The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State has commended the Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) for its contributions to the development of agriculture and industrial sectors and for ensuring food security in the country. The Deputy Director General of IITA, Dr Kenton Dashiell in a courtesy visit to the university said the institute…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has taken a step towards enhancing food production in the state, as well as making agriculture a thing of interest to tourists visiting the state. That is why the State government has put a committee in place to promote the practice of farming in the state. Governor Eno,…
With the measures being taken by the federal government, it is certain that prices of food items will fall very soon. This optimism was shared by the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS), Mr. Bashir Adeniyi in Abuja recently. Adeniyi who was speaking at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja said the move was a…
The Cross River State government has announced plans to host an agro-tourism festival and an International Expo festival called CRATFEX. The festival, which will run from the 9th through 17th of August, 2024, is themed: “Building stronger food systems to strengthen the resilience of the fight against hunger in Nigeria”. Asu Abang, the lead visionary…
The leaders of a farmers group and a cooperative society in Enugu state, Obimo Farmers Association and Izunwanne Obimo Multi Purpose Cooperative Society have called on the Governor Peter Mbah to come to the aid of Obimo Community in Nsukka local Government Area of Enugu state. The farmers want the government to provide them with…
The World Bank has revealed plans to disburse $500m as loan to enhance rural road infrastructure and agricultural marketing in Nigeria. The financial institution said the fund requested was contained in the final draft of the Resettlement Policy Framework for the Nigeria Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project Scale-UP (RAAMP-SU) under the Federal Ministry of…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to invest $1 billion in Nigeria’s agribusiness sector through its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program. This initiative aims to promote agricultural value chains, from food production to processing, value addition, packaging, and market supply. According to AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, “Nigeria should have bold programmes and policy…
By the time he started out as a farmer he was sufficiently interested and learned about the art of farming that it would be wrong to say he went in out of sheer necessity or because he had no options. Yes, he took up a job on a farm when it was becoming difficult to…
Nigerian farmers who are gearing up for greater harvests have a reason to celebrate. This is because their products can be sold to customers offshore with little or no stress. The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) has vowed to remove all technical barriers limiting the country from harnessing…
Determined to intensify the fight against illegal mining, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) mining marshals have vowed to dismantle illicit operations and the conspiracy networks behind them. Speaking at the NSCDC National Headquarters on Tuesday, the Mining Marshals Commander, John Attah, highlighted the squad’s major achievements in 2024, including breaking through powerful…
