There appears to be a conscious effort on the part of the federal government to ensure that pastoralists adopt ranching or at least sedentary method to raise cattle in the country. This was disclosed during a recent meeting by the Ministry of Livestock Development with The Miyetti-Allah Fulaku Yeso Yeso Development Association in Abuja. Dr….
He is an authority in aquaculture with varied experiences at the global level. Professor Kayode Shogbesan of the Department of Fisheries Modibbo Adama University, Yola, has participated in research projects, some of which he led,in Nigeria, Africa and Asia. He is not just involved in practical works in the training of students, he is a…
Her farming skills were perfected in the village, where as a little child she had learnt nearly everything. But she had no plans to become a full time farmer. Rather, she relocated to Lagos in search of the golden fleece, like many people who desired to exchange the poor living standard of the rural setting…
Dr Adedayo Adeyemo, a staff of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, is a non-Ruminant production specialist, basically poultry and rabbit. He has been involved in researches aimed at developing local content for the care of livestock, in order to improve quality animal in Nigeria. In this interview with Bushlink, conducted by Aderemi Oladipupo, Dr. Adeyemo…
Mrs. Folake Fasan ,is a vegetables seller, she sells all types of vegetables, around Aro Lambo, Motogun Road, Oke Aro ,Ogun State,She has being into this trade for more than five years now, yet she is enjoying every bit of it. Fasan who hails from Ondo town in Ondo State, took to vegetable farming after…
The Federal Government has imposed a nationwide ban on open grazing in what officials describe as one of the most decisive moves yet to curb the persistent herder–farmer conflict. The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Mukhtar Maiha, announced the policy on Tuesday at the inauguration, and maiden meeting of the National Council on Livestock Development…
He discussed farming with as much expertise as someone who had been in the trade from childhood or had formal training in agriculture. Yet, Mr. Abisagboola, Kehinde Olaniyi, who retired from government service in 2019, had no prior experience of farming until he left public service. In fact, his work, which initially required being on…
There is a development that shows the determination of the federal government to balance the drive for revenue with the achievement of food security and economic development in the country. This was demonstrated in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital with the unveiling of a working relationship between a major agricultural sector and the federal inland revenue service,…
He holds strong views because he is passionate about his country getting it right on all fronts, particularly in the area of food security. He is in the the academia, and properly positioned where agricultural activities are of major concern. And right in the centre of the efforts to make make rise up and run…
Nigeria has secured a major breakthrough in its non-oil export drive as Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago announced a $100 million livestock offtake agreement with the Saudi Export and Import Bank to supply meat and related products to the Middle East. Bago, who made the disclosure at the First Bank Agric and Export Expo 2025…
