By IBIRONKE ARIYO/ERICJAMES.OCHIGBO SOME agricultural experts and environmental activists have recommended increased support for small holder farmers to attain food security in the country as against industrial farming. They made the recommendation in Abuja on Wednesday while addressing newsmen on the sidelines of a stakeholders’ workshop on the Implications of Industrial Animal Farming in Nigeria. […]
By ANGELA ATABO MR. Abiodun Olaniyi, Project Coordinator of the Nigeria International Agriculture Expo (NIAEXPO 2025), has said that the upcoming expo will enhance Nigeria’s agribusiness potential and reinforce its standing in the global agricultural market. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja ahead of the 7th edition of the event, Olaniyi said […]
By MERCY NEME DELTA Head of Service, Dr. Mininim Oseji, has distributed tomato and pepper seedlings to Permanent Secretaries and staff in key government offices. The initiative, launched on Tuesday, seeks to promote homestead farming among civil servants. Speaking in Asaba, Oseji said the scheme aimed at boosting food security, encouraging agriculture, and supplementing the […]
By FELICIA IMOHIMI THE Federal Government, Leonard and Nkiruka Okorkwo Foundation (LANOF), Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBF) and other stakeholders on Tuesday unveiled the 2025 to 2030 revised National Youth Manifesto in Agriculture for Nigeria. Report say that also unveiled is the 2025 Nigerian Youth in Agribusiness Call to Action. Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture […]
By IBRAHIM BELLO REPRESENTATIVE Bello Ka’oje, representing Suru/Bagudo federal constituency in Kebbi, has distributed 12,000 agric inputs and assorted grains to farmers and less-privileged people in his constituency. Flagging of the distribution on Saturday in Ka’oje, Bagudo Local Government Area of the state, Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi, commended Ka’oje for demonstrating an excellent representation […]
THE Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has expressed his commitment to investing in agriculture as a key sector for the state’s economy. The governor stated this at Owa-Ofie community in Ika-North East local government area of Delta State during the continuation of the 5th Tranche of agricultural inputs distribution to beneficiaries of the […]
By AHMED KAIGAMA THE National Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) project has held its quarterly technical mission to boost livestock production in Bauchi, Gombe and Plateau states The National Project Coordinator of L-PRES, Alhaji Sanusi Abubakar, made the disclosure on Friday, at the end of its two-day mission in Bauchi, noting that it also […]
By JACINTA NWACHUKWU AFRICA Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners have mobilised 2.2 billion dollars (about ₦3.4 trillion) to implement special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing President of AfDB disclosed this in a paper presented at the 2025 Standard Chartered Bank Africa Summit recently held in Lagos. In a copy […]
By TALATU MAIWADA ACTION Against Hunger (ACF), in collaboration with development partners, has commenced implementation of the Pastoralism and Livestock Marketing in Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad Cross-Border Territories (PASCO) project in Adamawa. Mr. Peter Koti, Advocacy and Communications Lead for ACF Nigeria, said this in a statement on Thursday in Yola. Koti said the initiative was […]
By ANGELA ATABO THE Centre for Gender Economics in Africa (CGE Africa) has strengthened the academic research and publication skills of female postgraduate students in fisheries and aquaculture. Regina Solomon, Programme Manager of CGE Africa, stated this on Thursday after a two-day training in Ibadan. Solomon said the training was conducted under CGE Africa’s Future […]