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…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed agro-inputs to 4,311 farmers that were affected by the 2020 flood disaster in Cross River. Director General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, who flagged off the distribution to the affected farmers on…
Chief Sylva Ejezie, Managing Director, Sylva Ejezie Farms Nigeria, said it was a dream come true for him when he launched “Delta Rice” into Delta markets. Ejezie, who doubles as Delta Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), said this…
Ekiti State on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government for more assistance and empowerment of farmers affected by flooding and other natural disasters in 2020. The state’s deputy governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, made the appeal in Ado-Ekiti at the inauguration…
Over seven thousand youths in Ogun State have been empowered by the Central Bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ agricultural programme through the Cassava Intervention Project of the state government. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, on Thursday, flagged off the Nigeria Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (N-CARES) programme under which 12,494 smallholder farmers will be provided inputs. Obaseki during the event held in Umuegbe community in Oredo Local…
