By Abigael Joshua Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an NGO on Wednesday joined other stakeholders in warning against the harmful usage of pesticides to safeguard public health in the country. Mr Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF said this at a dialogue in Abuja with decision makers on hazards ofContinue Reading
   By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme (Lagos-CARES) has distributed various farm assets to 1,531 processing and producing farmers in the state. Speaking during the distribution at the Lagos Farm Service Centre, Agege, on Tuesday, Mr Jonathan Obayemi, theContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Shefarmers Initiative, a platform, established to support women farmers in Nigeria has inaugurated the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter. The President, Mrs Kudirat Ande, while inaugurating the Advisory Board and members of the Executives in Abuja on Thursday, said the platform was designed to empower AfricanContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale Mr Samson Ogbole, Team Lead, Soilless Farm Lab, Ogun State, has urged the Federal Government to provide support for greenhouse farming for all-year-round food production in the country. Ogbole told the News Agency y of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that government need to pay attentionContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale Mr Samson Ogbole, Team Lead, Soilless Farm Lab, Ogun State, has urged the Federal Government to provide support for greenhouse farming for all-year-round food production in the country. Ogbole told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that government needs to payContinue Reading
By Bukola Adewumi Dr Maryam Muhammad, the Executive Director of National Veterinary Research Institute of (NVRI), has warned farmers and veterinary doctors against fake anthrax vaccine in the livestock market. Muhammad gave the warning on Wednesday at the consultative meeting of stakeholders with the federal department of veterinary and pestContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President (VP) Kashim Shettima, has assured the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) of Federal Government’s partnership towards ensuring food security in the country. Shettima gave the assurance when he received in audience the IITA delegation led by its Director-General (D-G) and Regional Director for Africa,Continue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), on Wednesday expressed readiness to work with the Federal Government to improve food security in the country. The Director-General of IITA, Mr Simeon Ehui, made this known while answering questions from State House Correspondents, shortly after he paid a courtesyContinue Reading
Dr Austin Ojogbo, (2nd R) Director, Veterinary Services Department, MANR and Mr John Onovroke, State Coordinator, FMARD at the inauguration and handing over a modern live bird market built by the Federal Government to Delta Government at Ibusa, in the state on Wednesday By Ifeanyi Olannye The Federal Government onContinue Reading
By Bukola Adewumi Some associations in the Aagric sector have asked President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the N100 billion agriculture fund is disbursed through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to avoid bottlenecks in accessing the funds. The National Agricultural Commodities Projects (NACP) and Strategic Alliance of Presidents ofContinue Reading
