The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says the country will commence exportation of rice in the near future to engender the twin benefits of food security and economic diversification. Mr Ado Hassan, Secretary of the Kano State chapter of…
By Moses Adeniyi No less that 1,786 start-ups in the Agriculture value chain in Lagos has benefited from an over N3.6billion disbursement to boost investments in Agriculture sector in the State. The empowerment, it was gathered, was structured on the…
Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has awarded two contracts totalling N162, 205, 000, for supply of chopping machines and materials for crop residues utilization. While a contract worth N86, 389, 800, was awarded for the supply of 200 crop…
A researcher, Prof. Polycarp Okafor, has said metabolism of cassava cyanide does not play any significant role in chronic diseases such as goiter or goitre with cretinism, Konzo, Tropical Chronic Panctreatitis (TCP) and diabetes. Okafor, a Professor of Biochemical Toxicology,…
By Moses Adeniyi The Federal Government in collaboration with the Lagos State Government on Thursday empowered stakeholders in the agricultural value chain with post harvest technologies and storage facilitate in a bid to reduce the records of losses in the…
Nigeria produces about two million metric tonnes of Onions annually, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Muhammad Abubakar, has told the 4th Regional Onion annual conference and general meeting holding in Kano. The event was organised by Regional…
The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) and Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, have begun a training of the staff on ‘tissue culture techniques, research and management of tissue culture laboratories.’ Speaking at the two-week training…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday awarded three best schools that participated in the school garden project to support agriculture. The Country Representative of FAO,…
Experts in the agricultural sector have lauded the Federal Government for approving the evaluation and open cultivation of the new Tela maize variety. The Tela maize variety developed by researchers at the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University,…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the ban on the importation of rice into the country is encouraging local production and establishment of more local rice mills, especially in the north. The Acting Controller of the Katsina Command, Alhaji Dalha…
