By Bukola Adewumi The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has advised farmers on newly identified suitable planting windows for cowpea for the different ecologies in the country. Mr Alex Abutu, Communicaton Officer, AATF, made this known on Sunday in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) inContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), an NGO, and other stakeholders have recommended key policy on rice standards to optimise production. The key policy will also make the product and its value chain competitive and acceptable at global markets. Mr Isaiah Gabriel, Country Programme Manager of SFSA,Continue Reading
Delta Commissioner for Agriculture ans Natural Resources and Chairman, Delta State Livestock Management Committee (DSLMC), Dr Godfrey Enita, briefing newsmen on plans to end Farmers /Herders clashes in Uwheru Community, others on Wednesday in Asaba Delta Government said on Wednesday that it has strengthened plans to end the lingering clashes betweenContinue Reading
By Ahmed Kaigama/Rabiu Sani-Ali Some farmers in Bauchi State have commended the Flour Milling Association of Nigeria (FMAN) over its wheat development programme aimed at accelerating production in the country. FMAN is consortium of flour millers working to encourage wheat value chain through research, extension services, enhancing farmer access toContinue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the outgone week inaugurated the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI), Lafia, Nasarawa State, to enhance food security and create jobs for the youths across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that AMEDI is one ofContinue Reading
Participants at the event on Wednesday By Bukola Adewumi Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) on Wednesday said it has supported a total of 55, 864 farmers across the country. Alhaji Mohammed Jobdi, the National Project Coordinator, APPEALS disclosed this during the progress monitoringContinue Reading
Some of the beneficiaries of the N3.4 billion grants World Bank’s Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support project in Enugu By Alex Enebeli Some 1,700 farmers in Enugu have benefitted from N3.4 billion grants from the World Bank’s Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project in theContinue Reading
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari says the inaugurated 5,700-hectare Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa, will significantly contribute to Nigeria’s quest for food security, job creation and economic diversification. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, said Buhari spoke at a state banquet after theContinue Reading
By Leonard Okachie The Abia State Project Coordinating Office of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), has trained some of its beneficiaries on Gender Action Learning System (GALS). Participants comprising unemployed youths and women headed households were trained at the project’s headquarters in Umuahia on Saturday. The StateContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Kano State Government has assured the National Park Service (NPS) of necessary support in the discharge of its operations in Falgore Game Reserve now a national park in the state. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje gave the assurance when Dr Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator – General (CG) ofContinue Reading
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