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)…
The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has announced plans to provide N1.6 billion worth of inputs to ginger farmers in three states, aiming to mitigate the impact of the ongoing blight epidemic affecting ginger farmlands nationwide. The initiative, unveiled at the launch of the Ginger Blight Epidemic Control Task Force support program in Kaduna,…
…TARGETS PRODUCTION OF 500,000 HECTARES OF MAIZE, RICE, OTHERS The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting the cultivation of rice, maize, cassava and soya beans with $134m in Nigeria. The President of the bank, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, during a visit to the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano recently said the support…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), in partnership with the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), hosted a stakeholder event aimed at developing a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for Digital Agricultural Extension Services (DAES). The event, held at Ikeja, Lagos, convened stakeholders from public, private, and development sectors to address challenges faced by…
The Director General of World Trade Organisation WTO, and former Nigerian minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called for the need to address the global setback limiting Nigeria’s export potential in the international market. Iweala said exported agricultural products are challenged with rejections in international markets due to non-compliance with international Standard Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) requirements….
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,…
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah on Wednesday declared war on land grabbers as he signed four bills into law to ease the business environment and drive investments, and tourism, while fostering peace and orderliness in the state. The bills signed are the Enugu State Ranch Management Law, to stem the tide of open grazing and…
Stakeholders on the platform of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) are worried about the consequences of years of unchecked and inadequately monitored mineral extraction in Nigeria. They are concerned that the ugly development poses great ecological challenges to Nigeria. Nnimmo Bassey, the director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation gave expression to this concern…
The management of TechnoServe Nigeria is exploring a potential collaboration with the federal government to enhance food and nutrition security in the country. This was made known during a visit to the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja. Technoserve undertakes a business approach involved in fighting poverty and empowering farmers and small business…
Chinedu Ogah, a member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives has distributed 200 bags of 25kg rice seeds and shared N70 million to farmers in the constituency. The lawmaker, who described agriculture as a solution to the hunger and general hardship ravaging the country, urged people to go into farming…
