It is about the most talked about issue in Nigeria today. Even politicians, particularly those in the camp of the opposition, have adopted it as the central issue for the campaigns towards the next general election. Workers sing the song, and that , strangely, does not exclude farmers. The issue is the prevailing hunger in…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is taking a bold step to protect the people and animals in the council areas under it against rabies. Towards this end, it has mobilised veterinary and animal health personnel for a two-week mass rabies vaccination exercise across the six Area Councils of the Territory. The Agriculture and Rural…
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,…
