Insecurity and incessant attacks on company facilities were a major clog in the progress wheel in rubber plantation farming in 2023. This is according to Graham Hefer, the Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Plc, who made this disclosure in an interview. He called on the Federal Government and Edo State Government to help the…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has advocated progressive ranching laws in the Southeast and other parts of Nigeria to permanently address the constant farmers herders crisis. The acting national youth leader of Ohanaeze, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, made the call during a briefing at the just-concluded Igbo Youth…
Rite Foods Limited, one of the leading beverage companies in Africa joined the African continent in celebrating Africa Day 2024, themed “Educate an African for the 21st Century: Building Resilient Education Systems for Increased Access to Inclusive, Lifelong, Quality, and Relevant Learning in Africa,” resonates deeply with Rite Foods’ commitment to quality and empowerment. The…
Anambra First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has begun the process of setting up a healthy living garden in Awka, the state capital. The garden, which will serve as an exhibitional sample for the ongoing Healthy Living Garden Competition and the proposed Healthy Living Community Garden initiative, will be occupied by vegetables and other types of…
Farmers in the Niger Delta region should be jumping for joy. This is because the Ministry of Niger Delta Development is embarking on an agricultural development initiative that will further encourage farmers in the Niger Delta region. The management of the ministry, under the leadership of Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has announced the commencement of a…
No fewer than 49,000 farmers from three oil producing states smiled home recently with support to aid their trade. The farmers are from three states of Ondo, Edo and Delta. They got handsome financial support from The Partnership for Initiative in Niger Delta, The PIND. The body said the farmers and people in the small…
The support to ease the pain of ginger farmers who suffered losses as a result of the blight epidemic is increasing by the day. This time, the farmers in Kaduna State are getting claims from an insurance company for the tragedy. The firm, Leadway Assurance Company Limited, in partnership withHeifer Project International and Pula Advisors,…
If the plans of Governor Ademola ADELEKE sails through, then in no distant future Osun State will lead other states in Nigeria in the production of cocoa. He said plans had reached an advance stage to collaborate with a Chinese company towards achieving this objective. Adeleke gave the assurance while receiving a Chinese team that…
Ginger farmers who suffered losses as a result of the blight epidemic last March would have every cause to smile, as they approach a new planting season. This follows the support from the federal government, which is to be complemented by the Kaduna State government. To start with, under the aegis of the National Agricultural…
As it is addressing the nagging problem of food insecurity, the administration of President Bola Tinubu is also working to battle the problem of desertification in the northern part of the country. This disclosure was made by a state official in Kebbi State. The official, Musa Muhammad Tungulawa, who is the commissioner for environmental and…
