The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), in a joint initiative with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced that they empowered 311 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through the Feed the Future initiative. Over the past four years, this effort has improved agricultural productivity for smallholder farmers, according to Minister…

The Niger State Government launched an initiative to supply farmers with agricultural inputs for dry season farming, aiming to boost food supply and monitor productivity using GPS coordination. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Musa Bawa Bosso, stated that applicants must provide accurate and verifiable details, including name, gender, date of birth, phone number, and…

The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) announced its readiness to train farmers in vegetable production, focusing on the F1 species of bell pepper. Professor Ayo Olalusi, the team lead for vegetable production in the university, explained that the process involves planting and nurturing this hybrid variety, which offers several advantages over traditional types. During…

BUA Foods Plc and Dangote Sugar Plc collectively incurred a significant expenditure of N661.06bn on input costs in the first half of 2024, marking a substantial 137.74 per cent increase from the N278.06bn spent during the corresponding period in 2023. This input cost represents 90.38 per cent of the total cost of sales, which amounted…

The House of Representatives has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide an additional $3bn to the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). The lawmakers said the fund would be used to finance agricultural lending to enhance efforts at combating food insecurity in the country. The member representing Idemili North/Idemili South…

It is now official. Enugu state is home to a tractor assembly plant. What that means is that, combined with the one being floated by the federal government, Nigeria is getting close to the time when the challenge of major machinery for modern farming will be a thing of the past. That was the source…