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IFAD: Enugu has boosted rice, cassava production – Coordinator
By Uzoh Ugwueze, Enugu
The Enugu State Government says its resolve to be a major destination for rice and cassava production is yielding positive results.
Coordinator of the…
1,068 Anambra primary schools get agriculture, sports equipment
By Franz Ndulue
The headquarters of the Anambra State Universal Education Board (ASUBEB), Awka, was a beehive of activities as agricultural implements and sports equipment were…
Anambra farmers smile, as IFAD budgets N56m for planting season
Praise Necherem
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced an estimated budget of N56 million for the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) for 2021…
Nigeria set to export rice as local production rises to 9m metric tonnes
By Ezra Musa
Nigeria’s local rice production increased from two million tonnes in 2015 to nine million tonnes in 2021, setting the stage for Nigeria’s incursion into the export market.
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Biosafety agency claims no genetically modified fish in Nigerian market
The Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, says there are no genetically modified fish and animals yet in the Nigerian market.
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Stakeholders urge govt to make agriculture attractive to youths
Yolamchi Ukaga, Aba
Stakeholders in the agricultural sector of the economy have advised governments at all levels to come up with policies that will make agriculture attractive to young…
Group urges FG to provide soft loans, agricultural inputs to youths
By Taiye Agbaje
The Nigeria Diaspora Network (NDN) has urged the Federal Government to provide soft loans and agricultural inputs to youths.
The Financial Director of…
FCTA, IITA partner on capacity building on agric
By Ben Adoga
The collaboration between the Federal Capital Territory Administration, (FCTA) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA) on capacity building and…
African swine fever hits Ebonyi farms, kills 311 pigs
Ruth OginyiOver 311 pigs have died of African swine fever in Ebonyi state.
A farm located at Ekebeligwe, Izzi was the first farm to be attacked by the viral disease.Chief Austin Edeze…
Groups protest, write Buhari for genetically modified crops ban
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Non-governmental organisations, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and Peace Point Development Foundation, operating under the umbrella of GMO-Free…
Oil Revenue Dip: Nigeria should return to agriculture – don
By Millicent Onaga, Enugu
A senior lecturer in the department of agricultural economics and extension, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Prof. Daniel Sunday Ugwu,…
We need inputs not training – women farmers
Praise Necherem
Women farmers in Anambra state have decried non-availability of farming inputs and other equipment needed for them to produce bountiful harvest.
The farmers,…
Abia cleric emerges Nigerian farmers’ cooperative boss, pledges agric revolution
By Praise Necherem
The newly appointed director, governing board of National Apex of Nigerian Farmers’ Cooperative Societies (NANFACOS), Abia state, Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, has pledged to…
ADP trains Anambra farmers on modern agronomy, to boost harvest
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
The Aguata zonal office of the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) has held a yield-improvement, modern agronomy practice training for rural farmers of the…
Banditry reducing women participation in agriculture – IFAD
By Praise Necherem
The International Fund for Agriculture Development has attributed decline of women in Agriculture in Nigeria on banditry. They said the research showed that women had…