Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have called for investment in extension advisory services to enhance proper usage of seeds and agricultural productivity. They made the call in Abuja at the 5th edition of SeedConnect Africa organised by the National Agricultural…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Monday in Abuja announced five million dollars additional grant for Nigeria on climate resilience and to boost dry season farming. IFAD said the fund, targeted at small holder farmers, would help to…
Olaseinde Gbenga, Abuja Sequel to improve food production and increase support to smallholder farmers, the Federal Government on Friday, in Abuja, has immediately launched a new policy labeled National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP), which is to be implemented…
The National Agricultural Mechanisation Cooperative of Nigeria (NAMCON), says it will empower over 15 million Nigerians on Mechanised Agro-Extension Service Scheme in 528 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the country. This is contained in a statement issued by the National…
Narratives of the profile of Nigeria’s economy has brought in the necessity to give credence to significance of assessment to evaluate programmes across sectors to determine their value and significance, or otherwise. Across sectors, it is well known that several…
That coordinated efforts to vitalise the working fabrics of the agriculture sector for efficiency towards productivity, largely demanded for the diversification of Nigeria’s economy, remain sacrosanct is rationally justifiable. Since agriculture has been held in reckon as high ranking among…
As the need to diversify Nigeria’s economy has become indisputable for the Country, call on the Government to devise means and coordinate efforts with strategic patterns to propel growth in the agriculture sector as a ready alternative for oil has…
Some residents of Nsukka in Enugu State have urged the Federal Government to invest more resources to the agriculture and energy sectors. They made the request in separate interviews on Wednesday. A banker, Mr Joseph Ugwu, said that more investment…
By Moses Adeniyi No less than 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…
The narratives of the profile of agriculture in Nigeria still attract more of sympathetic consideration, than a formidable productivity which is the desideratum for the Country’s economy. As the reality of diversification has become so pronounced and non-negotiable for the…
