Lokoja, said that the deal would cover rice […]
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) farmers in the fisheries sub-sector have taken delivery of subsidised assorted fishery inputs from the Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS), to boost productivity. The received items which included deep freezers, scop nets, culture tanks, fish feen and smoking icline, are part of the FCT Administration’s agricultural Support Initiative, aimed at […]
A community leader in Benue State, Chief John Apochi, has fired back at Benue clannish leaders over their recent attack on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai in the ongoing clashes between herders and farmers in the state. The tribal leaders of Benue state had recently slammed Buratai, who called for […]
A group monitoring the Herdsmen/Farmers Crisis in Nigeria has alleged that members of the National Assembly are out to scale up public anger against the President and his security team over the activities of terrorists in the country. The group under the aegis of the Middle Belt Conscience Guard described the summon of the President […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that if not for the western education he acquired and his military career that gave him a viable means of livelihood, ‘‘I might have been caught in herdsmen and farmers clash’’. President Buhari, who spoke in Hausa language while addressing a mammoth crowd in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State, during […]
Minister of Interior, LT. Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau, Retd, who made this known in Abuja, at the stakeholders’ dialogue on the eradication of herders-farmers conflict in Nigeria, said another measure put in place by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior is the establishment of Agro Rangers. Danbazau, while speaking further at the dialogue organised […]
President of Middle Belt Arise, Comrade Samuel Odumu Okpe, has declared that Nigeria is being threaten by food crisis following the persistent and unabated killings of farmers and forceful taken over of lands by Fulani Herdsmen in the region. He noted that most farmers in Plateau, Benue, Taraba, Southern Kaduna, Kogi, Adamawa and parts of […]