Encouraging Youths, Graduates To Embrace Agriculture
To unlock the full potentials of agriculture to diversify the economy, government should create the enabling environment, enact relevant policies, laws and give incentives to farmers.
Moves To Industrialise Agriculture Must Involve Smallholder Farmers – Agbugba
Industrializing the agriculture sector is key if we really want to move forward. For industrialization to take place in the sector, it must happen in all the sub-sectors.
Enugu Chamber Assesses Dangote’s Contributions To Nigeria’s Economy
"Dangote business and entrepreneurship indulgence has spread to many parts of the African continent, employing thousands of people across the world, of which not less than 85 per cent are Nigerians.”
60,000 Kaduna farmers to benefit from $200m agric projects
“At least 35 percent (3500) of direct beneficiaries will be women and at least 5-10 percent (500-1000) will be People with Disabilities, PWD.
Consumption of fruits, vegetables can prevent cancer — Expert
“Antioxidants are said to help neutralize waste substances in the human body and help to boost the overall health,”
Osun partners farmers, foreigners on agric production
“If agriculture was localized and prioritized, there would be a shift from mere talking about agriculture to bountiful productivity."
AFBD to launch projects on agribusiness in eight African countries
The fund is supported by the governments of the USA (through USAID), Denmark (through DANIDA) and Sweden (through SIDA).
Bayer engages farmers, experts on pest management in maize farming
The theme of the conference was “Integrated Pest Management: Key to Profitable Maize Farming.”
Fund Research Institutions To Support Local Food Systems - HOMEF
“It is time for the Nigerian government to fund our research institutions and agencies so that they actually carry out researches that support our seeds, agriculture and food systems”
Nigeria, 14 ECOWAS States To Benefit From $8m Forest Protection Project
“It will also provide legal recommendations and guidelines on forest management, support community groups to implement sustainable forest and land management and build global capacity."
Laboratory Technologists, Technicians Get Training On Harmonised Methods On Fertiliser Analysis
"..the aim is to equip the laboratory technicians with the tools and procedures for an enhanced and harmonized method of analysis, sampling and quality assessment of fertilizer."
NCRI releases 67 varieties of rice
“There is no gainsaying the fact that having agriculture as one of the big revenue earners of our economy would be to our immense benefit,”
Nigeria needs 100,000 tractors to be food sufficient – Association
“Farmers are requesting services from us, but we are not able to provide the services."
Climate change: NIRSAL, Ministry to deepen collaboration on emission reduction
our national commitment of 20% emission reduction (unconditional) and 45% (conditional) from Business As Usual (BAU) by 2030 is dependent, to a large extent, on the success of our projects and programmes in the agriculture sector.”
RMRDC boss bags AESON award
The DG said Nigerians should start to look inward by imputing to develop the local contents available in the country to improve the varieties of natural resources Nigeria is blessed with.
Edo targets 28,000 tonnes of rice, maize for current planting season
“My take is that once we do this and it is successful, other people that we are trying to get people to come and farm that is not yielding to our call will naturally respond better...."