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AGREEMENT SIGNED IN BRAZIL ON AGROTECH, AGRI-FINANCE AND FERTILISER PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BOOST AGRIBUSINESS IN NIGERIA’S 774 LOCAL LGAS AND ENHANCE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS

Vivian Ikemba6 days ago04 mins

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has, on behalf of the federal government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) of Brazil, (has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU) to advance private sector development in fertiliser production, implement 1.2 billion Green Imperative Project (GIP). The partnership, struck at the…

LAWMAKER ALERTS ON CHALLENGES TO LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Vivian Ikemba2 weeks ago2 weeks ago06 mins

Chairman of the House Committee on Livestock, Hon. Wale Raji, has lamented the significant capital flight caused by the country’s reliance on livestock imports due to its inability to meet domestic consumption demands. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee in Abuja, Raji noted that the annual production in Nigeria’s livestock sector is estimated…

NIGERIA CUSTOMS SIGNS PACT WITH INDIA ON CROSS-BORDER TRADE

Vivian Ikemba3 weeks ago02 mins

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has signed a Customs Mutual Administrative Agreement (CMAA) with its Indian counterpart to bolster cross-border trade development. The agreement, as disclosed in a statement by the NCS, was signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who represented the NCS at the event…

“NIGERIAN COCOA HAS THE BEST AROMA IN THE WORLD” ~FASERU, OSUN STATE AGRIC COMMISSIONER

Sultan Bello1 month ago1 month ago014 mins

Pastor (Otunba) Tola Faseru, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Osun State is also the President of the African Cashew Alliance, ACA. In this interview with Sultan Bello he speaks about the policies and programmes aimed at boosting Cocoa production and attaining food sufficiency in the state. Excerpts: There was a report that tractors purchased…

FIRST LADY, MRS OBOREVWORI EMPOWER 40 FEMALE FARMERS IN DELTA STATE

Anthony Ogbekile3 months ago02 mins

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the wife of the Delta state Governor Deaconess Tobore Oborevwori have given about 40 female farmers in Delta State ₦10 million in grants to boost their agro businesses, while 1,200 indigent households received food items. The support was done under the sponsorship of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of…

FOUNDATION UNVEILS THE PAGEANT ON THE FARM IN LAGOS

Anthony Ogbekile3 months ago04 mins

Its a combination of beauty and farming as Farm Junction Foundation (FJF), a subsidiary of Farm Junction Limited, has announced the launch of the inaugural “Most Beautiful Farmer (MBF) Lagos” project. The project is a groundbreaking agricultural empowerment initiative designed to uplift and showcase Nigeria’s bountiful farming community. The program seeks to “make farming cool”…

EDO SENATOR SUPPORTS FARMERS WITH INPUTS AND FUNDS

Anthony Ogbekile4 months ago4 months ago03 mins

The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen has distributed over 12,000 cocoa seedlings, 9,000 plantain suckers, herbicides and knapsack sprayers to farmers from across the seven Local Government Areas in his constituency. He also presented the farmers with financial support after a training on modern farming approaches. The exercise was coordinated by the…

FCT AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTE FERTILISER TO FARMERS

Anthony Ogbekile4 months ago04 mins

Farmers in the federal capital territory, FCT were elated recently when they got ferliser from the authorities of the capital territory. The distribution exercise was handled by Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, who kicked off the distribution of approximately 900 metric tonnes of 30 trucks of assorted fertilisers to the farmers….

FARMERS IN ABUJA GET FERTILISERS FROM ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL BOSS

Sultan Bello4 months ago05 mins

Farmers in the Abuja Municipal Council Area are in good season at the moment. Though it may not be a harvest season yet, what they have got is a sign that the next harvest season will be a time to cheer. The chairman, Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has flagged off the distribution of 800 bags…

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPOWERS 500,000 FARMERS IN AKWA IBOM

Sultan Bello4 months ago04 mins

Smallholder farmers in Akwa Ibom State are celebrating a great support that they got from the government. And this time it is the federal government. 500, 000 of them are direct beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s programme known as “Project Earn from the soil”. The step by Abuja to domesticate the Women Economic Empowerment (WEE)…