Anambra First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has begun the process of setting up a healthy living garden in Awka, the state capital. The garden, which will serve as an exhibitional sample for the ongoing Healthy Living Garden Competition and the proposed Healthy Living Community Garden initiative, will be occupied by vegetables and other types of…
Farmers in the Niger Delta region should be jumping for joy. This is because the Ministry of Niger Delta Development is embarking on an agricultural development initiative that will further encourage farmers in the Niger Delta region. The management of the ministry, under the leadership of Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has announced the commencement of a…
If the plans of Governor Ademola ADELEKE sails through, then in no distant future Osun State will lead other states in Nigeria in the production of cocoa. He said plans had reached an advance stage to collaborate with a Chinese company towards achieving this objective. Adeleke gave the assurance while receiving a Chinese team that…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected fresh moves to create grazing routes for cattle herders in the country. The resolution was passed by the lawmakers, as they observed a minute silence in honour of those who were killed in Omala LGA of Kogi State. They also urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide the…
Nigerian government officials may not have to travel far to get farm implements, thus wasting the meagre foreign exchange at her disposal and unnecessarily lengthen the time needed to provide inputs for the growth of agriculture in the country. This hope was raised with the disclosure by Nigeria’s vehicle manufacturer, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company Ltd…
The Benue State Governor, Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has said the state would embrace the gesture of any willing person or organisation that wants to invest in thw agriculture there. The governor spoke when he received the Member, House of Lords, United Kingdom, Baroness Sandip Verma, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government…
Concerned about the health of Nigerians, the federal government has warned Nigerians to desist from patronising private and unregistered abattoir and meat shops. The warning came from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) on Thursday. The action followed the outcome of an investigation into the incident of food poisoning at the Mandate…
There are indications that the farmer/herder clashes that have impaired production of agricultural products, especially food, may soon come to pass. This is because the administration of President Bola Tinubu is collaborating with countries in the African Union, AU to address this problem. To this effect the federal government, and AU Member States have taken…
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, is seeking partnership with Baroness Sandip Verma, former UK minister of energy and climate change. Governor Alia said the move was to boost agricultural investment opportunities for foreigners in the state and country at large. The governor expressed confidence that the partnership will enhance development in the agricultural sector in…
The federal government is planning to get revenue from agritourism in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Aliyu Abdullahi made this known over the weekend. While admitting that the country had hitherto not tapped into the potentials in the industry, the minister said the government would set up an agritourism…
