The current hardship in the country is the creation of President Bola Tinubu whose policies have heightened the cost of living and reduced the purchasing power of the national currency. This is the view of an Ebonyi farmer, Ayogu Chukwuemeka, who said that President Tinubu’s unpopular policies and ineptitude over the plights of the citizenry…
2025 is set to see a boost in mechanised farming. This is because the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has received a presidential mandate to spearhead the rollout of 10,000 tractors throughout Nigeria in the bid to enhance food productivity. Though this may not be enough for use in the country as the minister said…
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…
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has disclosed that the benefit of Nigeria’s biodiversity is estimated to be over $8bn annually. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday during the observance of the World Environment Day Commemoration in Abuja. He noted that Nigeria’s biodiversity is a global public good that has value for…
The Renewed Hope Initiative of the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has given out ₦10m to 20 female farmers in Rivers State to boost agriculture productivity in the state. The initiative aims to ensure the availability of food items at cheaper rates to mitigate the high inflation rate in the country. The cheques…
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) at the weekend organized an intensive training for 100 cashew farmers in Imo State, being one of the cashew producing States, which accounts for over 1,000 metric tonnes of the produce annually. That sector has generated an annual income of N41.27 billion for the country from exports. The programme,…
Ebonyi state government says it has paid a counterpart fund of 100,000 US dollars for nutritional activities. It, however, said that the responsibility does not rest solely on the Ministry of Health but cuts across other sectors such as Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Human Capital Development, Ministry of Skill acquisition & Job Creation among…
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has launched a strategic action plan for the State, designed to ensure food security, and fight poverty and malnutrition, especially among children and women. In doing this it has decided to collaborate with the relevant stakeholders.The Governor, who stated this in Calabar in the company of Peter Odey,…
There are fears that the on-going food inflation in Nigeria could be a threat to the projection that the economy of the country may grow at the rate of 3.2% and 3.4% in the 2024/2025. This fear was expressed by the African Development Bank, AfDB at the AfDB launch of the ‘Nigeria Country Focus Report’….
Nigerian scholar, Dr Abdulrazak Ibrahim, invented an insect control technology that is protecting farmers' crops in Brazil. The genetic engineer co-led an African-Brazil project that is responsible for the creation of the first-ever biolistic facility to be in Northern Nigeria. Ibrahim said he got the inspiration to delve into science, technology and innovation pathways fields…
