Year: 2019
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Agro Imports
NIGERIA: FINANCE EXPERTS REACT TO BUHARI’S DIRECTIVE TO HALT FOREX FOR FOOD IMPORT
Nigerians have continued to react to last Tuesday’s directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
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Agro Seeds
NASC TO WAGE WAR AGAINST ADULTERATED SEEDS
From left, Director-General, National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Olusegun Ojo; Head, Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of…
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Agro Local News
ADESEHINWA EMERGES AASAP SECRETARY
A perofessor of animal science at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Obafemi Awolowo University, Moor Plantation, Ibadan,…
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Poultry Farming
OGUN POULTRY FARMERS WANT INCLUSION OF EGG IN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME
POULTRY Association of Nigeria (PANOG), Ogun State chapter, has appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun, to consider introduction of one egg a…
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Agro Local News
LAWMAKER CANVASSES PROTECTION FOR FARMERS
Member Representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos, has…
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Food Security
THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE NATIONAL LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The livestock industry in Nigeria has suffered serious setback due to the inability of the government to produce a working…
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Cattle Farming
FARMERS URGED TO CONSIDER PRODUCTION OF LOCAL CATTLE BREED
An Animal Scientist, Mr Osmond Maduabuchi, has tasked farmers on breeding of local specie of cattle as an alternative source…
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Food Security
OBASEKI INSPECTS 725HA MAIZE FARM PROJECT, ASSURES OF PLANS TO ENSURE FOOD SUFFICIENCY
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured of adequate plans by his administration to strengthen collaboration with relevant…
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Agribusiness
60,000 FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM $200M APPEALS PROJECT FUND
Sixty thousand farmers, drawn from six states will benefit from the $200m World Bank assisted project, under the Agro-Processing, Productivity…
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Cassava Farming
GROUP TASKS FG TO ENACT AGRO MILITIA LAW
A non-governmental organisation, Raysida International Initiative (RII) has appealed for the enactment of a law to create National Agro-militia and…
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