The President Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Chief Sunday Ezeobiora has expressed concerns over the detrimental impact of the record-high prices of maize and soybeans on the Nigerian poultry industry. He said the consequences of the high cost include a significant job losses. He said this was because two crucial ingredients in the formulation of…
A socio-political group that agitates for the development of the middle belts of Nigeria, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the decision to establish the Ministry of livestock Development. In a statement signed by its National President, Dr Bitrus Porgu, President Tinubu was urged to immediately disband the Presidential…
A group, Catalysing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE) Nigeria is set to support 7,500 Women smallholder farmers. CASCADE will be giving the farmers orange flesh potatoes vine, while 3,500 others will get vegetable seeds across four implementing states of Bauchi, Jigawa, Kebbi and Nasarawa. The aim is to increase access to…
The Enugu State Government has announced December this year as the deadline for mineral title holders to commence coal mining operations in the state. The government announced this at the end of a meeting between the state’s Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee led by its Chairperson, Samuel Okoro, and mineral title holders in the…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has been commended for recording great achievements in Enugu State through its support to farmers using its Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). The commendation came from a member of the State House of Assembly, Ho. Ejike Eze, who represents Igbo-Eze North 1 Constituency in the state. Hon. Eze…
Those who plant food crops in dump sites risk spreading cancer. That is a warning by a professor of soil science at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, MOUAU, Abia State. This warning was given by Professor Mabel Ifeoma Onwuka to farmers against who may believe that planting crops at dumpsites may increase the…
It was a difficult moment for the military and police authorities as they had to defend an allegation of complicity in illegal mining, thus denying the government the needed income and collaborating with the people who are appropriating the wealth of the country. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa and the Inspector…
A National Biofortification Steering Committee to serve as a high-level advocacy group for biofortification in Nigeria has been inaugurated. Staple crop biofortification is a practical, proven and demand-led response to hidden hunger—particularly amongst the hundreds of millions of smallholder farming families who eat mostly what they grow themselves and cannot afford nutritionally diverse diets. This…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has made a strong case for the planting of trees as a way of driving environmental sustainability and wealth creation. Governor Soludo made the remarks in Onitsha, the commercial hub of the State, during the official launch of the 2024 distribution of economic tree seedlings to the people of…
The newly created Ministry of Livestock Development is still in the news. This time, the news is not about it swelling up the cabinet and therefore increasing the cost of governance nor is it condemnation or commendation. It is that a body of trade and commerce believe that the government had left an aspect that…
