The division in Nigeria widens with the insistence of the passage of the bill seeking to nullify open grazing in the country. While farmers, seeing advantage of a proposed law in this direction, herders insist that such proponents should perish the thought. The legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Establish the National Animal…
No fewer than 3,000 farmers in the North Central state of Kwara have received support from the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS. The Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Sulaiman said this was done in partnership with a body known as Kwara Renaissance Group (KWRG)….
The National Chairman, Association of Greenfield Rice Producers, Marketers and Entrepreneurs, Chief Oludare Adekolu, says that Nigeria has the capacity to produce far more rice than what obtains at present if genuine producers get adequate support. Adekolu, who is the Chief Executive of Igbemo Rice Processing Company Limited, said his association, with branches across Nigeria,…
Investigation has shown that farmers in Nigeria are more comfortable taking loan facilities from cooperative societies than taking advantage of similar opportunity in the commercial banks in the country. This was discovered by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. The Bureau got this from a joint research it did with the Federal Ministry of Budget…
Michelle Corzine, Director of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Power of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has disclosed that her government has given grants worth $26.6 million to 33 companies in Nigeria. She said that the gesture was aimed at helping to resolve the food insecurity in the country. She spoke at a…
Amobi Ogah, House of Representatives member from Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency has made agricultural donations and scholarships to his constituents in a bid to improve their living conditions. Hon. Ogah disclosed this in a media interaction with members of Abia Online Media Publishers Organization (OMPAN) at Onuaku Uturu. The lawmaker revealed that he embarked on grading…
The next harvest should be good for rice farmers in Enugu State. Over 1, 200 farmers are being supported in a programme involving the state government and two private business concerns in the state. The farmers got free rice seeds at the Adarice Farms, Adani, Uzo-Uwani Local Government area of the State. The companies are…
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation has awarded a grant of N1.5 million each to four Graduate Agripreneurs from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), totaling N6 million. This event marked the culmination of Phase III of the FUNAAB-BATN Foundation Graduate Agripreneurs Programme, held on May 23, 2024, at the Lecture Theatre (Auditorium 1),…
The Niger Delta Development Commission has announced a partnership with communities in the Niger Delta region to empower 4,500 rice and cassava farmers to ensure food security in the region and the country at large. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, disclosed this during the onboarding programme for the empowerment of the farmers at…
The Enugu state government has reiterated its determination to empower youths with agricultural innovations to drive the process of the GDP projection of the state to $30b. Dr Patrick Ubru, Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro- Industrialisation in Enugu State who made this known on while declaring open the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase-1 (ATASP-1)…
