Good governance and Nigeria’s agriculture
By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta There is a consensus among analysts, statisticians, experts and watchers of the Nigerian economy, that the agriculture sector in Nigeria is the single largest employer of labour. This fact was recently accentuated by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku while speaking on the Saturday, May 25, 2013 edition of Radio More...
Shema reiterates commitment to agric development
By Mohammed Kandi, with agency report Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has reiterated his administration’s commitment towards the development of the agriculture sector, to ensure maximum food security for More...
500,000 farmers to benefit from FG, WCF partnership
By Mohammed Kandi The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announce $1.2 million in new funding to provide assistance to 70,000 cocoa farming households More...
Butchers solicit FG, FCTA support
Chairman of the Butchers Association of Nigeria, FCT branch, Alhaji Usman Datti, has solicited for soft loans from the Federal Government to boost their business. Datti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recently More...
10m farmers to benefit from GES in 2013
By Mohammed Kandi Following the ongoing Agriculture Transformation Agenda of the agriculture sector, the Federal Government is targeting about 10 million farmers in the 2013 Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme. The More...
Global food security and the new vision for agriculture
By Mohammed Kandi, with agency report Sequel to global calls and urgent need for developing sustainable agricultural systems that would facilitate food security and forestall economic crises, especially in Africa, More...
Adoption of direct seeding improves soil quality
Starting in the early 1980′s, prairie farmers gradually switched from conventional tillage to adopt direct seeding, the seeding of crops directly into undisturbed or cultivated soil. Direct seeding of crops More...
Cheap imports will drown local investments, palm oil producers warn
Dr. Oyeleye Olukayode Local investors in palm oil production and processing have complained that cheap importation of palm oil will kill local industries, cripple the agricultural transformation agenda of the federal More...
BOA, Niger Govt. partner on N2bn credit scheme
By Mohammed Kandi In furtherance of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of the Federal Government, as well as its quest to boost agriculture in the state, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) is to partner with More...
Flood: Heed expert warnings, stop farming on water ways, says Rima Basin MD
Engr Khaleed Yusuf is MD/CEO of the Rima Basin Development Authority in Sokoto State. In this interview with our correspondent, Mahmoud Muhammad, he spoke extensively on expert prediction about the 2013 flood, as More...
