Unless urgent action is taken, Nigeria may lose $20 billion revenue from cocoa in the next three years. This is because the country does not appear to be taking seriously the issue of afforestation of the land as there appears to be a rise in the number of people now engaged in cocoa farming. The…
OGONI land, the area of Rivers State that has suffered the most on spillage of oil in the Niger Delta has suffered another incident. A fresh oil spill has hit the Bodo community in the Gokana Local Government Area of the State. The spill has destroyed farmlands. It was learnt that the oil spillage occurred…
The residents of Agwa communities in Oguta LGA of Imo state have raised an urgent alarm over the invasion of their farmlands by armed herdsmen. The farmers are distraught over the destruction of their crops and plants by cattle owned by the herdsmen, which has severely impacted their livelihoods. Community leaders have called on the…
Anambra First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo, wants to have a unique birthday celebration for people of the state this year. She has, therefore, announced plans to distribute hybrid seeds to about five hundred persons in the state to start up their home gardens. Mrs Soludo, who broke the news on Friday, on the eve of…
A female Cleric and Agriculturalist, Bishop Deborah Macfoy Akachukwu, has tasked the government at all levels to as a matter of urgency design a robust and realistic strategic plan for the nation’s Agricultural sector. She said that no amount of food importation into the country would tackle hardship and other problems affecting the people in…
The European Union (EU) has unveiled a digital platform to boost investment in Nigeria’s agribusiness sector. This was disclosed by the Deputy Director General, Directorate of International Partnerships (INTPA), European Commission, Myriam Ferran at the 9th edition of the Nigeria-EU Business Forum in Abuja. Ferran said that the platform was aimed at increasing private investments…
The Acting Director General of the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), Khalid Ishiak, has said there are 40 metric tons of Tela maize varieties within Nigeria for farmers at the moment. The official disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja amidst controversy trailing the commercialization of the Genetically Modified (GM) corn variety in Nigeria….
A multinational company, Nigeria Backbone Infrastructure Limited (BINL), wants to partner with willing business concerns that will be ready to align with its dream to invest in Nigeria’s economy within the next 22 years. The company said it is targeting an investment of about $172billion to develop Nigeria’s mineral resources, energy, agriculture, housing, and transportation…
The Embassy of Netherlands in Nigeria has trained over 59,000 smallholder farmers as well as 2,000 agro-entrepreneurs in Nigeria on innovative ways of farming. This areas include the production, distribution and marketing of vegetables in Ogun, among other states. The training programme was implemented by a consortium, including the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), East-West…
Farmers in Kwara State, North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria can begin to jump for joy. This is because the state government has decided that it would come to their aid in order for them to plant and yield increase this planting season. The assurance was given by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq who said at least…
