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Faced with a near zero income from the Federation account, the Cross River state government is giving prime attention to agriculture with N30 billion Credit Guarantee Fund to farmers. In addition, the state government within 100 days in office has ...

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has disclosed that the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (ATASP – Phase one) resonates with the state government’s move to innovatively transform agriculture in the state. The governor who was represented by the Commissioner for ...

The Plateau Government is to begin vaccination of 4.3 million cattle to curb the spread of anthrax in the state. Dr. Sipak Shase, the Director of the Plateau State Ministry of Agriculture, made this known on Tuesday in Jos while ...

The Lagos State Government says about 20,000 fishermen and farmers will be empowered with inputs under its 2022 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Support Programme aimed at boosting food production. Ms Abisola Olusanya, the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, stated this during ...

A mushroom plant scientist, Prof. Sami Ayodele, has urged the Federal Government to create an opportunity for farmers to embrace mushroom cultivation to serve as alternative means of farming and income generation for the country. Ayodele made the call in ...

The Director, Heinrich Boll Foundation Nigeria, Mr Jochen Luckscheiter, has urged farmers to exercise caution when administering pesticides to crops for healthy living and to help save the environment. Luckscheiter made the call at a Two-Day Engagement Workshop of Social ...

The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD/FG), on Wednesday launched the design of new Country Strategic Opportunities Programme, 2024-2029, (COSOP) for transformation of Nigeria’s agriculture food systems. Mrs Dede Ekoue, Country Director, IFAD-Nigeria, identified COSOP as ...

Dr Mohammad Abubakar, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says the nation has achieved 75 per cent self-sufficiency in rice production through sustained investment in the value chain. Mr Abubakar made this known at the Rice Value Chain Validation ...

Residents of Auyo local government area of Jigawa State have expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari over the commissioning of a N17 billion Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme in Auyo. The water project was started by the then Shehu Shagari led ...

Nigerian farmers will receive a boost  this planting season to improve food production as the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has promised to release an insect and drought-resistant maize to the farmers. The director general of the agency, Prof. Abdullahi ...