There is an immediate concern for the government of Lagos state. It is the challenge that climate change brings to people of the state, which poses danger to their health and the infrastructure provided to make life easy for them. That was stated by the State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab….
There is an attempt to improve on the capacity of stakeholders in the livestock value chain in Nigeria. This is evident in the collaboration between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). The initiative is aimed to undertake a Feedlot Management Training Programme. The gains of the initiative…
Cocoa farmers in Nigeria will soon have a high profile member in their midst. He is no other person than the number two citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Vice-President Kashim Shettima. He told a delegation of the World Cocoa Foundation, WCF that visited him in his office at the Aso Villa in Abuja….
Their number is over 70 percent of the farmers in the state but farmers in Cross River state in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, yet they are hardly reckoned with. To start with, for them to get farmland for the cultivation of farms they have to depend on the men. The same men…
Matthew ‘Bayo Temitope is a farmer who also processes pupuru, a local delicacy among the Ikale people in Nigeria. Our man, Johnson Oyeyemi, encountered him during his trip to Ilu Tuntun in the Okiti Pupa local government area of Ondo State. He told him,in this interview, the challenges of farmers and local processors of Pupuru…
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has announced that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will allocate N1bn to tertiary institutions for the establishment of mechanized farming systems, livestock production, and the adoption of cutting-edge agricultural technologies. The minister, who made this announcement in a X post, disclosed that plans are being put in…
The Abia State Government has released N3.5 bn as counterpart funding for the implementation of road infrastructure and agro-logistics hubs across 10 local government areas of the state under the World Bank-Supported Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAMP). The State Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed this during a media briefing at Government…
The Kano State government has commended the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) for its commitment to boosting agricultural outputs and promoting industrialisation in the state. This followed the commissioning of a multimillion-naira peanut snack processing factory in Kano. A representative of the Kano State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Aminu Iliyasu, who is also the…
President Bola Tinubu is focused on developing all aspects of the national economy including the achievement of the national sugar master plan. The government efforts in this regard is part of the goal of achieving $1 trillion economy within a short time. This assurance was given in Abuja by the Minister of State for Industry,…
The Ondo State Government has destroyed 200 kilograms of adulterants used for the illegal enhancement of cocoa beans. It is part of efforts to uphold the state’s reputation as Nigeria’s leading producer of high-quality cocoa. The seizure and destruction took place in Ondo West Local Government Area. The materials were intercepted from a merchant who…
